diff --git a/src/file-1-fix-cross-compilation-detection.patch b/src/file-1-fix-cross-compilation-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27e13732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file-1-fix-cross-compilation-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+diff -Nur file-5.09/magic/Makefile.am file-5.09-mingw-cross-env/magic/Makefile.am
+--- file-5.09/magic/Makefile.am	2011-09-08 23:58:42.000000000 +0200
++++ file-5.09-mingw-cross-env/magic/Makefile.am	2011-10-23 17:31:31.456765605 +0200
+@@ -246,13 +246,8 @@
+ 
+ # FIXME: Build file natively as well so that it can be used to compile
+ # the target's magic file; for now we bail if the local version does not match
+-if IS_CROSS_COMPILE
+-FILE_COMPILE = file
++FILE_COMPILE = $(top_builddir)/src/file.local
+ FILE_COMPILE_DEP =
+-else
+-FILE_COMPILE = $(top_builddir)/src/file
+-FILE_COMPILE_DEP = $(FILE_COMPILE)
+-endif
+ 
+ ${MAGIC}: $(EXTRA_DIST) $(FILE_COMPILE_DEP)
+ 	@rm -fr magic
diff --git a/src/file.mk b/src/file.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca2ecc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+# See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+# file
+PKG             := file
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 5.09
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 9d905f9e50033c3f5be3728473cbb709a41550fb
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := file-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := file-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
+$(PKG)_URL      := ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc libgnurx
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    wget -q -O- 'ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/' | \
+    grep 'file-' | \
+    $(SED) -n 's,.*file-\([0-9][^>]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
+    tail -1
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    # "file" needs a runnable version of the "file" utility
+    # itself. This must match the source code regarding its
+    # version. Therefore we build a native one ourselves first.
+
+    cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
+        --disable-shared
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)/src' -j '$(JOBS)' file
+    cp '$(1)/src/file' '$(1)/src/file.local'
+
+    cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
+        --host='$(TARGET)' \
+        --disable-shared \
+        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)'
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' clean
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS=
+endef
diff --git a/src/libgnurx-1-build-static-lib.patch b/src/libgnurx-1-build-static-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a62268a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libgnurx-1-build-static-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+diff -Nur mingw-libgnurx-2.5.1/Makefile.mingw-cross-env mingw-libgnurx-2.5.1-mingw-cross-env/Makefile.mingw-cross-env
+--- mingw-libgnurx-2.5.1/Makefile.mingw-cross-env	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ mingw-libgnurx-2.5.1-mingw-cross-env/Makefile.mingw-cross-env	2011-10-23 16:57:18.579312050 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
++include Makefile
++
++libgnurx.a: $(OBJECTS)
++	rm -f $@
++	$(TARGET)-ar rcu $@ $(OBJECTS)
++	$(TARGET)-ranlib $@
++
++install-static: libgnurx.a
++	mkdir -p ${includedir} ${libdir}
++	cp -p ${srcdir}/regex.h ${includedir}
++	cp -p ${srcdir}/libgnurx.a ${libdir}
diff --git a/src/libgnurx.mk b/src/libgnurx.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52e4f884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libgnurx.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This libgnurx is part of mingw-cross-env.
+# See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+# libgnurx
+PKG             := libgnurx
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.5.1
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := f1e4af2541645dac82362b618aaa849658cd4988
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := mingw-libgnurx-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := mingw-libgnurx-$($(PKG)_VERSION)-src.tar.gz
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/UserContributed/regex/
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://$(SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR)/project/mingw/UserContributed/regex/mingw-regex-$($(PKG)_VERSION)/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    wget -q -O- 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/UserContributed/regex/' | \
+    grep 'mingw-regex-' | \
+    $(SED) -n 's,.*mingw-regex-\([0-9\.]*\).*,\1,p' | \
+    sort | \
+    uniq | \
+    tail -1
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
+        --host='$(TARGET)' \
+        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)'
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -f Makefile.mingw-cross-env -j '$(JOBS)' TARGET=$(TARGET) bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS= install-static
+endef
diff --git a/src/lzo.mk b/src/lzo.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bb5fe5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lzo.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+# See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+# lzo
+PKG             := lzo
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 2.06
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := a11768b8a168ec607750842bbef406f11547b904
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := lzo-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := lzo-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    wget -q -O- 'http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/' | \
+    grep 'lzo-' | \
+    grep -v 'minilzo-' | \
+    $(SED) -n 's,.*lzo-\([0-9][^>]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
+    tail -1
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
+        --host='$(TARGET)' \
+        --disable-shared \
+        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)'
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS=
+endef