diff --git a/administrator/components/com_installer/models/install.php b/administrator/components/com_installer/models/install.php
index 539730ae91198..aacf9eef037f3 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_installer/models/install.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_installer/models/install.php
@@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ public function install()
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Check the package
+		$children = $installer->manifest->updateservers->children();
+
+		foreach ($children as $child)
+		{
+			$check = JInstallerHelper::isChecksumValid($package['packagefile'], (string) $child);
+
+			switch ($check)
+			{
+				case 0:
+					$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_WRONG'), 'warning');
+					break;
+
+				case 1:
+					$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_CORRECT'), 'message');
+					break;
+
+				case 2:
+					$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_NOT_FOUND'), 'notice');
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Was the package unpacked?
 		if (!$package || !$package['type'])
 		{
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_installer/models/update.php b/administrator/components/com_installer/models/update.php
index e1bbde987e7ee..0d5d58cbd2431 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_installer/models/update.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_installer/models/update.php
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public function update($uids, $minimum_stability = JUpdater::STABILITY_STABLE)
 			$this->preparePreUpdate($update, $instance);
 
 			// Install sets state and enqueues messages
-			$res = $this->install($update);
+			$res = $this->install($update, $instance->detailsurl);
 
 			if ($res)
 			{
@@ -388,13 +388,14 @@ public function update($uids, $minimum_stability = JUpdater::STABILITY_STABLE)
 	/**
 	 * Handles the actual update installation.
 	 *
-	 * @param   JUpdate  $update  An update definition
+	 * @param   JUpdate  $update     An update definition
+	 * @param   string   $updateurl  Update Server manifest
 	 *
 	 * @return  boolean   Result of install
 	 *
 	 * @since   1.6
 	 */
-	private function install($update)
+	private function install($update, $updateurl)
 	{
 		$app = JFactory::getApplication();
 
@@ -433,6 +434,22 @@ private function install($update)
 		$installer = JInstaller::getInstance();
 		$update->set('type', $package['type']);
 
+		// Check the package
+		$check = JInstallerHelper::isChecksumValid($package['packagefile'], (string) $updateurl);
+
+		switch ($check)
+		{
+			case 0:
+				$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_WRONG'), 'warning');
+				break;
+			case 1:
+				$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_CORRECT'), 'message');
+				break;
+			case 2:
+				$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_NOT_FOUND'), 'notice');
+				break;
+		}
+
 		// Install the package
 		if (!$installer->update($package['dir']))
 		{
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
index a0e31bd8676c3..8cda873109710 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ COM_INSTALLER_HEADING_UPDATESITE_NAME_ASC="Update Site ascending"
 COM_INSTALLER_HEADING_UPDATESITE_NAME_DESC="Update Site descending"
 COM_INSTALLER_HEADING_UPDATESITEID="ID"
 COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_BUTTON="Install"
+COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_CORRECT="File Checksum OK"
+COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_NOT_FOUND="There were no checksums provided in the package."
+COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_CHECKSUM_WRONG="File Checksum Failed"
 COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_DIRECTORY="Install Folder"
 COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_ERROR="Error installing %s"
 COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_FROM_DIRECTORY="Install from Folder"
diff --git a/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php b/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
index 7523cc69618f0..d64f598c0a42f 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
@@ -25,6 +25,30 @@
  */
 abstract class InstallerHelper
 {
+	/**
+	 * Hash not validated identifier.
+	 *
+	 * @var    integer
+	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */	
+	const HASH_NOT_VALIDATED = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Hash validated identifier.
+	 *
+	 * @var    integer
+	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	const HASH_VALIDATED     = 1;
+
+	/**
+	 * Hash not provided identifier.
+	 *
+	 * @var    integer
+	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	const HASH_NOT_PROVIDED  = 2;
+
 	/**
 	 * Downloads a package
 	 *
@@ -333,4 +357,46 @@ public static function splitSql($query)
 
 		return $db->splitSql($query);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the result of the checksum of a package with the SHA256/SHA384/SHA512 tags in the update server manifest
+	 *
+	 * @param   string     $packagefile           Location of the package to be installed
+	 * @param   Installer  $updateServerManifest  Update Server manifest
+	 *
+	 * @return  integer  one if the hashes match, zero if hashes doesn't match, two if hashes not found
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	public static function isChecksumValid($packagefile, $updateServerManifest)
+	{
+		$hashes     = array("sha256", "sha384", "sha512");
+		$hashOnFile = false;
+
+		$update = new \JUpdate;
+		$update->loadFromXml($updateServerManifest);
+
+		foreach ($hashes as $hash)
+		{
+			if ($update->get($hash, false))
+			{
+				$hash_package = hash_file($hash, $packagefile);
+				$hash_remote  = $update->$hash->_data;
+
+				$hashOnFile   = true;
+
+				if ($hash_package !== $hash_remote)
+				{
+					return self::HASH_NOT_VALIDATED;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($hashOnFile)
+		{
+			return self::HASH_VALIDATED;
+		}
+
+		return self::HASH_NOT_PROVIDED;
+	}
 }