diff --git a/core/commands/bitswap.go b/core/commands/bitswap.go
index 3d2288af6..75bfc7877 100644
--- a/core/commands/bitswap.go
+++ b/core/commands/bitswap.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	key "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blocks/key"
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/commands"
 	bitswap "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/exchange/bitswap"
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/p2p/peer"
@@ -19,6 +20,47 @@ var BitswapCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
 		"wantlist": showWantlistCmd,
 		"stat":     bitswapStatCmd,
+		"unwant":   unwantCmd,
+	},
+}
+
+var unwantCmd = &cmds.Command{
+	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
+		Tagline: "Remove a given block from your wantlist",
+	},
+	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
+		cmds.StringArg("key", true, true, "key to remove from your wantlist").EnableStdin(),
+	},
+	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
+		nd, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
+		if err != nil {
+			res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if !nd.OnlineMode() {
+			res.SetError(errNotOnline, cmds.ErrClient)
+			return
+		}
+
+		bs, ok := nd.Exchange.(*bitswap.Bitswap)
+		if !ok {
+			res.SetError(u.ErrCast(), cmds.ErrNormal)
+			return
+		}
+
+		var ks []key.Key
+		for _, arg := range req.Arguments() {
+			dec := key.B58KeyDecode(arg)
+			if dec == "" {
+				res.SetError(fmt.Errorf("incorrectly formatted key: %s", arg), cmds.ErrNormal)
+				return
+			}
+
+			ks = append(ks, dec)
+		}
+
+		bs.CancelWants(ks)
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
index 8bc88481b..28582fe82 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ func (bs *Bitswap) GetBlocks(ctx context.Context, keys []key.Key) (<-chan *block
 	}
 }
 
+// CancelWant removes a given key from the wantlist
+func (bs *Bitswap) CancelWants(ks []key.Key) {
+	bs.wm.CancelWants(ks)
+}
+
 // HasBlock announces the existance of a block to this bitswap service. The
 // service will potentially notify its peers.
 func (bs *Bitswap) HasBlock(ctx context.Context, blk *blocks.Block) error {
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh b/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3632705b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Jeromy Johnson
+# MIT Licensed; see the LICENSE file in this repository.
+#
+
+test_description="test bitswap commands"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+test_init_ipfs
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs block get' adds hash to wantlist" '
+	export NONEXIST=QmeXxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa &&
+	test_expect_code 1 ipfs block get $NONEXIST --timeout=10ms &&
+	ipfs bitswap wantlist | grep $NONEXIST
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs bitswap unwant' succeeds" '
+	ipfs bitswap unwant $NONEXIST
+'
+
+test_expect_success "hash was removed from wantlist" '
+	ipfs bitswap wantlist > wantlist_out &&
+	printf "" > wantlist_exp &&
+	test_cmp wantlist_out wantlist_exp
+'
+
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_done