diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
index dbdfd42856..429107fca5 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ target_link_libraries(gzip LibCompress)
 target_link_libraries(gunzip LibCompress)
 target_link_libraries(CppParserTest LibCpp LibGUI)
 target_link_libraries(PreprocessorTest LibCpp LibGUI)
+target_link_libraries(file LibGfx LibIPC)
diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/file.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/file.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..342724665a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/file.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Valtteri Koskivuori <vkoskiv@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <AK/MappedFile.h>
+#include <AK/Vector.h>
+#include <LibCore/ArgsParser.h>
+#include <LibCore/FileStream.h>
+#include <LibCore/MimeData.h>
+#include <LibGfx/ImageDecoder.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static Optional<String> description_only(String description, [[maybe_unused]] const String& path)
+{
+    return description;
+}
+
+// FIXME: Ideally Gfx::ImageDecoder could tell us the image type directly.
+static Optional<String> image_details(const String description, const String& path)
+{
+    auto file_or_error = MappedFile::map(path);
+    if (file_or_error.is_error())
+        return {};
+
+    auto& mapped_file = *file_or_error.value();
+    auto image_decoder = Gfx::ImageDecoder::create((const u8*)mapped_file.data(), mapped_file.size());
+
+    if (!image_decoder->is_valid())
+        return {};
+
+    return String::formatted("{}, {} x {}", description, image_decoder->width(), image_decoder->height());
+}
+
+#define ENUMERATE_DESCRIPTION_CONTENTS(V)                                                  \
+    V(pbm, "image/x-portable-bitmap", "PBM image data", image_details)                     \
+    V(pgm, "image/x-portable-graymap", "PGM image data", image_details)                    \
+    V(png, "image/png", "PNG image data", image_details)                                   \
+    V(ppm, "image/x-portable-pixmap", "PPM image data", image_details)                     \
+    V(gif_87, "image/gif", "GIF image data", image_details)                                \
+    V(gif_89, "image/gif", "GIF image data", image_details)                                \
+    V(bmp, "image/bmp", "BMP image data", image_details)                                   \
+    V(jpeg, "image/jpeg", "JPEG image data", image_details)                                \
+    V(jpeg_jfif, "image/jpeg", "JFIF image data", image_details)                           \
+    V(jpeg_huh, "image/jpeg", "JPEG image data", image_details)                            \
+    V(shell, "text/x-shellscript", "POSIX shell script text executable", description_only) \
+    V(json, "application/json", "JSON data", description_only)                             \
+    V(javascript, "application/javascript", "JavaScript source", description_only)         \
+    V(markdown, "text/markdown", "Markdown document", description_only)
+
+#define V(var_name, mime_type, description, details) \
+    static const String var_name = description;
+ENUMERATE_DESCRIPTION_CONTENTS(V)
+#undef V
+
+static Optional<String> get_description_from_mime_type(String& mime, String path)
+{
+#define V(var_name, mime_type, description, details) \
+    if (String(mime_type) == mime)                   \
+        return details(String(description), path).value_or({});
+    ENUMERATE_DESCRIPTION_CONTENTS(V);
+#undef V
+    return {};
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (pledge("stdio rpath", nullptr) < 0) {
+        perror("pledge");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    Vector<const char*> paths;
+    bool flag_mime_only = false;
+
+    Core::ArgsParser args_parser;
+    args_parser.set_general_help("Determine type of files");
+    args_parser.add_option(flag_mime_only, "Only print mime type", "mime-type", 'I');
+    args_parser.add_positional_argument(paths, "Files to identify", "files", Core::ArgsParser::Required::Yes);
+    args_parser.parse(argc, argv);
+
+    for (auto path : paths) {
+        auto file = Core::File::construct(path);
+        if (!file->open(Core::File::ReadOnly)) {
+            perror(path);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        auto bytes = file->read(25);
+        auto file_name_guess = Core::guess_mime_type_based_on_filename(path);
+        auto mime_type = Core::guess_mime_type_based_on_sniffed_bytes(bytes.bytes()).value_or(file_name_guess);
+        auto human_readable_description = get_description_from_mime_type(mime_type, String(path)).value_or(mime_type);
+        outln("{}: {}", path, flag_mime_only ? mime_type : human_readable_description);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}