diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/0001-Add-P-prompt-into-Usage-info.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/0001-Add-P-prompt-into-Usage-info.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a16b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/0001-Add-P-prompt-into-Usage-info.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 08abf944b2bff27b6dd325dd15b4861cebef113a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Junling Zheng <zhengjunling@huawei.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 03:26:57 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Add -P prompt into Usage info
+
+Currently, Usage info doesn't include -P prompt, add it:
+
+root@arma9el:~# file
+Usage: file [-bcEhikLlNnprsvz0] [--apple] [--mime-encoding] [--mime-type]
+            [-e testname] [-F separator] [-f namefile] [-m magicfiles]
+            [-P parameter=limits] file ...
+       file -C [-m magicfiles]
+       file [--help]
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted
+
+Signed-off-by: Junling Zheng <zhengjunling@huawei.com>
+---
+ src/file.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
+index 2b15e21..e5a957b 100644
+--- a/src/file.c
++++ b/src/file.c
+@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ int getopt_long(int argc, char * const *argv, const char *optstring, const struc
+ # define USAGE  \
+     "Usage: %s [" FILE_FLAGS \
+ 	"] [--apple] [--extension] [--mime-encoding] [--mime-type]\n" \
+-    "            [-e testname] [-F separator] [-f namefile] [-m magicfiles] " \
+-    "file ...\n" \
++    "            [-e testname] [-F separator] [-f namefile] [-m magicfiles]\n " \
++    "            [-P parameter=limits] file ...\n" \
+     "       %s -C [-m magicfiles]\n" \
+     "       %s [--help]\n"
+ 
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/debian-742262.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/debian-742262.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ef485e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file/debian-742262.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+The awk pattern was checked *before* the Perl pattern, so the perl
+script with BEGIN{...} would be reported as awk, this patch fixes it.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [debian]
+
+Signed-off-by: Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>
+Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+---
+diff --git a/magic/Magdir/commands b/magic/Magdir/commands
+--- a/magic/Magdir/commands
++++ b/magic/Magdir/commands
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
+ 0	string/wt	#!\ /usr/bin/awk	awk script text executable
+ !:mime	text/x-awk
+ 0	regex/4096	=^\\s{0,100}BEGIN\\s{0,100}[{]	awk or perl script text
++!:strength - 12
+ 
+ # AT&T Bell Labs' Plan 9 shell
+ 0	string/wt	#!\ /bin/rc	Plan 9 rc shell script text executable
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.24.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.24.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b95d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.24.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+SUMMARY = "File classification tool"
+DESCRIPTION = "File attempts to classify files depending \
+on their contents and prints a description if a match is found."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+
+# two clause BSD
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=2;md5=6a7382872edb68d33e1a9398b6e03188"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib file-native"
+DEPENDS_class-native = "zlib-native"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/file/file.git \
+        file://debian-742262.patch \
+        file://0001-Add-P-prompt-into-Usage-info.patch \
+        "
+
+SRCREV = "3c0874be4d3232d672b20f513451a39cfd7c585a"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/misc/*.mgc"
+
+do_install_append_class-native() {
+	create_cmdline_wrapper ${D}/${bindir}/file \
+		--magic-file ${datadir}/misc/magic.mgc
+}
+
+do_install_append_class-nativesdk() {
+	create_cmdline_wrapper ${D}/${bindir}/file \
+		--magic-file ${datadir}/misc/magic.mgc
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"