diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 62990ef779..22f610885d 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "nanoid": "^3.1.30",
     "regexparam": "^2.0.0",
     "toucan-js": "^2.4.1",
-    "ucan-storage": "^1.0.0",
+    "ucan-storage": "^1.3.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/errors.js b/packages/api/src/errors.js
index 61ba1896b5..4dbacc7d0c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/errors.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/errors.js
@@ -243,3 +243,20 @@ export class ErrorDIDNotFound extends HTTPError {
   }
 }
 ErrorMaintenance.CODE = 'ERROR_DID_NOT_FOUND'
+
+export class ErrorAgentDIDRequired extends HTTPError {
+  constructor(
+    msg = 'UCAN authorized request must be supplied with x-agent-did header set to the DID of the UCAN issuer',
+    status = 401
+  ) {
+    super(msg, status)
+    this.name = 'ErrorAgentDIDRequired'
+    this.code = ErrorUnauthenticated.CODE
+  }
+}
+
+export class ErrorInvalidRoute extends HTTPError {
+  constructor(msg = 'Invalid route for the request', status = 400) {
+    super(msg, status)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/index.js b/packages/api/src/index.js
index 1ef0931dfa..a8b61fb094 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/index.js
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ r.add('get', '/:cid', withAuth(withMode(nftGet, RO)), [postCors])
 r.add(
   'post',
   '/upload',
+  withAuth(withMode(nftUpload, RW), {
+    checkHasAccountRestriction,
+  }),
+  [postCors]
+)
+r.add(
+  'post',
+  '/ucan-upload',
   withAuth(withMode(nftUpload, RW), {
     checkHasAccountRestriction,
     checkUcan,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/auth.js b/packages/api/src/utils/auth.js
index adfb88e5a0..0265200801 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/auth.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/auth.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
   ErrorTokenNotFound,
   ErrorUnauthenticated,
   ErrorTokenBlocked,
+  ErrorAgentDIDRequired,
+  ErrorInvalidRoute,
 } from '../errors.js'
 import { parseJWT, verifyJWT } from './jwt.js'
 import * as Ucan from 'ucan-storage/ucan-storage'
@@ -37,19 +39,35 @@ export async function validate(event, { log, db, ucanService }, options) {
   const auth = event.request.headers.get('Authorization') || ''
   const token = magic.utils.parseAuthorizationHeader(auth)
 
-  if (options?.checkUcan && Ucan.isUcan(token)) {
-    const { root, cap } = await ucanService.validateFromCaps(token)
-    const user = await db.getUser(root.audience())
-    if (user) {
-      log.setUser({ id: user.id })
-      return {
-        user: filterDeletedKeys(user),
-        db,
-        ucan: { token, root: root._decoded.payload, cap },
-        type: 'ucan',
+  if (Ucan.isUcan(token)) {
+    if (options?.checkUcan) {
+      const agentDID = event.request.headers.get('x-agent-did') || ''
+      if (!agentDID.startsWith('did:key:')) {
+        throw new ErrorAgentDIDRequired()
+      }
+
+      const { root, cap, issuer } = await ucanService.validateFromCaps(token)
+      if (issuer !== agentDID) {
+        throw new ErrorAgentDIDRequired(
+          `Expected x-agent-did to be UCAN issuer DID: ${issuer}, instead got ${agentDID}`
+        )
+      }
+      const user = await db.getUser(root.audience())
+      if (user) {
+        log.setUser({ id: user.id })
+        return {
+          user: filterDeletedKeys(user),
+          db,
+          ucan: { token, root: root._decoded.payload, cap },
+          type: 'ucan',
+        }
+      } else {
+        throw new ErrorTokenNotFound()
       }
     } else {
-      throw new ErrorTokenNotFound()
+      throw new ErrorInvalidRoute(
+        `Invalid route, UCAN authorized requests must be directed to /ucan-upload instead`
+      )
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/test/nfts-upload.spec.js b/packages/api/test/nfts-upload.spec.js
index 756325e532..6d5c14ed17 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/nfts-upload.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api/test/nfts-upload.spec.js
@@ -488,11 +488,57 @@ describe('NFT Upload ', () => {
     const file = new Blob(['hello world!'], { type: 'application/text' })
     // expected CID for the above data
     const cid = 'bafkreidvbhs33ighmljlvr7zbv2ywwzcmp5adtf4kqvlly67cy56bdtmve'
-    const res = await fetch('upload', {
+    {
+      const res = await fetch('upload', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${opUcan}` },
+        body: file,
+      })
+
+      assert.equal(res.status, 400)
+      const { ok, error } = await res.json()
+      assert.equal(ok, false)
+      assert.ok(error.message.match(/Invalid route/))
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await fetch('ucan-upload', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${opUcan}` },
+        body: file,
+      })
+
+      assert.equal(res.status, 401)
+      const { ok, error } = await res.json()
+      assert.equal(ok, false)
+      assert.ok(error.message.match(/x-agent-did/))
+    }
+
+    {
+      const badkp = await KeyPair.create()
+      const res = await fetch('ucan-upload', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${opUcan}`,
+          'x-agent-did': badkp.did(),
+        },
+        body: file,
+      })
+
+      assert.equal(res.status, 401)
+      const { ok, error } = await res.json()
+      assert.equal(ok, false)
+      assert.ok(
+        error.message.match(/Expected x-agent-did to be UCAN issuer DID/)
+      )
+    }
+
+    const res = await fetch('ucan-upload', {
       method: 'POST',
-      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${opUcan}` },
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${opUcan}`, 'x-agent-did': kp.did() },
       body: file,
     })
+
     const { ok, value } = await res.json()
     assert(ok, 'Server response payload has `ok` property')
 
diff --git a/packages/website/pages/docs/how-to/ucan.md b/packages/website/pages/docs/how-to/ucan.md
index 96de2b382b..f52f4150a3 100644
--- a/packages/website/pages/docs/how-to/ucan.md
+++ b/packages/website/pages/docs/how-to/ucan.md
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ Send a `GET` request to `https://api.nft.storage/did`, which should return a JSO
 
 The `value` field contains the service DID, which is used when [creating request tokens][ucan-storage-typedoc-creating-a-request-token].
 
+## Sending requests
+
+You can send upload requests with UCAN auth token to `https://api.nft.storage/ucan-upload` endpoint. Requests to that endpoint must have additional `x-agent-did` HTTP header with a value set to a DID token was issued/signed by.
+
 ## Getting help
 
 Use of UCANs to delegate upload permissions in NFT.Storage is currently a Preview Feature. If you find issues with the integration, need help with tooling, or have suggestions for improving the API for your use cases, please leave feedback in [this Github Discussion](https://github.com/nftstorage/nft.storage/discussions/1591). We're excited to see what you'll build!
diff --git a/packages/website/public/schema.yml b/packages/website/public/schema.yml
index 5bf57b0c60..ef17dbf685 100644
--- a/packages/website/public/schema.yml
+++ b/packages/website/public/schema.yml
@@ -184,6 +184,55 @@ paths:
           $ref: '#/components/responses/forbidden'
         '500':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
+  /ucan-upload:
+    post:
+      tags:
+        - NFT Storage
+      summary: Store a file
+      description: |
+        Just like `/upload` endpoint but [using UCAN authorization tokens](https://nft.storage/docs/how-to/ucan/#using-ucans-with-nftstorage).
+        You must set `x-agent-did` header to a DID that signed the token.
+
+      operationId: ucan-upload
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          image/*:
+            schema:
+              type: string
+              format: binary
+          application/car:
+            schema:
+              type: string
+              format: binary
+          multipart/form-data:
+            schema:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                file:
+                  type: array
+                  items:
+                    type: string
+                    format: binary
+          '*/*':
+            schema:
+              type: string
+              format: binary
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+          content:
+            'application/json':
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadResponse'
+        '400':
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequest'
+        '401':
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
+        '403':
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbidden'
+        '500':
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
   /:
     get:
       tags:
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c0bf0c6cac..7e7b41987f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -19758,10 +19758,10 @@ ua-parser-js@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-1.0.2.tgz#e2976c34dbfb30b15d2c300b2a53eac87c57a775"
   integrity sha512-00y/AXhx0/SsnI51fTc0rLRmafiGOM4/O+ny10Ps7f+j/b8p/ZY11ytMgznXkOVo4GQ+KwQG5UQLkLGirsACRg==
 
-ucan-storage@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ucan-storage/-/ucan-storage-1.2.0.tgz#fa3899e86842cd6d832436303254512ee782a791"
-  integrity sha512-h3lDsuDVrKhgL8DBEMb1Fub+jvqp7jlOXJUaOTaKE5eXCG5IQZ1eol0YWOScSpjxOvpRwoYGNhEIZR0sb6DJaw==
+"ucan-storage@^ 1.3.0":
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ucan-storage/-/ucan-storage-1.3.0.tgz#b9f3e29fa77da22a636ba5d917f4e747da0a89c8"
+  integrity sha512-C1PvShqWTg6JzcBAuWDeCsaL6AggwsGWqbvKZ8XdN9csAukQVnA5/kerddhdPrpeoCGnJFfSkvBcPklZzdJ+OQ==
   dependencies:
     "@noble/ed25519" "^1.5.2"
     base-x "^4.0.0"