diff --git a/bot/exts/fun/fun.py b/bot/exts/fun/fun.py
index 66c485172..e94a759ed 100644
--- a/bot/exts/fun/fun.py
+++ b/bot/exts/fun/fun.py
@@ -153,10 +153,26 @@ async def caesarcipher_decrypt(self, ctx: Context, offset: int, *, msg: str) ->
         await self._caesar_cipher(ctx, offset, msg, left_shift=True)
 
     @commands.command()
-    async def joke(self, ctx: commands.Context, category: Literal["neutral", "chuck", "all"] = "all") -> None:
-        """Retrieves a joke of the specified `category` from the pyjokes api."""
-        joke = pyjokes.get_joke(category=category)
-        await ctx.send(joke)
+    async def joke(self, ctx: commands.Context, category: Literal["dad", "neutral", "chuck", "all"] = "all") -> None:
+        """
+        Retrieves a joke of the specified `category` from the pyjokes api.
+
+        - dad uses icanhazdadjoke.
+        - others use pyjokes.
+        """
+        if category == "dad":
+            async with self.bot.http_session.get(
+                "https://icanhazdadjoke.com",
+                headers={
+                    "Accept":"application/json",
+                    "User-Agent": "Sir-lancebot (https://github.com/python-discord/sir-lancebot)"
+                }) as res:
+                res.raise_for_status()
+                data = await res.json()
+                await ctx.send(data["joke"])
+        else:
+            joke = pyjokes.get_joke(category=category)
+            await ctx.send(joke)
 
 
 async def setup(bot: Bot) -> None: