Abstract—When concrete element is exposed to the environment, it undergoes volumetric contraction due to the drying shrinkage, which when restrained can lead to cracking. Crack width is controlled by the ability of fibers in transmission of stress across the crack opening. In this study the effect of Macro polymeric fibers in controlling drying shrinkage cracking of concrete was investigated and compared with that of steel fibers. The results of restrained ring tests show that at low and medium rate of utilization (0.25 and 0.5%) the effect of macro synthetic fibers are similar to steel fibers. However, at a higher dosage of 1%, steel fibers clearly outperform the polymeric fibers. The shape of macro polymeric fibers (multi-strand or single-strand) was not found to significantly affect their performance.