diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 046bcc65..9302b29c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.5.0
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
+	github.com/poolpOrg/go-fastcdc v0.0.0-20211130135149-aa8a1e8a10db
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 766d067d..516b0cb2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/poolpOrg/go-fastcdc v0.0.0-20211130135149-aa8a1e8a10db h1:PfgdUkbymefXsGoYrYjCpZh1PcmQ3tDHKGt1fSDm1+o=
+github.com/poolpOrg/go-fastcdc v0.0.0-20211130135149-aa8a1e8a10db/go.mod h1:9KpZcfiu0ZuQsRGTJ8ggDEjKUndlV6TFf8IMKNhW1qA=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
diff --git a/pkg/nixpath/chunker/chunker_test.go b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/chunker_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8115de95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/chunker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package chunker_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	_ "embed"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixpath/chunker"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+//go:embed simple.go
+var testData []byte
+
+func TestChunkers(t *testing.T) {
+	fastCDCChunker, err := chunker.NewFastCDCChunker(bytes.NewReader(testData))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	chunkers := []struct {
+		Name    string
+		Chunker chunker.Chunker
+	}{
+		{
+			"Simple",
+			chunker.NewSimpleChunker(bytes.NewReader(testData)),
+		},
+		{
+			"FastCDC",
+			fastCDCChunker,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, chunker := range chunkers {
+		t.Run(chunker.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// grab data out of the chunker.
+			// Ensure it matches testData.
+
+			var receivedData bytes.Buffer
+			offset := uint64(0)
+
+			for {
+				chunk, err := chunker.Chunker.Next()
+				if err != nil {
+					if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+						break
+					}
+					assert.NoError(t, err, "no other error other than EOF is accepted")
+				}
+
+				// check the offset is sane
+				assert.Equal(t, offset, chunk.Offset, "recorded offset size doesn't match passed offset size")
+
+				offset += uint64(len(chunk.Data))
+
+				// write the data into the receivedData buffer
+				if _, err := receivedData.Write(chunk.Data); err != nil {
+					panic(err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// compare received chunk contents with what was passed into the chunker
+			assert.Equal(t, testData, receivedData.Bytes())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nixpath/chunker/fastcdc.go b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/fastcdc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b85ede6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/fastcdc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package chunker
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	fastcdc "github.com/poolpOrg/go-fastcdc"
+)
+
+func NewFastCDCChunker(r io.Reader) (Chunker, error) { // nolint:ireturn
+	fastcdc.NewChunkerOptions()
+	chunkerOpts := fastcdc.NewChunkerOptions()
+
+	// FUTUREWORK: Test with different chunk sizes
+	chunkerOpts.NormalSize = 64 * 2024
+	chunkerOpts.MinSize = chunkerOpts.NormalSize / 4
+	chunkerOpts.MaxSize = chunkerOpts.NormalSize * 4
+
+	c, err := fastcdc.NewChunker(r, chunkerOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize fastcdc: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &FastCDCChunker{
+		c: c,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type FastCDCChunker struct {
+	c *fastcdc.Chunker
+}
+
+func (f *FastCDCChunker) Next() (*Chunk, error) {
+	chunk, err := f.c.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting next chunk: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &Chunk{
+		Offset: chunk.Offset,
+		Data:   chunk.Data,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nixpath/chunker/interface.go b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/interface.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6abc9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/interface.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package chunker
+
+type Chunk struct {
+	Offset uint64
+	Data   []byte
+}
+
+// Chunker describes the interface that a given chunker needs to implement.
+// Next() is periodically called until io.EOF is encountered.
+// In case of no error, Next() returns a new chunk.
+
+type Chunker interface {
+	Next() (*Chunk, error)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nixpath/chunker/simple.go b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/simple.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77aaa20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nixpath/chunker/simple.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package chunker
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+func NewSimpleChunker(r io.Reader) Chunker { // nolint:ireturn
+	return &SimpleChunker{
+		r: r,
+	}
+}
+
+// SimpleChunker simply returns one chunk for all of the contents.
+type SimpleChunker struct {
+	r    io.Reader
+	done bool
+}
+
+func (s *SimpleChunker) Next() (*Chunk, error) {
+	// if we already read everything, return io.EOF
+	if s.done {
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(&buf, s.r); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error returning from reader: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	s.done = true
+
+	return &Chunk{
+		Offset: 0,
+		Data:   buf.Bytes(),
+	}, nil
+}