diff --git a/packages/devel/file/package.mk b/packages/devel/file/package.mk
index 0128852a75..dce343ed85 100644
--- a/packages/devel/file/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/file/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="file"
-PKG_VERSION="5.14"
+PKG_VERSION="5.16"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-fsect-man5"
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-fsect-man5"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-fsect-man5 --enable-static --disable-shared"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-fsect-man5 --enable-static --disable-shared"