diff --git a/fix-4-file-5.40.patch b/fix-4-file-5.40.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b4c743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-4-file-5.40.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+ test/test.py |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- test/test.py
++++ test/test.py	2021-04-16 12:54:00.275731435 +0000
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class MagicTest(unittest.TestCase):
+         try:
+             self.assert_values(m, {
+                 'magic._pyc_': 'python 2.4 byte-compiled',
+-                'test.pdf': 'PDF document, version 1.2',
++                'test.pdf': 'PDF document, version 1.2, 2 pages',
+                 'test.gz':
+                 ('gzip compressed data, was "test", from Unix, last '
+                  'modified: Sun Jun 29 01:32:52 2008',
diff --git a/python-python-magic.changes b/python-python-magic.changes
index fd721f8..c1efe1a 100644
--- a/python-python-magic.changes
+++ b/python-python-magic.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 16 13:00:57 UTC 2021 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Add patch fix-4-file-5.40.patch to support file 5.40 (boo#1184881)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 25 14:46:39 UTC 2020 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix+novell.com@sebix.at>
 
diff --git a/python-python-magic.spec b/python-python-magic.spec
index 6a0d4d8..b62c851 100644
--- a/python-python-magic.spec
+++ b/python-python-magic.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-python-magic
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source:         https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 #PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE fix-test.patch -- adapt file outputs to opensuse
 Patch0:         fix-test.patch
 Patch1:         fix-test-tumbleweed.patch
+Patch2:         fix-4-file-5.40.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  file
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ supports both textual and MIME-type output.
 # Leap 15.2 and older
 %patch0 -p1
 %endif
+%if %{?pkg_vcmp:%{pkg_vcmp file >= 5.40}}%{!?pkg_vcmp:0}
+%patch2 -p0
+%endif
 
 %build
 %python_build