diff --git a/sysutils/file/Makefile b/sysutils/file/Makefile
index ee029dc53a97..c4ea1e94e980 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/file/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	file
-PORTVERSION=	4.18
+PORTVERSION=	4.19
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ \
 		ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/ \
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ COMMENT=	Utility to determine file type
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+USE_GCC=	3.4+
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-fsect-man5
 
diff --git a/sysutils/file/distinfo b/sysutils/file/distinfo
index 3f945805df73..7b96678deed3 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/file/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (file-4.18.tar.gz) = ce1aa9b0316feb57d40a48cfe6b606e4
-SHA256 (file-4.18.tar.gz) = 5090d5123ea642842d04d3f93a821e1372e5d9e434c74c08ee2483cc150a6273
-SIZE (file-4.18.tar.gz) = 536447
+MD5 (file-4.19.tar.gz) = a61ef3aa8339d5987148089afde25f60
+SHA256 (file-4.19.tar.gz) = 697250abdbcaf850728791a475a917d84287f7e2d67bab90021775db600c4d85
+SIZE (file-4.19.tar.gz) = 546805