diff --git a/file/PKGBUILD b/file/PKGBUILD
index a989bb65..cc4a143a 100644
--- a/file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/file/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkgname=file
 pkgver=5.44
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="File type identification utility"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('custom')
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ package() {
 
   PYTHON_SITELIB=$(/usr/bin/python -c 'from distutils.sysconfig import * ; print(get_python_lib(0,0));')
   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/${PYTHON_SITELIB}
-  cp -f ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/python/magic.py ${pkgdir}/$PYTHON_SITELIB
+  cp -f ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/python/magic.py "${pkgdir}/$PYTHON_SITELIB"
+  python3 -m compileall -o 0 -o 1 -s "${pkgdir}" "${pkgdir}/$PYTHON_SITELIB"
 }