diff --git a/src/helperFunctions/magic.py b/src/helperFunctions/magic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15c3013f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helperFunctions/magic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""This is a wrapper around pymagic.
+It aims to provide the same API but with the ability to load multiple magic
+files in the default api.
+"""
+import magic as pymagic
+from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p
+
+from helperFunctions.fileSystem import get_src_dir
+
+_magic_getpath = pymagic.libmagic.magic_getpath
+_magic_getpath.restype = c_char_p
+_magic_getpath.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_int]
+
+_sys_magic = _magic_getpath(None, 1)
+_fact_magic = f'{get_src_dir()}/bin/fact.mgc'
+_internal_symlink_magic = f'{get_src_dir()}/bin/internal_symlink.mgc'
+
+_magic_by_mime = {}
+
+
+def _get_magic(mime: bool) -> pymagic.Magic:
+    if mime not in _magic_by_mime:
+        _magic_by_mime[mime] = pymagic.Magic(
+            mime=mime,
+            magic_file=f'{_internal_symlink_magic}:{_fact_magic}:{_sys_magic}',
+        )
+
+    return _magic_by_mime[mime]
+
+
+def from_file(filename, mime=False):
+    """A wrapper for pymagic's ``magic.Magic.from_file``"""
+    return _get_magic(mime).from_file(filename)
+
+
+def from_buffer(filename, mime=False):
+    """A wrapper for pymagic's ``magic.Magic.from_buffer``"""
+    return _get_magic(mime).from_buffer(filename)
diff --git a/src/install/common.py b/src/install/common.py
index 2e0427c6ac..fed7a3d953 100644
--- a/src/install/common.py
+++ b/src/install/common.py
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ def main(distribution):
 
     BIN_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
+    with OperateInDirectory('../../src/bin'):
+        run_cmd_with_logging('wget https://github.com/maringuu/fact-mime-database/releases/download/v0.1.0/fact.mgc')
+    run_cmd_with_logging(f'file -C -m {INSTALL_DIR / "internal_symlink_magic"}')
+    run_cmd_with_logging(f'mv {INSTALL_DIR / "internal_symlink_magic.mgc"} {BIN_DIR}')
+
     apt_packages_path = INSTALL_DIR / 'apt-pkgs-common.txt'
     dnf_packages_path = INSTALL_DIR / 'dnf-pkgs-common.txt'
 
diff --git a/src/install/frontend.py b/src/install/frontend.py
index 0f29f8b7e6..0f75a18863 100644
--- a/src/install/frontend.py
+++ b/src/install/frontend.py
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ def main(skip_docker, radare, nginx, distribution):
         pkgs = read_package_list_from_file(INSTALL_DIR / 'dnf-pkgs-frontend.txt')
         dnf_install_packages(*pkgs)
 
+    with OperateInDirectory('../../src/bin'):
+        run_cmd_with_logging('wget https://github.com/maringuu/fact-mime-database/releases/download/v0.1.0/fact.mgc')
+
     # flask-security is not maintained anymore and replaced by flask-security-too.
     # Since python package naming conflicts are not resolved automatically, we remove flask-security manually.
     pip = 'pip' if is_virtualenv() else 'sudo -EH pip3'
diff --git a/src/install/internal_symlink_magic b/src/install/internal_symlink_magic
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bb311d268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/internal_symlink_magic
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# ====================== faf internal ======================
+
+# ---- faf internal link representation ----
+0		string  symbolic\ link\ ->	 symbolic link
+>17		string 	x		to '%s'
+!:mime  inode/symlink