diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7f39a21..4e8a657 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0
 	github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 46cc651..a2817a5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0 h1:UdjAJmHzQHo/j3g3b1bAcAXCj/GM6iTwvSlBDvPBNBs=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0/go.mod h1:RIsi4CnTyQ7AUsNn5gXljJYZlQrHBMnJp94p73liFiA=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0 h1:AXHg/1ONZdRQHQLgG5JHsSC3XoE4DjCAMgK+asZvUcQ=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0/go.mod h1:xAnfiU6PtxWCnRqu7dcXQ10bB5/kvI1kXRotuGqGBhg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 h1:2dOuUCB1Z7uoczMWgAyDck5JLb72zHzrMnGnCNNbvY8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5/go.mod h1:j0b8ZoR+7+R99LD9jZ6+AJsrzkPbSXbZfGakb5JPtIo=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:/8d0SH3Su5Ooc31QlL1WysJhvyOTDCjcCZ9Axpmri6g=
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e h1:T5PdfK/M1xyrHwynxMIVMWLS7f/qHwfslZphxtGnw7s=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e/go.mod h1:XDKHRm5ThF8YJjx001LtgelzsoaEcvnA7lVWz9EeX3g=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/http/client.go b/http/client.go
index d93b5d9..14ae8e4 100644
--- a/http/client.go
+++ b/http/client.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type client struct {
 	apiPrefix     string
 	headers       map[string]string
 	fallback      cmds.Executor
+	rawAbsPath    bool
 }
 
 // ClientOpt is an option that can be passed to the HTTP client constructor.
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ func ClientWithFallback(exe cmds.Executor) ClientOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+// ClientWithRawAbsPath enables the rawAbspath for [files.NewMultiFileReader].
+func ClientWithRawAbsPath(rawAbsPath bool) ClientOpt {
+	return func(c *client) {
+		c.rawAbsPath = rawAbsPath
+	}
+}
+
 // NewClient constructs a new HTTP-backed command executor.
 func NewClient(address string, opts ...ClientOpt) cmds.Executor {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(address, "http://") {
@@ -161,10 +169,10 @@ func (c *client) toHTTPRequest(req *cmds.Request) (*http.Request, error) {
 		// However, such is life.
 		fileReader = files.NewMultiFileReader(files.NewMapDirectory(map[string]files.Node{
 			"stdin": files.NewReaderFile(bodyArgs),
-		}), true)
+		}), true, c.rawAbsPath)
 		reader = fileReader
 	} else if req.Files != nil {
-		fileReader = files.NewMultiFileReader(req.Files, true)
+		fileReader = files.NewMultiFileReader(req.Files, true, c.rawAbsPath)
 		reader = fileReader
 	}
 
diff --git a/writer.go b/writer.go
index ad31224..e214485 100644
--- a/writer.go
+++ b/writer.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (re *writerResponseEmitter) SetLength(length uint64) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	*re.length = length
+	re.length = &length
 }
 
 func (re *writerResponseEmitter) Close() error {