diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1fd95dee40d..f0b97ccc1c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-graphsync v0.11.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.7.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 43f65b68404..496708baef5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Yq4M86uIOmxmGPUHv/uI7uKqZNtL
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.1/go.mod h1:tWewYK0we3+rMbOh7pPFGDyypCtvGcBFymgY4rSDLAw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5 h1:ojCf7HV/m+uS2vhUGWcogIIxiO5ubl5O57Q7NapWLY8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5/go.mod h1:jhgdF8vxRHycr00k13FM8Y0E+6BoalYeobXmUyTreP8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.7.0 h1:0lEldmB7C83RxIOer38Sv1ob6wIoCAIEOaxiYgcv7wA=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.7.0/go.mod h1:y0bflH6m4g6ary4HniYt98UqbrVnRxmRarzeMdLIUn0=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0 h1:M7apkPxhGe7I3rcKuQ8xRJLIPdaEqaZhJz0uPZEE8EU=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0/go.mod h1:y0bflH6m4g6ary4HniYt98UqbrVnRxmRarzeMdLIUn0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 h1:r/UXYyRcddO6thwOnhiznIAiSvxMECGgtv35Xs1IeRQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index 635b97453a9..36a6e224050 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -345,6 +345,27 @@ test_add_cat_file() {
     echo "added Qmf35k66MZNW2GijohUmXQEWKZU4cCGTCwK6idfnt152wJ hello2.txt" >> expected &&
     test_cmp expected actual
   '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add with multiple files of same name succeeds" '
+    mkdir -p mountdir/same-file/ &&
+    cp mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt &&
+    ipfs add mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt >actual &&
+    rm mountdir/same-file/hello.txt  &&
+    rmdir mountdir/same-file
+  '
+
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add with multiple files of same name output looks good" '
+    echo "added QmVr26fY1tKyspEJBniVhqxQeEjhF78XerGiqWAwraVLQH hello.txt" >expected &&
+    test_cmp expected actual
+  '
+
+    test_must_fail "ipfs add with multiple files of same name but different dirs fails" '
+      mkdir -p mountdir/same-file/ &&
+      cp mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt &&
+      ipfs add mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt >actual &&
+      rm mountdir/same-file/hello.txt  &&
+      rmdir mountdir/same-file
+    '
 }
 
 test_add_cat_5MB() {