diff --git a/test/sharness/t0054-dag-car-import-export.sh b/test/sharness/t0054-dag-car-import-export.sh
index 2dd8c70b713..f378e9128e5 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0054-dag-car-import-export.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0054-dag-car-import-export.sh
@@ -263,14 +263,32 @@ test_expect_success "version 2 import output as expected" '
   test_cmp_sorted version_2_import_expected version_2_import_actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success "'ipfs dag import' decode IPLD dag-json works" '
-  HASH=$(echo "dag-json content" | ipfs add -Q) &&
-  # We dont pipe because that doesnt release the repo lock
-  ipfs dag get $HASH > dag-json.out &&
-  NEW_HASH=$(ipfs dag put --store-codec dag-json dag-json.out) &&
+test_expect_success "'ipfs dag import' decode IPLD 'dag-json' codec works" '
+  NEW_HASH=$(echo "{ \"test\": \"dag-json\" }" | ipfs dag put --store-codec dag-json) &&
   ipfs dag export $NEW_HASH > dag-json.car &&
   ipfs dag import dag-json.car &&
-  rm dag-json.out dag-json.car
+  rm dag-json.car
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs dag import' decode IPLD 'dag-cbor' codec works" '
+  NEW_HASH=$(echo "{ \"test\": \"dag-cbor\" }" | ipfs dag put --store-codec dag-cbor) &&
+  ipfs dag export $NEW_HASH > dag-cbor.car &&
+  ipfs dag import dag-cbor.car &&
+  rm dag-cbor.car
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs dag import' decode IPLD 'json' codec works" '
+  NEW_HASH=$(echo "{ \"test\": \"json\" }" | ipfs dag put --store-codec json) &&
+  ipfs dag export $NEW_HASH > json.car &&
+  ipfs dag import json.car &&
+  rm json.car
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs dag import' decode IPLD 'cbor' codec works" '
+  NEW_HASH=$(echo "{ \"test\": \"cbor\" }" | ipfs dag put --store-codec cbor) &&
+  ipfs dag export $NEW_HASH > cbor.car &&
+  ipfs dag import cbor.car &&
+  rm cbor.car
 '
 
 test_done