diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 7e7cb7e..8a4c59c 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ func setupGatewayHandler(nd *Node) (http.Handler, error) {
 	return handler, nil
 }
 
+// Prefixes with /ipfs/ unprefixed paths.
+func prefixPath(p string) string {
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return p
+	}
+	if p[0] != '/' {
+		return "/ipfs/" + p
+	}
+	return p // let NewPath handle whatever issues from here.
+}
+
 func newKuboRPCHandler(endpoints []string) http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
@@ -174,7 +185,7 @@ func newKuboRPCHandler(endpoints []string) http.Handler {
 	// - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/303
 	redirectToGateway := func(format string) http.HandlerFunc {
 		return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			path, err := path.NewPath(r.URL.Query().Get("arg"))
+			path, err := path.NewPath(prefixPath(r.URL.Query().Get("arg")))
 			if err != nil {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
@@ -194,7 +205,7 @@ func newKuboRPCHandler(endpoints []string) http.Handler {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/api/v0/dag/export", redirectToGateway("car"))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/api/v0/block/get", redirectToGateway("raw"))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/api/v0/dag/get", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		path, err := path.NewPath(r.URL.Query().Get("arg"))
+		path, err := path.NewPath(prefixPath(r.URL.Query().Get("arg")))
 		if err != nil {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))