diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 673b5e58d..5668a65ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "~0.4.21",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.107.1",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.109.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.43.0",
     "nock": "^10.0.2",
     "stream-equal": "^1.1.1"
diff --git a/src/object/stat.js b/src/object/stat.js
index 280e9f8e1..6488a297e 100644
--- a/src/object/stat.js
+++ b/src/object/stat.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
 
     send({
       path: 'object/stat',
-      args: cid.toString()
+      args: cid.toString(),
+      qs: opts
     }, callback)
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/interface.spec.js b/test/interface.spec.js
index 1c7ed2b7d..962a076b4 100644
--- a/test/interface.spec.js
+++ b/test/interface.spec.js
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
       {
         name: 'replace',
         reason: 'FIXME Waiting for fix on go-ipfs https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/pull/307#discussion_r69281789 and https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/2927'
+      },
+      // config.profile
+      {
+        name: 'profile',
+        reason: 'TODO not yet implemented https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/pull/1030'
       }
     ]
   })
@@ -182,7 +187,14 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
     ]
   })
 
-  tests.filesMFS(defaultCommonFactory)
+  tests.filesMFS(defaultCommonFactory, {
+    skip: [
+      {
+        name: 'should ls directory with long option',
+        reason: 'TODO unskip when go-ipfs supports --long https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/6528'
+      }
+    ]
+  })
 
   tests.key(defaultCommonFactory, {
     skip: [