--- /opt/gentoo/home/../usr/portage/sys-apps/file/file-5.04.ebuild	2010-01-29 20:31:53.000000000 +0000
+++ /opt/gentoo/home/../usr/local/portage/sys-apps/file/file-5.04.ebuild	2010-02-08 18:57:47.916883640 +0000
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ KEYWORDS="~ppc-aix ~x64-freebsd ~x86-fre
 
 IUSE="python"
 
-DEPEND="python? ( virtual/python )"
+DEPEND="python? ( virtual/python )
+		mips-irix? (
+			dev-libs/gnulib
+		)"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_unpack() {
@@ -48,6 +51,14 @@ src_compile() {
 	# file uses things like strndup() and wcwidth()
 	append-flags -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
+	if [[ "${CHOST}" == *-irix* ]]; then
+		export ac_cv_func_getopt_long=yes
+		append-flags -I"${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/gnulib/include
+		append-ldflags -L"${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/gnulib/$(get_libdir)
+		append-libs -lgnu
+	fi
+
+
 	econf || die
 	emake || die