diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index f35aeb3eb..52f18d210 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
-BINS = bin/random bin/ipfs
+BINS = bin/random bin/multihash bin/ipfs
 IPFS_ROOT = ../
 IPFS_CMD = ../cmd/ipfs
 RANDOM_SRC = ../Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random
+MULTIHASH_SRC = ../Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash
 
 all: deps
 
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ bins: $(BINS)
 bin/random: $(RANDOM_SRC)/**/*.go
 	go build -o bin/random $(RANDOM_SRC)/random
 
+bin/multihash: $(MULTIHASH_SRC)/**/*.go
+	go build -o bin/multihash $(MULTIHASH_SRC)/multihash
+
 bin/ipfs: $(IPFS_ROOT)/**/*.go
 	go build -o bin/ipfs $(IPFS_CMD)
 
diff --git a/test/sharness/Makefile b/test/sharness/Makefile
index 665484757..392826632 100644
--- a/test/sharness/Makefile
+++ b/test/sharness/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # NOTE: run with TEST_VERBOSE=1 for verbose sharness tests.
 
 T = $(sort $(wildcard t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh))
-BINS = bin/random bin/ipfs
+BINS = bin/random bin/multihash bin/ipfs
 SHARNESS = lib/sharness/sharness.sh
 IPFS_ROOT = ../..
 
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index 5f7e99118..a6e8efb6a 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ test_expect_success "generate 5MB file using go-random" '
 '
 
 test_expect_success "sha1 of the file looks ok" '
-	echo "5620fb92eb5a49c9986b5c6844efda37e471660e  mountdir/bigfile" >sha1_expected &&
-	shasum mountdir/bigfile >sha1_actual &&
+	echo "11145620fb92eb5a49c9986b5c6844efda37e471660e" >sha1_expected &&
+	multihash -a=sha1 -e=hex mountdir/bigfile >sha1_actual &&
 	test_cmp sha1_expected sha1_actual
 '
 
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "generate 100MB file using go-random" '
 '
 
 test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "sha1 of the file looks ok" '
-	echo "885b197b01e0f7ff584458dc236cb9477d2e736d  mountdir/bigfile" >sha1_expected &&
-	shasum mountdir/bigfile >sha1_actual &&
+	echo "1114885b197b01e0f7ff584458dc236cb9477d2e736d" >sha1_expected &&
+	multihash -a=sha1 -e=hex mountdir/bigfile >sha1_actual &&
 	test_cmp sha1_expected sha1_actual
 '
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs add bigfile output looks good" '
 '
 
 test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs cat succeeds" '
-	ipfs cat $HASH | shasum >sha1_actual
+	ipfs cat $HASH | multihash -a=sha1 -e=hex >sha1_actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs cat output looks good" '
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs cat output looks good" '
 	test_cmp mountdir/bigfile actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs cat output shasum looks good" '
-	echo "885b197b01e0f7ff584458dc236cb9477d2e736d  -" >sha1_expected &&
+test_expect_success EXPENSIVE "ipfs cat output hashed looks good" '
+	echo "1114885b197b01e0f7ff584458dc236cb9477d2e736d" >sha1_expected &&
 	test_cmp sha1_expected sha1_actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success FUSE,EXPENSIVE "cat ipfs/bigfile succeeds" '
-	cat ipfs/$HASH | shasum >sha1_actual
+	cat ipfs/$HASH | multihash -a=sha1 -e=hex >sha1_actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success FUSE,EXPENSIVE "cat ipfs/bigfile looks good" '