diff --git a/dag.go b/dag.go
index edfcbacdb..cf5886f07 100644
--- a/dag.go
+++ b/dag.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api/options"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files"
+	files "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files"
 )
 
 func (s *Shell) DagGet(ref string, out interface{}) error {
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func (s *Shell) DagPutWithOpts(data interface{}, opts ...options.DagPutOption) (
 		Option("input-enc", cfg.InputEnc).
 		Option("format", cfg.Kind).
 		Option("pin", cfg.Pin).
+		Option("hash", cfg.Hash).
 		Body(fileReader).
 		Exec(context.Background(), &out)
 }
diff --git a/options/dag.go b/options/dag.go
index a7ecfce2c..6181f5a06 100644
--- a/options/dag.go
+++ b/options/dag.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ type DagPutSettings struct {
 	InputEnc string
 	Kind     string
 	Pin      string
+	Hash     string
 }
 
 // DagPutOption is a single DagPut option.
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ func DagPutOptions(opts ...DagPutOption) (*DagPutSettings, error) {
 		InputEnc: "json",
 		Kind:     "cbor",
 		Pin:      "false",
+		Hash:     "sha2-256",
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -57,3 +59,11 @@ func (dagOpts) Kind(kind string) DagPutOption {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// Hash is an option for Dag.Put which specifies the hash function to use
+func (dagOpts) Hash(hash string) DagPutOption {
+	return func(opts *DagPutSettings) error {
+		opts.Hash = hash
+		return nil
+	}
+}