diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index beba89cc54..fc9fee0d5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "form-data": "^2.1.2",
     "fs-pull-blob-store": "^0.4.1",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.23.5",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.23.8",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "^0.18.1",
     "left-pad": "^1.1.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
@@ -171,4 +171,4 @@
     "nginnever <ginneversource@gmail.com>",
     "npmcdn-to-unpkg-bot <npmcdn-to-unpkg-bot@users.noreply.github.com>"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/core/components/dag.js b/src/core/components/dag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21a203d67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/components/dag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+
+const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
+const dagCBOR = require('ipld-dag-cbor')
+
+module.exports = function dag (self) {
+  return {
+    put: promisify((dagNode, multicodec, hashAlg, callback) => {
+      switch (multicodec) {
+        case 'dag-pb': dagPB.util.cid(dagNode, gotCid); break
+        case 'dag-cbor': dagCBOR.util.cid(dagNode, gotCid); break
+        default: callback(new Error('IPLD Format not supported'))
+      }
+
+      function gotCid (err, cid) {
+        if (err) {
+          return callback(err)
+        }
+        self._ipldResolver.put({
+          node: dagNode,
+          cid: cid
+        }, callback)
+      }
+    }),
+    get: promisify((cid, callback) => {
+      self._ipldResolver.get(cid, callback)
+    }),
+    resolve: promisify((cid, path, callback) => {
+      self._ipldResolver.resolve(cid, path, callback)
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/components/index.js b/src/core/components/index.js
index 6d8193c5e4..28193af597 100644
--- a/src/core/components/index.js
+++ b/src/core/components/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ exports.bootstrap = require('./bootstrap')
 exports.config = require('./config')
 exports.block = require('./block')
 exports.object = require('./object')
+exports.dag = require('./dag')
 exports.libp2p = require('./libp2p')
 exports.swarm = require('./swarm')
 exports.ping = require('./ping')
diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index 3dc676a019..3c6d3470e3 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class IPFS {
     this.config = components.config(this)
     this.block = components.block(this)
     this.object = components.object(this)
+    this.dag = components.dag(this)
     this.libp2p = components.libp2p(this)
     this.swarm = components.swarm(this)
     this.files = components.files(this)
diff --git a/test/core/interface/dag.js b/test/core/interface/dag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a617691c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/interface/dag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+
+'use strict'
+
+const test = require('interface-ipfs-core')
+const IPFSFactory = require('../../utils/factory-core')
+
+let factory
+
+const common = {
+  setup: function (cb) {
+    factory = new IPFSFactory()
+    cb(null, factory)
+  },
+  teardown: function (cb) {
+    factory.dismantle(cb)
+  }
+}
+
+test.dag(common)
diff --git a/test/core/interface/interface.spec.js b/test/core/interface/interface.spec.js
index a3cfae8350..bf749464d1 100644
--- a/test/core/interface/interface.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/interface/interface.spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
   require('./files')
   require('./generic')
   require('./object')
+  require('./dag')
   if (isNode) {
     require('./swarm')
     require('./pubsub')