diff --git a/R/RcppExports.R b/R/RcppExports.R
index 8efd9f9..0f0fa1a 100644
--- a/R/RcppExports.R
+++ b/R/RcppExports.R
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ incant <- function(path, magic_db = "system") {
     .Call('wand_incant', PACKAGE = 'wand', path, magic_db)
 }
 
+lib_version <- function() {
+    .Call('wand_lib_version', PACKAGE = 'wand')
+}
+
diff --git a/R/zzz.r b/R/zzz.r
index 5d477fa..4d12342 100644
--- a/R/zzz.r
+++ b/R/zzz.r
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ magic_wand_file <- function(force=FALSE) {
   if (!dir.exists(cache)) dir.create(cache, showWarnings=FALSE)
   if (!dir.exists(cache)) return("system")
 
+  if (lib_version() >= 528) vers <- "new" else vers <- "old"
+
   if (!file.exists(file.path(rappdirs::user_cache_dir("wandr"), "magic.mgc"))) {
-    suppressWarnings(unzip(system.file("magic.mgc.zip", package="wand"),
+    suppressWarnings(unzip(system.file("db", vers, "magic.mgc.zip", package="wand"),
                            exdir=cache, overwrite=force))
   }
 
diff --git a/inst/magic.mgc.zip b/inst/db/new/magic.mgc.zip
similarity index 100%
rename from inst/magic.mgc.zip
rename to inst/db/new/magic.mgc.zip
diff --git a/inst/db/old/magic.mgc.zip b/inst/db/old/magic.mgc.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7add8a4
Binary files /dev/null and b/inst/db/old/magic.mgc.zip differ
diff --git a/man/incant.Rd b/man/incant.Rd
index f7a4a83..1868be8 100644
--- a/man/incant.Rd
+++ b/man/incant.Rd
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ a \code{tibble} / \code{data.frame} of file magic attributes.
 \description{
 Retrieve 'magic' attributes from files and directories
 }
+\note{
+Various fields might not be available depending on the version
+  of \code{libmagic} you have installed.
+}
 \examples{
 library(magrittr)
 library(dplyr)
diff --git a/man/magic_wand_file.Rd b/man/magic_wand_file.Rd
index 19798ec..608e3de 100644
--- a/man/magic_wand_file.Rd
+++ b/man/magic_wand_file.Rd
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ perform the decompression unless \code{force} is \code{TRUE} or the
 cache directory has been cleared.
 }
 \examples{
-library(magrittr)
-library(dplyr)
 
 system.file("img", package="filemagic") \%>\%
   list.files(full.names=TRUE) \%>\%
diff --git a/src/RcppExports.cpp b/src/RcppExports.cpp
index 3e952c1..3327aa4 100644
--- a/src/RcppExports.cpp
+++ b/src/RcppExports.cpp
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ BEGIN_RCPP
     return __result;
 END_RCPP
 }
+// lib_version
+int lib_version();
+RcppExport SEXP wand_lib_version() {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(lib_version());
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
diff --git a/src/wand.cpp b/src/wand.cpp
index 2485f5e..5c68e42 100644
--- a/src/wand.cpp
+++ b/src/wand.cpp
@@ -145,3 +145,6 @@ DataFrame incant(CharacterVector path, std::string magic_db="system") {
   return(df);
 
 }
+
+// [[Rcpp::export]]
+int lib_version() { return(magic_version()); }