diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.c b/usr.bin/file/file.c
index a0eb5a267ba..3183adb484d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/file/file.c
+++ b/usr.bin/file/file.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: file.c,v 1.68 2019/02/05 02:17:32 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: file.c,v 1.69 2019/11/30 14:01:45 mestre Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@openbsd.org>
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	close(pair[1]);
 
+	if (pledge("stdio rpath sendfd", NULL) == -1)
+		err(1, "pledge");
+
 	fclose(magicfp);
 	magicfp = NULL;