diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index eff82888efa..c1fb0afa409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           package-name: make
 
+      - uses: chainguard-dev/actions/inky-build-pkg@main
+        with:
+          package-name: file
+
       - name: 'Upload the repository to a bucket'
         run: |
           cp /etc/apk/keys/wolfi-signing.rsa.pub ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/wolfi-signing.rsa.pub
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7dc15080de7..34d49a64878 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ $(eval $(call build-empty-package,texinfo,6.8-r0))
 $(eval $(call build-empty-package,gzip,1.12-r1))
 $(eval $(call build-package,busybox,1.35.0-r2))
 $(eval $(call build-empty-package,make,4.3-r1))
+$(eval $(call build-empty-package,file,5.42-r1))
 
 .build-packages: ${PACKAGES}
diff --git a/file.yaml b/file.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..399e6925592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package:
+  name: file
+  version: 5.42
+  epoch: 1
+  description: "file-type identification utility"
+  target-architecture:
+    - all
+  copyright:
+    - paths:
+      - "*"
+      attestation: TODO
+      license: BSD-2-Clause
+  dependencies:
+    runtime:
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    repositories:
+      - https://packages.wolfi.dev/bootstrap/stage3
+    keyring:
+      - https://packages.wolfi.dev/bootstrap/stage3/wolfi-signing.rsa.pub
+    packages:
+      - busybox
+      - ca-certificates-bundle
+      - build-base
+      - file
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: fetch
+    with:
+      uri: http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${{package.version}}.tar.gz
+      expected-sha256: c076fb4d029c74073f15c43361ef572cfb868407d347190ba834af3b1639b0e4
+  - name: Configure
+    runs: |
+      ./configure \
+         --host=$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu \
+         --target=$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu \
+         --prefix=/usr \
+         --datadir=/usr/share
+  - uses: autoconf/make
+  - uses: autoconf/make-install
+  - uses: strip
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