diff --git a/groups/010.host_deps.group b/groups/010.host_deps.group
index 29037a2..7687eb7 100644
--- a/groups/010.host_deps.group
+++ b/groups/010.host_deps.group
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ HOST_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_EXPAT_HOST_URL:=http://download.openpkg.org/components/cache/expat/expat-${PKG_EXPAT_HOST_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_EXPAT_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--without-docbook"};
 : ${PKG_EXPAT_HOST_CONFIGURE_TYPE:="autotools"};
-: ${PKG_FILE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=f05d286a76d9556243d0cb05814929c2ecf3a5ba07963f8f70bfaaa70517fad1};
-: ${PKG_FILE_HOST_VERSION:=5.39};
+: ${PKG_FILE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=c076fb4d029c74073f15c43361ef572cfb868407d347190ba834af3b1639b0e4};
+: ${PKG_FILE_HOST_VERSION:=5.42};
 : ${PKG_FILE_HOST_URL:=http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${PKG_FILE_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_FLEX_HOST_DEPENDS:="bison_host"};
 : ${PKG_FLEX_HOST_SHA256SUM:=e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995};
diff --git a/patches/file_host-5.42_pre.local.patch b/patches/file_host-5.42_pre.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3cbd39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/file_host-5.42_pre.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru file-5.42.orig/src/Makefile.in file-5.42/src/Makefile.in
+--- file-5.42.orig/src/Makefile.in	2022-06-29 22:49:15.379469079 +0200
++++ file-5.42/src/Makefile.in	2022-06-29 22:56:35.117265729 +0200
+@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
+ CCLD = $(CC)
+ LINK = $(LIBTOOL) $(AM_V_lt) --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) \
+ 	$(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=link $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
+-	$(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
++	$(AM_LDFLAGS) -o $@
+ AM_V_CCLD = $(am__v_CCLD_@AM_V@)
+ am__v_CCLD_ = $(am__v_CCLD_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
+ am__v_CCLD_0 = @echo "  CCLD    " $@;