diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff b/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d17215a1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/file/file/native-fix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: file-4.16/magic/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- file-4.16.orig/magic/Makefile.am	2005-08-18 17:20:49.000000000 +0200
++++ file-4.16/magic/Makefile.am	2006-03-08 17:01:13.000000000 +0100
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ if IS_CROSS_COMPILE
+ FILE_COMPILE = file
+ else
+-FILE_COMPILE = $(top_builddir)/src/file
++FILE_COMPILE = ../src/file
+ endif
+ 
+ magic.mgc: magic
diff --git a/meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb b/meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb
similarity index 71%
rename from meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb
rename to meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb
index d872be5dfa..4c8e64c308 100644
--- a/meta/packages/file/file_5.04.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/file/file_4.18.bb
@@ -5,23 +5,21 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 
 # two clause BSD
 LICENSE = "BSD"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=2;md5=6a7382872edb68d33e1a9398b6e03188"
 
-DEPENDS = "zlib file-native"
-DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "zlib-native"
-PR = "r0"
+DEPENDS = "file-native"
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native = ""
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://dump \
            file://filesystems"
+SRC_URI_append_virtclass-native = " file://native-fix.diff;patch=1"
 
 inherit autotools
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
+	sed -i -e 's,$(top_builddir)/src/file,file,' ${S}/magic/Makefile.am
 	cp ${WORKDIR}/dump ${S}/magic/Magdir/
 	cp ${WORKDIR}/filesystems ${S}/magic/Magdir/
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/misc/*.mgc"
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"