diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch b/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05ead92c2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+From 21f9d5f0e0340ada998f7f9d316368c7167a4afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
+Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:52:32 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug with long options and explicitly number them to avoid
+ this in the future.
+
+---
+ src/file.c      | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
+ src/file_opts.h | 10 +++++-----
+ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git src/file.c src/file.c
+index f60dde0..c700f66 100644
+--- src/file.c
++++ src/file.c
+@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ private int 		/* Global command-line options 		*/
+ 
+ private const char *separator = ":";	/* Default field separator	*/
+ private const struct option long_options[] = {
++#define OPT_HELP		1
++#define OPT_APPLE		2
++#define OPT_EXTENSIONS		3
++#define OPT_MIME_TYPE		4
++#define OPT_MIME_ENCODING	5
+ #define OPT(shortname, longname, opt, doc)      \
+     {longname, opt, NULL, shortname},
+-#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc)        \
+-    {longname, opt, NULL, 0},
++#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc, id)        \
++    {longname, opt, NULL, id},
+ #include "file_opts.h"
+ #undef OPT
+ #undef OPT_LONGONLY
+@@ -182,24 +187,20 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, OPTSTRING, long_options,
+ 	    &longindex)) != -1)
+ 		switch (c) {
+-		case 0 :
+-			switch (longindex) {
+-			case 0:
+-				help();
+-				break;
+-			case 10:
+-				flags |= MAGIC_APPLE;
+-				break;
+-			case 11:
+-				flags |= MAGIC_EXTENSION;
+-				break;
+-			case 12:
+-				flags |= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
+-				break;
+-			case 13:
+-				flags |= MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING;
+-				break;
+-			}
++		case OPT_HELP:
++			help();
++			break;
++		case OPT_APPLE:
++			flags |= MAGIC_APPLE;
++			break;
++		case OPT_EXTENSIONS:
++			flags |= MAGIC_EXTENSION;
++			break;
++		case OPT_MIME_TYPE:
++			flags |= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
++			break;
++		case OPT_MIME_ENCODING:
++			flags |= MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING;
+ 			break;
+ 		case '0':
+ 			nulsep = 1;
+@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ help(void)
+ #define OPT(shortname, longname, opt, doc)      \
+ 	fprintf(stdout, "  -%c, --" longname, shortname), \
+ 	docprint(doc);
+-#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc)        \
++#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc, id)        \
+ 	fprintf(stdout, "      --" longname),	\
+ 	docprint(doc);
+ #include "file_opts.h"
+diff --git src/file_opts.h src/file_opts.h
+index 036505f..2e30d06 100644
+--- src/file_opts.h
++++ src/file_opts.h
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+  * switch statement!
+  */
+ 
+-OPT_LONGONLY("help", 0, "                 display this help and exit\n")
++OPT_LONGONLY("help", 0, "                 display this help and exit\n", OPT_HELP)
+ OPT('v', "version", 0, "              output version information and exit\n")
+ OPT('m', "magic-file", 1, " LIST      use LIST as a colon-separated list of magic\n"
+     "                               number files\n")
+@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ OPT('f', "files-from", 1, " FILE      read the filenames to be examined from FIL
+ OPT('F', "separator", 1, " STRING     use string as separator instead of `:'\n")
+ OPT('i', "mime", 0, "                 output MIME type strings (--mime-type and\n"
+     "                               --mime-encoding)\n")
+-OPT_LONGONLY("apple", 0, "                output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE\n")
+-OPT_LONGONLY("extension", 0, "            output a slash-separated list of extnsions\n")
+-OPT_LONGONLY("mime-type", 0, "            output the MIME type\n")
+-OPT_LONGONLY("mime-encoding", 0, "        output the MIME encoding\n")
++OPT_LONGONLY("apple", 0, "                output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE\n", OPT_APPLE)
++OPT_LONGONLY("extension", 0, "            output a slash-separated list of extensions\n", OPT_EXTENSIONS)
++OPT_LONGONLY("mime-type", 0, "            output the MIME type\n", OPT_MIME_TYPE)
++OPT_LONGONLY("mime-encoding", 0, "        output the MIME encoding\n", OPT_MIME_ENCODING)
+ OPT('k', "keep-going", 0, "           don't stop at the first match\n")
+ OPT('l', "list", 0, "                 list magic strength\n")
+ #ifdef S_IFLNK
diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/template b/srcpkgs/file/template
index fa51c39430a..85ec01b100e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/file/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'file'
 pkgname=file
 version=5.23
-revision=1
+revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-static"