diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c7b26573c..443e360a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
     "peer-id": "~0.10.4",
     "peer-info": "~0.11.4",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.3",
-    "pump": "^1.0.3",
     "pull-defer": "^0.2.2",
     "pull-pushable": "^2.1.1",
+    "pump": "^1.0.3",
     "qs": "^6.5.1",
     "readable-stream": "^2.3.3",
     "stream-http": "^2.7.2",
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.5.1",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.36.16",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.37.0",
     "hapi": "^16.6.2",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.26.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/src/key/export.js b/src/key/export.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f19db4022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/key/export.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+
+module.exports = (send) => {
+  return promisify((name, password, callback) => {
+    send({
+      path: 'key/export',
+      args: name,
+      qs: { password: password }
+    }, (err, pem) => {
+      if (err) return callback(err)
+      callback(null, pem.toString())
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/key/import.js b/src/key/import.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aec92081a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/key/import.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+
+module.exports = (send) => {
+  return promisify((name, pem, password, callback) => {
+    send({
+      path: 'key/import',
+      args: name,
+      qs: {
+        pem: pem,
+        password: password
+      }
+    }, callback)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/key/index.js b/src/key/index.js
index 864c79f61..717d719c3 100644
--- a/src/key/index.js
+++ b/src/key/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ module.exports = (arg) => {
     gen: require('./gen')(send),
     list: require('./list')(send),
     rename: require('./rename')(send),
-    rm: require('./rm')(send)
+    rm: require('./rm')(send),
+    export: require('./export')(send),
+    import: require('./import')(send)
   }
 }