diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42830d9e2..5fdbf3948 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1406,6 +1406,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "magic"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87142e3acb1f4daa62eaea96605421a534119d4777a9fb43fb2784798fd89665"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "magic-sys",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "magic-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eff86ae08895140d628119d407d568f3b657145ee8c265878064f717534bb3bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maplit"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -2557,6 +2580,12 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1674845326ee10d37ca60470760d4288a6f80f304007d92e5c53bab78c9cfd79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -3161,6 +3190,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "lingua",
  "linkme",
+ "magic",
  "memx",
  "predicates",
  "pretty_assertions",
diff --git a/yara-x/Cargo.toml b/yara-x/Cargo.toml
index e3cdb152a..5b61e4fd6 100644
--- a/yara-x/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yara-x/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ test_proto3-module = []
 text-module = [
     "dep:lingua"
 ]
+# The Magic module allows you to identify the type of the file based on 
+# the output of file(1), the standard Unix command. 
+magic-module = [
+    "dep:magic"
+]
 
 # Features that are enabled by default.
 default = [
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ yara-x-parser = { workspace = true }
 yara-x-proto = { workspace = true }
 
 lingua = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["english", "german", "french", "spanish"] }
-
+magic = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 protobuf = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/yara-x/src/modules/magic/mod.rs b/yara-x/src/modules/magic/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f425812ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yara-x/src/modules/magic/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use crate::modules::prelude::*;
+use crate::modules::protos::magic::*;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
+
+thread_local! {
+    static MAGIC: magic::Cookie = {
+        let cookie = magic::Cookie::open(Default::default())
+            .expect("initialized libmagic");
+        cookie.load::<&str>(&[])
+            .expect("loaded libmagic database");
+        cookie
+    };
+}
+
+#[module_main]
+fn main(_ctx: &ScanContext) -> Magic {
+    // Nothing to do, but we have to return our protobuf
+    Magic::new()
+}
+
+#[module_export(name = "type")]
+fn file_type(ctx: &mut ScanContext) -> Option<RuntimeString> {
+    Some(RuntimeString::from_bytes(ctx, get_type(ctx.scanned_data())))
+}
+
+#[module_export(name = "mime_type")]
+fn mime_type(ctx: &mut ScanContext) -> Option<RuntimeString> {
+    Some(RuntimeString::from_bytes(ctx, get_mime_type(ctx.scanned_data())))
+}
+
+fn get_type(data: &[u8]) -> String {
+    MAGIC
+        .with(|magic| magic.set_flags(Default::default()))
+        .expect("set libmagic options");
+
+    MAGIC.with(|magic| magic.buffer(data)).expect("libmagic didn't break")
+}
+
+fn get_mime_type(data: &[u8]) -> String {
+    MAGIC
+        .with(|magic| magic.set_flags(magic::CookieFlags::MIME_TYPE))
+        .expect("set libmagic options");
+
+    MAGIC.with(|magic| magic.buffer(data)).expect("libmagic didn't break")
+}
diff --git a/yara-x/src/modules/magic/tests.rs b/yara-x/src/modules/magic/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e98848493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yara-x/src/modules/magic/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+#[test]
+fn get_filetype() {
+    let data = b"Maestro\r";
+    let expected = "RISC OS music file";
+    assert_eq!(expected, crate::modules::magic::get_type(data))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn get_mimetype() {
+    let expected = "text/plain";
+    assert_eq!(
+        expected,
+        crate::modules::magic::get_mime_type(expected.as_bytes())
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn e2e_test() {
+    let mut src = String::new();
+    src.push_str(r#"import "magic""#);
+    src.push_str(
+        r#"rule t {condition: magic.type() == "RISC OS music file"}"#,
+    );
+
+    let rules = crate::compiler::Compiler::new()
+        .add_source(src.as_str())
+        .unwrap()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let data = b"Maestro\r";
+
+    let mut scanner = crate::scanner::Scanner::new(&rules);
+    let results = scanner.scan(data);
+
+    assert_eq!(results.num_matching_rules(), 1);
+}
diff --git a/yara-x/src/modules/modules.rs b/yara-x/src/modules/modules.rs
index b968e2d7c..ee3c66ab1 100644
--- a/yara-x/src/modules/modules.rs
+++ b/yara-x/src/modules/modules.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // File generated automatically by build.rs. Do not edit.
 #[cfg(feature = "text-module")]
 pub mod text;
+#[cfg(feature = "magic-module")]
+pub mod magic;
 #[cfg(feature = "test_proto2-module")]
 pub mod test_proto2;
 #[cfg(feature = "test_proto3-module")]
diff --git a/yara-x/src/modules/protos/magic.proto b/yara-x/src/modules/protos/magic.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a52061d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yara-x/src/modules/protos/magic.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+syntax = "proto2";
+
+import "yara.proto";
+
+option (yara.module_options) = {
+  name : "magic"
+  root_message : "Magic"
+  rust_module : "magic"
+};
+
+message Magic {
+  // This module contains only exported functions, and doesn't return any data
+}