diff --git a/file-5.03-ppcswap.patch b/file-5.03-ppcswap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08f1d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.03-ppcswap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up file-5.03/magic/Magdir/linux.ppcswap file-5.03/magic/Magdir/linux
+--- file-5.03/magic/Magdir/linux.ppcswap	2009-10-21 15:48:42.000000000 +0200
++++ file-5.03/magic/Magdir/linux	2009-10-21 15:50:09.000000000 +0200
+@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
+ >0x404	long		x		size %d pages
+ >>4086	string		SWAPSPACE2	
+ >>>1052	string		>\0		Label %s
++# From Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com>
++# swap file for PowerPC
++65526   string          SWAPSPACE2      Linux/ppc swap file
+ # ECOFF magic for OSF/1 and Linux (only tested under Linux though)
+ #
+ #	from Erik Troan (ewt@redhat.com) examining od dumps, so this
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index dca5367..712362e 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.03
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Applications/File
 Source0: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch3: file-5.03-fonts-postscript.patch
 Patch4: file-5.03-xfsdump.patch
 Patch5: file-5.03-ifany.patch
 Patch6: file-5.03-multilib.patch
+Patch7: file-5.03-ppcswap.patch
 
 Requires: file-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ file(1) command.
 %patch5 -p1
 #fixes #515767
 %patch6 -p1
+#fixes #530083
+%patch7 -p1
 
 iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < doc/libmagic.man > doc/libmagic.man_
 touch -r doc/libmagic.man doc/libmagic.man_
@@ -146,6 +149,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 21 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com> 5.03-10
+- fix #530083 -  file -s is not able to detect swap signature on ppc
+
 * Tue Aug 25 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com> 5.03-9
 - fix #515767 -  multilib: file /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc conflicts