diff --git a/mingw-w64-file/0001-file-5.38-mingw-build.patch b/mingw-w64-file/0001-file-5.38-mingw-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79bdef11a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-file/0001-file-5.38-mingw-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# this is an advanced patch to fix building v5.38
+# see for details
+# this patch should be removed with the next version 
+diff --git a/src/compress.c b/src/compress.c
+index 33ce2bc..f172eda 100644
+--- a/src/compress.c
++++ b/src/compress.c
+@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
+ sread(int fd, void *buf, size_t n, int canbepipe __attribute__((__unused__)))
+ {
+ 	ssize_t rv;
+-#ifdef FIONREAD
++#if defined(FIONREAD) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(WIN32)
+ 	int t = 0;
+ #endif
+ 	size_t rn = n;
+@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
+ 	if (fd == STDIN_FILENO)
+ 		goto nocheck;
+ 
+-#ifdef FIONREAD
++#if defined(FIONREAD) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(WIN32)
+ 	if (canbepipe && (ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &t) == -1 || t == 0)) {
+ #ifdef FD_ZERO
+ 		ssize_t cnt;
diff --git a/mingw-w64-file/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-file/PKGBUILD
index e30788169c..9338069273 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-file/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@
 _realname=file
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
-pkgver=5.37
+pkgver=5.38
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Determine the type of a file from its contents (mingw-w64)'
 arch=('any')
 url='https://www.darwinsys.com/file/'
 license=('BSD')
-depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libsystre")
-source=(ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
-sha256sums=('e9c13967f7dd339a3c241b7710ba093560b9a33013491318e88e6b8b57bae07f')
+depends=(${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-bzip2
+         ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libsystre
+         ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-xz
+         ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib)
+source=("ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+        "0001-file-5.38-mingw-build.patch")
+sha256sums=('593c2ffc2ab349c5aea0f55fedfe4d681737b6b62376a9b3ad1e77b2cc19fa34'
+            '65e8ec923de7fed74ed3bf204a562e38a8b077b24dc3d1cce09578deba2b3667')
 options=('strip' '!libtool' 'staticlibs')
 
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/0001-file-5.38-mingw-build.patch
+}
+
 build() {
   [[ -d "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH} ]] && rm -rf "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH}
   mkdir -p "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH} && cd "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH}
@@ -23,11 +33,17 @@ build() {
     --host=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --target=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --enable-shared \
-    --enable-static
+    --enable-static \
+    --disable-libseccomp
 
   make
 }
 
+check() {
+  cd ${srcdir}/build-${CARCH}
+  make -C tests check
+}
+
 package() {
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${CARCH}"
   make install DESTDIR="${pkgdir}"