diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc94d3f58b..adf4935aa2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "ipfs-bitswap": "^0.27.0",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.8.1",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.16.0",
-    "ipfs-http-client": "^42.0.0",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "github:ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client#feat/meta-for-get",
     "ipfs-http-response": "^0.5.0",
     "ipfs-mfs": "^1.0.0",
     "ipfs-multipart": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/http/api/resources/files-regular.js b/src/http/api/resources/files-regular.js
index 5d4e728e5f..809ee18cff 100644
--- a/src/http/api/resources/files-regular.js
+++ b/src/http/api/resources/files-regular.js
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ exports.get = {
       async function * (source) {
         for await (const file of source) {
           const header = {
-            name: file.path
+            name: file.path,
+            mtime: file.mtime ? new Date(file.mtime.secs * 1000) : null,
+            mode: file.mode
           }
 
           if (file.content) {