diff --git a/src/status_im/constants.cljs b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
index 4417f53dd6..65ee621db6 100644
--- a/src/status_im/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
@@ -229,3 +229,8 @@
 (def ^:const web3-send-async-callback "web3-send-async-callback")
 (def ^:const scan-qr-code "scan-qr-code")
 (def ^:const scan-qr-code-callback "scan-qr-code-callback")
+
+;;ipfs
+(def ^:const ipfs-add-url "https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0/add")
+(def ^:const ipfs-add-param-name "extension.event.edn")
+(def ^:const ipfs-cat-url "https://ipfs.infura.io/ipfs/")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/status_im/extensions/core.cljs b/src/status_im/extensions/core.cljs
index 2890f58829..44ff86f22f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/extensions/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/extensions/core.cljs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             [status-im.ui.screens.wallet.settings.views :as settings]
             [status-im.i18n :as i18n]
             [status-im.utils.money :as money]
+            [status-im.constants :as constants]
             [status-im.ui.components.colors :as colors]
             [status-im.ui.screens.navigation :as navigation]
             [status-im.utils.handlers :as handlers]
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@
 (re-frame/reg-event-fx
  :ipfs/cat
  (fn [_ [_ _ {:keys [hash on-success on-failure]}]]
-   {:http-raw-get (merge {:url (str "https://ipfs.infura.io/ipfs/" hash)
+   {:http-raw-get (merge {:url (str constants/ipfs-cat-url hash)
                           :success-event-creator
                           (fn [{:keys [status body]}]
                             (if (= 200 status)
@@ -207,6 +208,30 @@
                            {:failure-event-creator on-failure})
                          {:timeout-ms 5000})}))
 
+(defn- parse-ipfs-add-response [res]
+  (let [{:keys [Name Hash Size]} (parse-json res)]
+    {:name Name
+     :hash Hash
+     :size Size}))
+
+(re-frame/reg-event-fx
+ :ipfs/add
+ (fn [_ [_ _ {:keys [value on-success on-failure]}]]
+   (let [formdata (doto
+                   (js/FormData.)
+                    (.append constants/ipfs-add-param-name value))]
+     {:http-raw-post (merge {:url  constants/ipfs-add-url
+                             :body formdata
+                             :success-event-creator
+                             (fn [{:keys [status body]}]
+                               (if (= 200 status)
+                                 (on-success {:value (parse-ipfs-add-response body)})
+                                 (when on-failure
+                                   (on-failure {:value status}))))}
+                            (when on-failure
+                              {:failure-event-creator on-failure})
+                            {:timeout-ms 5000})})))
+
 (re-frame/reg-event-fx
  :http/post
  (fn [_ [_ _ {:keys [url body on-success on-failure timeout]}]]
@@ -458,6 +483,12 @@
                  :arguments   {:hash        :string
                                :on-success  :event
                                :on-failure? :event}}
+                'ipfs/add
+                {:permissions [:read]
+                 :value       :ipfs/add
+                 :arguments   {:value        :string
+                               :on-success  :event
+                               :on-failure? :event}}
                 'ethereum/transaction-receipt
                 {:permissions [:read]
                  :value       :extensions/ethereum-transaction-receipt
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
index 861b043a75..fe99e403ad 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@
  :http-post
  http-post)
 
+(defn- http-raw-post [{:keys [url body response-validator success-event-creator failure-event-creator timeout-ms opts]}]
+  (let [on-success #(re-frame/dispatch (success-event-creator %))
+        on-error   #(re-frame/dispatch (failure-event-creator %))
+        all-opts   (assoc opts
+                          :valid-response? response-validator
+                          :timeout-ms      timeout-ms)]
+    (http/raw-post url body on-success on-error all-opts)))
+
+(re-frame/reg-fx
+ :http-raw-post
+ http-raw-post)
+
 (re-frame/reg-fx
  :request-permissions-fx
  (fn [options]