diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index 0ad74ac95..c51748700 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/commands/cmdenv"
 
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files"
+	files "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files"
 	coreiface "github.com/ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core"
 	"github.com/ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core/options"
 	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ how to break files into blocks. Blocks with same content can
 be deduplicated. Different chunking strategies will produce different
 hashes for the same file. The default is a fixed block size of
 256 * 1024 bytes, 'size-262144'. Alternatively, you can use the
-Rabin fingerprint chunker for content defined chunking by specifying
-rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max] (where min/avg/max refer to the desired
-chunk sizes in bytes), e.g. 'rabin-262144-524288-1048576'.
+Buzhash or Rabin fingerprint chunker for content defined chunking by
+specifying buzhash or rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max] (where min/avg/max refer
+to the desired chunk sizes in bytes), e.g. 'rabin-262144-524288-1048576'.
 
 The following examples use very small byte sizes to demonstrate the
 properties of the different chunkers on a small file. You'll likely
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ You can now check what blocks have been created by:
 		cmds.BoolOption(trickleOptionName, "t", "Use trickle-dag format for dag generation."),
 		cmds.BoolOption(onlyHashOptionName, "n", "Only chunk and hash - do not write to disk."),
 		cmds.BoolOption(wrapOptionName, "w", "Wrap files with a directory object."),
-		cmds.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm, size-[bytes] or rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max]").WithDefault("size-262144"),
+		cmds.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm, size-[bytes], rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max] or buzhash").WithDefault("size-262144"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(pinOptionName, "Pin this object when adding.").WithDefault(true),
 		cmds.BoolOption(rawLeavesOptionName, "Use raw blocks for leaf nodes. (experimental)"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(noCopyOptionName, "Add the file using filestore. Implies raw-leaves. (experimental)"),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cb0cbb92b..1f3ffba41 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-filestore v0.0.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v0.1.0
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.1
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.3
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-config v0.0.11
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v0.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 95d3d260f..9f016a97c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1 h1:Eh/H4pc1hsvhzsQoMEP3Bke/aW5P5rVM1IW
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Yq4M86uIOmxmGPUHv/uI7uKqZNtLb449gwKqXjIsnRk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.1 h1:cHUUxKFQ99pozdahi+uSC/3Y6HeRpi9oTeUHbE27SEw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.1/go.mod h1:tWewYK0we3+rMbOh7pPFGDyypCtvGcBFymgY4rSDLAw=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.3 h1:UuXhKoxvxl/vGhie+WXFRZYCwpZjbKF2SzD1Tvxif1I=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.3/go.mod h1:RkGJorerOQNTDPgmX7HtJ5YzVQqaIYdzI/hrCHty5Kc=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.1.1 h1:H9/BLf5rcsULHMj/x8gC0e5o+raYhqk1OQsfzbGMNM4=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.1.1/go.mod h1:k1zMXcOLtljA9iAnZHddbH69yVm5+weRL0snmMD/rK0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-config v0.0.11 h1:5/4nas2CQXiKr2/MLxU24GDGTBvtstQIQezuk7ltOQQ=
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index edd3e1207..74408fbb6 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ test_add_cat_file() {
     test_expect_code 1 ipfs add -Q --chunker rabin-12-512-1024 mountdir/hello.txt
   '
 
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add --chunker buzhash suceeds" '
+    ipfs add --chunker buzhash mountdir/hello.txt >actual
+  '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add --chunker buzhash output looks good" '
+    HASH="QmVr26fY1tKyspEJBniVhqxQeEjhF78XerGiqWAwraVLQH" &&
+    echo "added $HASH hello.txt" >expected &&
+    test_cmp expected actual
+  '
+
   test_expect_success "ipfs add on hidden file succeeds" '
     echo "Hello Worlds!" >mountdir/.hello.txt &&
     ipfs add mountdir/.hello.txt >actual