diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f95cfb847..b1822287a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "readable-stream": "^2.3.3",
     "stream-http": "^2.7.2",
     "streamifier": "^0.1.1",
-    "tar-stream": "^1.5.4"
+    "tar-stream": "^1.5.5"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=6.0.0",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.4.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.34.0",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.34.3",
     "hapi": "^16.6.2",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.24.1",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/src/ls.js b/src/ls.js
index 20082301f..78dc4d5bd 100644
--- a/src/ls.js
+++ b/src/ls.js
@@ -15,6 +15,48 @@ module.exports = (arg) => {
       path: 'ls',
       args: args,
       qs: opts
-    }, callback)
+    }, (err, results) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return callback(err)
+      }
+
+      let result = results.Objects
+      if (!result) {
+        return callback(new Error('expected .Objects in results'))
+      }
+
+      result = result[0]
+      if (!result) {
+        return callback(new Error('expected one array in results.Objects'))
+      }
+
+      result = result.Links
+      if (!Array.isArray(result)) {
+        return callback(new Error('expected one array in results.Objects[0].Links'))
+      }
+
+      result = result.map((link) => ({
+        depth: 1,
+        name: link.Name,
+        path: args + '/' + link.Name,
+        size: link.Size,
+        hash: link.Hash,
+        type: typeOf(link)
+      }))
+
+      callback(null, result)
+    })
   })
 }
+
+function typeOf (link) {
+  switch (link.Type) {
+    case 1:
+    case 5:
+      return 'dir'
+    case 2:
+      return 'file'
+    default:
+      return 'unknown'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/ls.spec.js b/test/ls.spec.js
index 0b2bcc828..4cbf845f4 100644
--- a/test/ls.spec.js
+++ b/test/ls.spec.js
@@ -40,17 +40,6 @@ describe('.ls', function () {
   after((done) => fc.dismantle(done))
 
   describe('Callback API', () => {
-    it('should correctly retrieve links', function (done) {
-      ipfs.ls(folder, (err, res) => {
-        expect(err).to.not.exist()
-
-        expect(res).to.have.a.property('Objects')
-        expect(res.Objects[0]).to.have.a.property('Links')
-        expect(res.Objects[0]).to.have.property('Hash', 'QmQao3KNcpCsdXaLGpjieFGMfXzsSXgsf6Rnc5dJJA3QMh')
-        done()
-      })
-    })
-
     it('should correctly handle a nonexist()ing hash', function (done) {
       ipfs.ls('surelynotavalidhashheh?', (err, res) => {
         expect(err).to.exist()
@@ -69,15 +58,6 @@ describe('.ls', function () {
   })
 
   describe('Promises API', () => {
-    it('should correctly retrieve links', () => {
-      return ipfs.ls(folder)
-        .then((res) => {
-          expect(res).to.have.a.property('Objects')
-          expect(res.Objects[0]).to.have.a.property('Links')
-          expect(res.Objects[0]).to.have.property('Hash', 'QmQao3KNcpCsdXaLGpjieFGMfXzsSXgsf6Rnc5dJJA3QMh')
-        })
-    })
-
     it('should correctly handle a nonexist()ing hash', () => {
       return ipfs.ls('surelynotavalidhashheh?')
         .catch((err) => expect(err).to.exist())