diff --git a/core/commands/dag/dag.go b/core/commands/dag/dag.go
index a1cf79dde5dd..f607c9c2f1da 100644
--- a/core/commands/dag/dag.go
+++ b/core/commands/dag/dag.go
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ package dagcmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
 
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/commands"
 	path "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/path"
 
 	node "gx/ipfs/QmRSU5EqqWVZSNdbU51yXmVoF1uNw3JgTNB6RaiL7DZM16/go-ipld-node"
-	ipldcbor "gx/ipfs/QmWEtx4zwWCtdhnfSqPoUTKwkwaSzQPBaZH2PPBzuTeZni/go-ipld-cbor"
+	ipldcbor "gx/ipfs/QmT1B6cKXnMMki8nbuhrnLuiU32HLvwi6xe99bJ79482UK/go-ipld-cbor"
 	cid "gx/ipfs/QmcTcsTvfaeEBRFo1TkFgT8sRmgi1n1LTZpecfVP8fzpGD/go-cid"
 )
 
@@ -78,6 +79,21 @@ into an object of the specified format.
 				return
 			}
 
+			res.SetOutput(&OutputObject{Cid: c})
+			return
+		case "raw":
+			nd, err := convertRawToType(fi, format)
+			if err != nil {
+				res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
+				return
+			}
+
+			c, err := n.DAG.Add(nd)
+			if err != nil {
+				res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
+				return
+			}
+
 			res.SetOutput(&OutputObject{Cid: c})
 			return
 		default:
@@ -141,3 +157,17 @@ func convertJsonToType(r io.Reader, format string) (node.Node, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown target format: %s", format)
 	}
 }
+
+func convertRawToType(r io.Reader, format string) (node.Node, error) {
+	switch format {
+	case "cbor", "dag-cbor":
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return ipldcbor.Decode(data)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported target format for raw input: %s", format)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/merkledag/merkledag.go b/merkledag/merkledag.go
index 5cce1a84f186..ae8d71cfe28c 100644
--- a/merkledag/merkledag.go
+++ b/merkledag/merkledag.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	node "gx/ipfs/QmRSU5EqqWVZSNdbU51yXmVoF1uNw3JgTNB6RaiL7DZM16/go-ipld-node"
 	logging "gx/ipfs/QmSpJByNKFX1sCsHBEp3R73FL4NF6FnQTEGyNAXHm2GS52/go-log"
-	ipldcbor "gx/ipfs/QmWEtx4zwWCtdhnfSqPoUTKwkwaSzQPBaZH2PPBzuTeZni/go-ipld-cbor"
+	ipldcbor "gx/ipfs/QmT1B6cKXnMMki8nbuhrnLuiU32HLvwi6xe99bJ79482UK/go-ipld-cbor"
 	cid "gx/ipfs/QmcTcsTvfaeEBRFo1TkFgT8sRmgi1n1LTZpecfVP8fzpGD/go-cid"
 )
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91b1b65293fe..0a01c8082633 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmWEtx4zwWCtdhnfSqPoUTKwkwaSzQPBaZH2PPBzuTeZni",
+      "hash": "QmT1B6cKXnMMki8nbuhrnLuiU32HLvwi6xe99bJ79482UK",
       "name": "go-ipld-cbor",
-      "version": "1.1.7"
+      "version": "1.1.8"
     },
     {
       "author": "lgierth",
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0053-dag.sh b/test/sharness/t0053-dag.sh
index 7ea6df5af800..09b8c023079d 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0053-dag.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0053-dag.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ test_dag_cmd() {
 		echo "{\"data\":\"CAISBGZvbwoYBA==\",\"links\":[]}" > cat_exp &&
 		test_cmp cat_exp cat_out
 	'
+
+	test_expect_success "non-canonical cbor input is normalized" '
+	DATA="\xa2\x65\x61\x6c\x69\x6e\x6b\xd8\x2a\x58\x25\x00\x01\x71\x12\x20\x65\x96\x50\xfc\x34\x43\xc9\x16\x42\x80\x48\xef\xc5\xba\x45\x58\xdc\x86\x35\x94\x98\x0a\x59\xf5\xcb\x3c\x4d\x84\x86\x7e\x6d\x31\x63\x61\x72\x72\x80" 
+	HASH=$(echo "$DATA" | ipfs dag put --format=cbor --input-enc=raw) &&
+	test $HASH = "zdpuAyaAXrG12ax4EWuMxvFqBQuzwMGTW8C7NXAotCrcTnSXP" ||
+	test_fsh echo $HASH
+	'
 }
 
 # should work offline