diff --git a/file-5.00-erlang.patch b/file-5.00-erlang.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a5c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.00-erlang.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -up file-5.00/magic/Magdir/erlang.tue file-5.00/magic/Magdir/erlang
+--- file-5.00/magic/Magdir/erlang.tue	2009-04-29 09:38:45.000000000 +0200
++++ file-5.00/magic/Magdir/erlang	2009-04-29 09:40:58.000000000 +0200
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+ >8	string	BEAM		Erlang BEAM file
+ 
+ # 4.2 version may have a copyright notice!
+-4	string	Tue Jan 22 14:32:44 MET 1991	Erlang JAM file - version 4.2
+-79	string	Tue Jan 22 14:32:44 MET 1991	Erlang JAM file - version 4.2
++4	string	Tue\ Jan\ 22\ 14:32:44\ MET\ 1991	Erlang JAM file - version 4.2
++79	string	Tue\ Jan\ 22\ 14:32:44\ MET\ 1991	Erlang JAM file - version 4.2
+ 
+-4	string	1.0 Fri Feb 3 09:55:56 MET 1995	Erlang JAM file - version 4.3
++4	string	1.0\ Fri\ Feb\ 3\ 09:55:56\ MET\ 1995	Erlang JAM file - version 4.3
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 84b4426..48ede7e 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.00
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Applications/File
 Source0: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch3: file-5.00-thumbs-db.patch
 Patch4: file-5.00-fonts-ttc-pfa.patch
 Patch5: file-5.00-fdleak.patch
 Patch6: file-5.00-mdmp.patch
+Patch7: file-5.00-erlang.patch
 
 Requires: file-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ file(1) command.
 %patch5 -p1
 #fixes #485835
 %patch6 -p1
+#fixes #498036
+%patch7 -p1
 
 iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < doc/libmagic.man > doc/libmagic.man_
 touch -r doc/libmagic.man doc/libmagic.man_
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 29 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com> 5.00-8
+- fix #498036 - Elang JAM file definition breaks detection of postscript-files
+
 * Mon Apr 20 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com> 5.00-7
 - fix previous patch:
   the name of the format is a bit different (MDUMP -> MDMP)