diff --git a/file-5.26-downgrade_DER.patch b/file-5.26-downgrade_DER.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfb459a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.26-downgrade_DER.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+From 20c59ad54afc7427ea680f84c8ee5a576ba54b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
+Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:10:34 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Downgrade DER comparison and offset lookup failures to be
+ handled as match failures.
+
+---
+ softmagic.c |   58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
+ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git src/softmagic.c src/softmagic.c
+index 14a8bc5..5b5f0f9 100644
+--- src/softmagic.c
++++ src/softmagic.c
+@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ match(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *magic, uint32_t nmagic,
+ 		     ((text && (m->str_flags & FLT) == STRING_BINTEST) ||
+ 		      (!text && (m->str_flags & FLT) == STRING_TEXTTEST))) ||
+ 		    (m->flag & mode) != mode) {
++flush:
+ 			/* Skip sub-tests */
+-			while (magindex + 1 < nmagic &&
+-                               magic[magindex + 1].cont_level != 0 &&
+-			       ++magindex)
+-				continue;
++			while (magindex < nmagic - 1 &&
++			    magic[magindex + 1].cont_level != 0)
++				magindex++;
+ 			continue; /* Skip to next top-level test*/
+ 		}
+ 
+@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ match(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *magic, uint32_t nmagic,
+ 			 * main entry didn't match,
+ 			 * flush its continuations
+ 			 */
+-			while (magindex < nmagic - 1 &&
+-			    magic[magindex + 1].cont_level != 0)
+-				magindex++;
+-			continue;
++			goto flush;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		if ((e = handle_annotation(ms, m)) != 0) {
+@@ -255,8 +252,14 @@ match(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *magic, uint32_t nmagic,
+ 		if (print && mprint(ms, m) == -1)
+ 			return -1;
+ 
+-		if (moffset(ms, m, nbytes, &ms->c.li[cont_level].off) == -1)
++		switch (moffset(ms, m, nbytes, &ms->c.li[cont_level].off)) {
++		case -1:
+ 			return -1;
++		case 0:
++			goto flush;
++		default:
++			break;
++		}
+ 
+ 		/* and any continuations that match */
+ 		if (file_check_mem(ms, ++cont_level) == -1)
+@@ -362,9 +365,16 @@ match(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *magic, uint32_t nmagic,
+ 				if (print && mprint(ms, m) == -1)
+ 					return -1;
+ 
+-				if (moffset(ms, m, nbytes,
+-				    &ms->c.li[cont_level].off) == -1)
++				switch (moffset(ms, m, nbytes,
++				    &ms->c.li[cont_level].off)) {
++				case -1:
+ 					return -1;
++				case 0:
++					flush = 1;
++					break;
++				default:
++					break;
++				}
+ 
+ 				if (*m->desc)
+ 					*need_separator = 1;
+@@ -813,9 +823,13 @@ moffset(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m, size_t nbytes, int32_t *op)
+ 	case FILE_DER:
+ 		{
+ 			o = der_offs(ms, m, nbytes);
+-			if (o == -1) {
+-				file_error(ms, 0, "EOF computing DER offset");
+-				return -1;
++			if (o == -1 || (size_t)o > nbytes) {
++				if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0) {
++					(void)fprintf(stderr,
++					    "Bad DER offset %d nbytes=%zu",
++					    o, nbytes);
++				}
++				return 0;
+ 			}
+ 			break;
+ 		}
+@@ -825,12 +839,13 @@ moffset(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m, size_t nbytes, int32_t *op)
+ 		break;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if ((size_t)o >= nbytes) {
+-		file_error(ms, 0, "Offset out of range");
++	if ((size_t)o > nbytes) {
++		file_error(ms, 0, "Offset out of range %zu > %zu",
++		    (size_t)o, nbytes);
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 	*op = o;
+-	return 0;
++	return 1;
+ }
+ 
+ private uint32_t
+@@ -2107,8 +2122,13 @@ magiccheck(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m)
+ 		return 1;
+ 	case FILE_DER:
+ 		matched = der_cmp(ms, m);
+-		if (matched == -1)
+-			file_error(ms, 0, "EOF comparing DER entries");
++		if (matched == -1) {
++			if ((ms->flags & MAGIC_DEBUG) != 0) {
++				(void) fprintf(stderr,
++				    "EOF comparing DER entries");
++			}
++			return 0;
++		}
+ 		return matched;
+ 	default:
+ 		file_magerror(ms, "invalid type %d in magiccheck()", m->type);
+-- 
+2.6.6
+
diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index 4d792dc..f23b778 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 19 09:35:28 UTC 2016 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add upstream patch file-5.26-downgrade_DER.patch
+  to fix DER error messages as well oas offset handling 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 18 12:13:33 UTC 2016 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index d6e3d05..034179a 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Patch35:        file-5.24-nitpick.dif
 Patch36:        file-5.15-clear-invalid.patch
 Patch37:        file-secure_getenv.patch
 Patch38:        file-5.26-version.patch
+Patch39:        file-5.26-downgrade_DER.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %global         _sysconfdir /etc
 %global         _miscdir    %{_datadir}/misc
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ to develop applications that require the magic "file" interface.
 %patch36 -p1 -b .clear
 %patch37 -p1 -b .getenv
 %patch38 -p1 -b .php
+%patch39 -p0 -b .DER
 %patch -b .0
 test -s src/magic.h.in || cp -p src/magic.h src/magic.h.in
 rm -fv src/magic.h