diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f75014cbd..64993ffc7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The following emojis are used to highlight certain changes:
 
 ### Added
 
+- `ipld/unixfs`: `DagModifier` now allows specifying file DAG Width (`MaxLinks`) [#898](https://github.com/ipfs/boxo/pull/898)
 - `provider`: added support for walking partial DAGs in offline mode [#905](https://github.com/ipfs/boxo/pull/905)
   - a `KeyChanFunc` that traverses DAGs from a given root (`NewDAGProvider`).
   - a `KeyChanFunc` that buffers all the CIDs in memory from another `KeyChanFunc` (`NewBufferedProvider`).
diff --git a/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go b/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
index e3a5b7c60..f426512f7 100644
--- a/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
+++ b/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type DagModifier struct {
 
 	Prefix    cid.Prefix
 	RawLeaves bool
+	MaxLinks  int
 
 	read uio.DagReader
 }
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func NewDagModifier(ctx context.Context, from ipld.Node, serv ipld.DAGService, s
 		ctx:       ctx,
 		Prefix:    prefix,
 		RawLeaves: rawLeaves,
+		MaxLinks:  help.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ func (dm *DagModifier) appendData(nd ipld.Node, spl chunker.Splitter) (ipld.Node
 	case *mdag.ProtoNode, *mdag.RawNode:
 		dbp := &help.DagBuilderParams{
 			Dagserv:    dm.dagserv,
-			Maxlinks:   help.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
+			Maxlinks:   dm.MaxLinks,
 			CidBuilder: dm.Prefix,
 			RawLeaves:  dm.RawLeaves,
 		}
diff --git a/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier_test.go b/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier_test.go
index ebbc98b10..ab69374ef 100644
--- a/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier_test.go
+++ b/ipld/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 	dag "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/merkledag"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs"
-	h "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/importer/helpers"
 	trickle "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/importer/trickle"
 	uio "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/io"
 	testu "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/test"
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func verifyNode(t *testing.T, orig []byte, dm *DagModifier, opts testu.NodeOpts)
 
 	err = trickle.VerifyTrickleDagStructure(nd, trickle.VerifyParams{
 		Getter:      dm.dagserv,
-		Direct:      h.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
+		Direct:      dm.MaxLinks,
 		LayerRepeat: 4,
 		Prefix:      &opts.Prefix,
 		RawLeaves:   opts.RawLeavesUsed,