diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/default.nix
index df15b6aadd151..ebab023b32ef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/default.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
         skim = callPackage ./skim.nix { };
         semver = callPackage ./semver.nix { };
         hcl = callPackage ./hcl.nix { };
+        file = callPackage ./file.nix { };
       }
       // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
         regex = throw "`nu_plugin_regex` is no longer compatible with the current Nushell release.";
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/file.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/file.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8fd664d2fd237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/file.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nu_plugin_file";
+  version = "0.16.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fdncred";
+    repo = "nu_plugin_file";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-n/E7CpRLZvg+NWI+n3VzE+qrTKrpBbFNfSsHZEqRNiU=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-rtzFq4iKzBnICwdhkoK7TSl6fgRUUXyedboZGmSM7qQ=";
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Nushell plugin that identifies file types";
+    mainProgram = "nu_plugin_file";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fdncred/nu_plugin_file";
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ timon ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})