diff --git a/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git-data/git.tar.gz b/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git-data/git.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff5298b77
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git-data/git.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git.sh b/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git.sh
index 606a7efe4..4e2eaffea 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0280-plugin-git.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,36 @@ test_expect_success "copy plugin" '
 	cp ../plugins/git.so "$IPFS_PATH/plugins/"
 '
 
-# test here
+# from https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-git/blob/master/make-test-repo.sh
+test_expect_success "prepare test data" '
+	tar xzf ../t0280-plugin-git-data/git.tar.gz
+'
+
+test_dag_git() {
+	test_expect_success "add objects via dag put" '
+		find objects -type f -exec ipfs dag put --format=git --input-enc=zlib {} \; -exec echo \; > hashes
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "successfully get added objects" '
+		cat hashes | xargs -i ipfs dag get -- {} > /dev/null
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "path traversals work" '
+		echo \"YmxvYiA3ACcsLnB5Zgo=\" > file1 &&
+		ipfs dag get z8mWaJh5RLq16Zwgtd8gZxd63P4hgwNNx/object/parents/0/tree/dir2/hash/f3/hash > out1
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "outputs look correct" '
+		test_cmp file1 out1
+	'
+}
+
+# should work offline
+#test_dag_git
+
+# should work online
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+test_dag_git
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
 
 test_done