diff --git a/src/cli/commands/dag.js b/src/cli/commands/dag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3653920fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/commands/dag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = {
+  command: 'dag',
+
+  description: 'Interact with ipld dag objects.',
+
+  builder (yargs) {
+    return yargs
+      .commandDir('dag')
+  },
+
+  handler (argv) {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/dag/get.js b/src/cli/commands/dag/get.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4100b533ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/commands/dag/get.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const utils = require('../../utils')
+const CID = require('cids')
+const debug = require('debug')
+const log = debug('cli:block')
+log.error = debug('cli:block:error')
+
+module.exports = {
+  command: 'get <ref>',
+
+  describe: 'Get a dag node from ipfs.',
+
+  builder: {},
+
+  handler (argv) {
+    utils.getIPFS((err, ipfs) => {
+      if (err) {
+        throw err
+      }
+
+      const refParts = argv.ref.split('/')
+      const cidString = refParts[0]
+      const pathString = refParts.slice(1).join('/')
+      const cid = new CID(cidString)
+
+      let lookupFn
+      if (pathString) {
+        lookupFn = () => ipfs.dag.resolve(cid, pathString)
+      } else {
+        lookupFn = () => ipfs.dag.get(cid)
+      }
+
+      lookupFn()
+      .then((obj) => {
+        if (Buffer.isBuffer(obj)) {
+          console.log('0x' + obj.toString('hex'))
+        } else {
+          console.log(obj)
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        console.error(err)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/cli/commands.js b/test/cli/commands.js
index 1a7c622add..2d6d44ea76 100644
--- a/test/cli/commands.js
+++ b/test/cli/commands.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 const expect = require('chai').expect
 const runOnAndOff = require('../utils/on-and-off')
 
-const commandCount = 61
+const commandCount = 63
 
 describe('commands', () => runOnAndOff((thing) => {
   let ipfs
diff --git a/test/cli/dag.js b/test/cli/dag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..659c4b737e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/dag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+'use strict'
+
+const expect = require('chai').expect
+const runOnAndOff = require('../utils/on-and-off')
+
+describe('dag', () => runOnAndOff.off((thing) => {
+  let ipfs
+
+  before(() => {
+    ipfs = thing.ipfs
+  })
+
+  it('get', () => {
+    // put test eth-block
+    return ipfs('block put --format eth-block --mhtype keccak-256 test/test-data/eth-block').then((out) => {
+      expect(out).to.eql('z43AaGF23fmvRnDP56Ub9WcJCfzSfqtmzNCCvmz5eudT8dtdCDS')
+      // lookup path on eth-block
+      return ipfs('dag get z43AaGF23fmvRnDP56Ub9WcJCfzSfqtmzNCCvmz5eudT8dtdCDS/parentHash')
+    }).then((out) => {
+      let expectHash = new Buffer('c8c0a17305adea9bbb4b98a52d44f0c1478f5c48fc4b64739ee805242501b256', 'hex')
+      expect(out).to.be.eql('0x' + expectHash.toString('hex'))
+    })
+  })
+}))