diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.28.ebuild b/sys-apps/file/file-5.28.ebuild
index fefe087b54f41..e70a726a87fae 100644
--- a/sys-apps/file/file-5.28.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/file/file-5.28.ebuild
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ multilib_src_compile() {
 
 src_compile() {
 	if tc-is-cross-compiler && ! ROOT=/ has_version "~${CATEGORY}/${P}" ; then
+		emake -C "${WORKDIR}"/build/src magic.h #586444
 		emake -C "${WORKDIR}"/build/src file
 		PATH="${WORKDIR}/build/src:${PATH}"
 	fi
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
index 466e1944b0931..b067a3e2afbdc 100644
--- a/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ multilib_src_compile() {
 
 src_compile() {
 	if tc-is-cross-compiler && ! ROOT=/ has_version "~${CATEGORY}/${P}" ; then
+		emake -C "${WORKDIR}"/build/src magic.h #586444
 		emake -C "${WORKDIR}"/build/src file
 		PATH="${WORKDIR}/build/src:${PATH}"
 	fi