diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5bc5b72ab..71a09bc66 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-05-29  Koblinger Egmont  <egmont@uhulinux.hu>
 
+	* ext.c (regex_check_type): Recognize and skip "/dev/stdin:"
+	that can apprear in the output of new versions of file.
+
 	* util.c (unix_error_string): Convert error string from UTF-8 is
 	glib 2 is used.
 
diff --git a/src/ext.c b/src/ext.c
index 14bc4efa9..44fd1a3e4 100644
--- a/src/ext.c
+++ b/src/ext.c
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ regex_check_type (char *filename, int file_len, char *ptr, int *have_type)
 		for (content_shift = 15;
 		     content_string[content_shift] == ' ';
 		     content_shift++);
+	    } else if (!islocal
+		       && !strncmp (content_string, "/dev/stdin:",
+				    11)) {
+		/* Skip "/dev/stdin: " */
+		for (content_shift = 11;
+		     content_string[content_shift] == ' ';
+		     content_shift++);
 	    }
 	} else {
 	    /* No data */