diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/src/resolvers/unixfs-v1/index.ts b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/src/resolvers/unixfs-v1/index.ts
index c847ca4c..4fd337f3 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/src/resolvers/unixfs-v1/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/src/resolvers/unixfs-v1/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const contentExporters: Record<string, UnixfsV1Resolver> = {
 
 // @ts-expect-error types are wrong
 const unixFsResolver: Resolver = async (cid, name, path, toResolve, resolve, depth, blockstore, options) => {
-  if (isBasicExporterOptions(options)) {
+  if (isBasicExporterOptions(options) && toResolve.length === 0) {
     const basic: UnixFSBasicEntry = {
       cid,
       name,
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter-sharded.spec.ts b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter-sharded.spec.ts
index 29fe8fc0..a6abbc85 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter-sharded.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter-sharded.spec.ts
@@ -414,4 +414,37 @@ describe('exporter sharded', function () {
       await expect(exporter(dirFile.cid, block)).to.eventually.be.rejected()
     }
   })
+
+  it('exports basic file from sharded directory', async () => {
+    const files: Record<string, { content: Uint8Array, cid?: CID }> = {}
+
+    // needs to result in a block that is larger than SHARD_SPLIT_THRESHOLD bytes
+    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+      files[`file-${Math.random()}.txt`] = {
+        content: uint8ArrayConcat(await all(randomBytes(100)))
+      }
+    }
+
+    const imported = await all(importer(Object.keys(files).map(path => ({
+      path,
+      content: asAsyncIterable(files[path].content)
+    })), block, {
+      wrapWithDirectory: true,
+      shardSplitThresholdBytes: SHARD_SPLIT_THRESHOLD,
+      rawLeaves: false
+    }))
+
+    const file = imported[0]
+    const dir = imported[imported.length - 1]
+
+    const basicfile = await exporter(`/ipfs/${dir.cid}/${file.path}`, block, {
+      extended: false
+    })
+
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.property('name', file.path)
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.property('path', `${dir.cid}/${file.path}`)
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.deep.property('cid', file.cid)
+    expect(basicfile).to.not.have.property('unixfs')
+    expect(basicfile).to.not.have.property('content')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter.spec.ts b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter.spec.ts
index be9e58e7..7d4de993 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/exporter.spec.ts
@@ -1708,4 +1708,33 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
     expect(basicDir).to.not.have.property('unixfs')
     expect(basicDir).to.not.have.property('content')
   })
+
+  it('exports basic file from directory', async () => {
+    const files: Record<string, { content: Uint8Array, cid?: CID }> = {
+      'file.txt': {
+        content: uint8ArrayConcat(await all(randomBytes(100)))
+      }
+    }
+
+    const imported = await all(importer(Object.keys(files).map(path => ({
+      path,
+      content: asAsyncIterable(files[path].content)
+    })), block, {
+      wrapWithDirectory: true,
+      rawLeaves: false
+    }))
+
+    const file = imported[0]
+    const dir = imported[imported.length - 1]
+
+    const basicfile = await exporter(`/ipfs/${dir.cid}/${file.path}`, block, {
+      extended: false
+    })
+
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.property('name', file.path)
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.property('path', `${dir.cid}/${file.path}`)
+    expect(basicfile).to.have.deep.property('cid', file.cid)
+    expect(basicfile).to.not.have.property('unixfs')
+    expect(basicfile).to.not.have.property('content')
+  })
 })