diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
index b92a18d495..28562cfc2f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="file"
-PKG_VERSION="d1ff3af7a2c6b38bdbdde7af26b59e3c50a48fff"
-PKG_SHA256="acc16f878576ad0bb29bbb7c724e29d2827f14ddb39fe94d76c3a859d4a3d0d9"
+PKG_VERSION="87731415de945660b00f02207d8e9d986ef9b82e"
+PKG_SHA256="8cb394b99ff9979bfa042e2daff404e9f65df18ec0045b901e91c024583e3f15"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/file/file/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="The file utility is used to determine the types of various files."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-fsect-man5 --enable-static --disable-shared"
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-fsect-man5 --enable-static --disable-shared"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-fsect-man5 \
+                         --enable-static \
+                         --disable-shared"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="${PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST}"