diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cpack.hash_computing.rst b/Help/release/dev/cpack.hash_computing.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9780bb286f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/cpack.hash_computing.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cpack.hash_computing
+--------------------
+
+* CPack gained a new :variable:`CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM` variable to
+  enable generation of a checksum file for each package file.
diff --git a/Modules/CPack.cmake b/Modules/CPack.cmake
index 675b38ba65..70ae7f72ac 100644
--- a/Modules/CPack.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CPack.cmake
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@
 #  A branding image that will be displayed inside the installer (used by GUI
 #  installers).
 #
+# .. variable:: CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM
+#
+#  An algorithm that will be used to generate additional file with checksum
+#  of the package. Output file name will be::
+#
+#     ${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM}
+#
+#  Current supported alogorithms: MD5|SHA1|SHA224|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512.
+#
 # .. variable:: CPACK_PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE
 #
 #  CPack-time project CPack configuration file. This file included at cpack
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
index d6b58f2c3f..e6aba899e0 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "cmCPackComponentGroup.h"
 #include "cmCPackLog.h"
+#include "cmCryptoHash.h"
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
 #include "cmGlobalGenerator.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
@@ -163,6 +164,14 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::PrepareNames()
         << std::endl);
     return 0;
   }
+  const char* algoSignature = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM");
+  if (algoSignature) {
+    if (cmCryptoHash::New(algoSignature).get() == CM_NULLPTR) {
+      cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR, "Cannot recognize algorithm: "
+                      << algoSignature << std::endl);
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
 
   this->SetOptionIfNotSet("CPACK_REMOVE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY", "1");
 
@@ -980,6 +989,10 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::DoPackage()
     return 0;
   }
 
+  /* Prepare checksum algorithm*/
+  const char* algo = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM");
+  CM_AUTO_PTR<cmCryptoHash> crypto = cmCryptoHash::New(algo ? algo : "");
+
   /*
    * Copy the generated packages to final destination
    *  - there may be several of them
@@ -992,8 +1005,9 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::DoPackage()
   /* now copy package one by one */
   for (it = packageFileNames.begin(); it != packageFileNames.end(); ++it) {
     std::string tmpPF(this->GetOption("CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX"));
+    std::string filename(cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(*it));
     tempPackageFileName = it->c_str();
-    tmpPF += "/" + cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(*it);
+    tmpPF += "/" + filename;
     const char* packageFileName = tmpPF.c_str();
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_DEBUG, "Copy final package(s): "
                     << (tempPackageFileName ? tempPackageFileName : "(NULL)")
@@ -1009,6 +1023,23 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::DoPackage()
     }
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_OUTPUT, "- package: "
                     << packageFileName << " generated." << std::endl);
+
+    /* Generate checksum file */
+    if (crypto.get() != CM_NULLPTR) {
+      std::string hashFile(this->GetOption("CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX"));
+      hashFile +=
+        "/" + filename.substr(0, filename.rfind(this->GetOutputExtension()));
+      hashFile += "." + cmSystemTools::LowerCase(algo);
+      cmsys::ofstream outF(hashFile.c_str());
+      if (!outF) {
+        cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create checksum file: "
+                        << hashFile << std::endl);
+        return 0;
+      }
+      outF << crypto->HashFile(packageFileName) << "  " << filename << "\n";
+      cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_OUTPUT, "- checksum file: "
+                      << hashFile << " generated." << std::endl);
+    }
   }
 
   return 1;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
index 46f13676be..e42e9710e7 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(${RunCMake_TEST} CXX)
-include(${RunCMake_TEST}.cmake)
+include(${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}.cmake)
 
 # include test generator specifics
-if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST}-specifics.cmake")
-  include("${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST}-specifics.cmake")
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}-specifics.cmake")
+  include("${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}-specifics.cmake")
 endif()
 
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR "${GENERATOR_TYPE}")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CPackTestHelpers.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CPackTestHelpers.cmake
index 7bf42f9526..5a35acdc39 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CPackTestHelpers.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/CPackTestHelpers.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0057 NEW)
 
-function(run_cpack_test TEST_NAME types build)
+function(run_cpack_test_common_ TEST_NAME types build SUBTEST_SUFFIX)
   if(TEST_TYPE IN_LIST types)
     set(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN TRUE)
     set(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR "${RunCMake_BINARY_DIR}/${TEST_NAME}-build")
+    set(full_test_name_ "${TEST_NAME}")
+
+    if(SUBTEST_SUFFIX)
+      set(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}-${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}-subtest")
+      set(full_test_name_ "${full_test_name_}-${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}-subtest")
+    endif()
 
      # TODO this should be executed only once per ctest run (not per generator)
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}")
@@ -24,12 +30,14 @@ function(run_cpack_test TEST_NAME types build)
     endif()
 
     # execute cmake
-    set(RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS "-DGENERATOR_TYPE=${TEST_TYPE}")
-    run_cmake(${TEST_NAME})
+    set(RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS "-DGENERATOR_TYPE=${TEST_TYPE}"
+      "-DRunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX=${TEST_NAME}"
+      "-DRunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX=${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}")
+    run_cmake(${full_test_name_})
 
     # execute optional build step
     if(build)
-      run_cmake_command(${TEST_NAME}-Build "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --build "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}")
+      run_cmake_command(${full_test_name_}-Build "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --build "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}")
     endif()
 
     # execute cpack
@@ -40,11 +48,21 @@ function(run_cpack_test TEST_NAME types build)
       ERROR_FILE "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/test_error.txt"
       )
 
+    foreach(o out err)
+      if(SUBTEST_SUFFIX AND EXISTS ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_TYPE}/${TEST_NAME}-${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}-std${o}.txt)
+        set(RunCMake-std${o}-file "${TEST_TYPE}/${TEST_NAME}-${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}-std${o}.txt")
+      elseif(EXISTS ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_TYPE}/${TEST_NAME}-std${o}.txt)
+        set(RunCMake-std${o}-file "${TEST_TYPE}/${TEST_NAME}-std${o}.txt")
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+
     # verify result
     run_cmake_command(
-      ${TEST_TYPE}/${TEST_NAME}
+      ${TEST_TYPE}/${full_test_name_}
       "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-        -DRunCMake_TEST=${TEST_NAME}
+        -DRunCMake_TEST=${full_test_name_}
+        -DRunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX=${TEST_NAME}
+        -DRunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX=${SUBTEST_SUFFIX}
         -DGENERATOR_TYPE=${TEST_TYPE}
         "-Dsrc_dir=${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}"
         "-Dbin_dir=${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}"
@@ -53,3 +71,13 @@ function(run_cpack_test TEST_NAME types build)
       )
   endif()
 endfunction()
+
+function(run_cpack_test TEST_NAME types build)
+  run_cpack_test_common_("${TEST_NAME}" "${types}" "${build}" "")
+endfunction()
+
+function(run_cpack_test_subtests TEST_NAME SUBTEST_SUFFIXES types build)
+  foreach(suffix_ IN LISTS SUBTEST_SUFFIXES)
+    run_cpack_test_common_("${TEST_NAME}" "${types}" "${build}" "${suffix_}")
+  endforeach()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ca288ca48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+install(FILES CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION foo)
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "package_checksum")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM ${RunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index a3029cfd8a..abad58b32a 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ run_cpack_test(DEB_GENERATE_SHLIBS "DEB" true)
 run_cpack_test(DEB_GENERATE_SHLIBS_LDCONFIG "DEB" true)
 run_cpack_test(DEBUGINFO "RPM" true)
 run_cpack_test(LONG_FILENAMES "DEB" false)
+run_cpack_test_subtests(PACKAGE_CHECKSUM "invalid;MD5;SHA1;SHA224;SHA256;SHA384;SHA512" "TGZ" false)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-ExpectedFiles.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-ExpectedFiles.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..205dcd8d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-ExpectedFiles.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set(whitespaces_ "[\t\n\r ]*")
+
+set(EXPECTED_FILES_COUNT "0")
+
+if (NOT ${RunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX} MATCHES "invalid")
+  set(EXPECTED_FILES_COUNT "1")
+  set(EXPECTED_FILE_1 "package_checksum*.tar.gz")
+  set(EXPECTED_FILE_CONTENT_1 "^[^\n]*package_checksum*-[^\n]*/foo/\n[^\n]*package_checksum-[^\n]*/foo/CMakeLists.txt$")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-VerifyResult.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-VerifyResult.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9e65d6dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-VerifyResult.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+if(NOT ${RunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX} MATCHES "invalid")
+  string(TOLOWER ${RunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX} EXTENSION)
+  file(GLOB PACKAGE RELATIVE ${bin_dir} "*.tar.gz")
+  file(GLOB CSUMFILE RELATIVE ${bin_dir} "*.${EXTENSION}")
+  file(STRINGS ${CSUMFILE} CHSUM_VALUE)
+  file(${RunCMake_SUBTEST_SUFFIX} ${PACKAGE} expected_value )
+  set(expected_value "${expected_value}  ${PACKAGE}")
+
+  if(NOT expected_value STREQUAL CHSUM_VALUE)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Generated checksum is not valid! Expected [${expected_value}] Got [${CHSUM_VALUE}]")
+  endif()
+else()
+  message(${error})
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-invalid-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-invalid-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abf6d8c886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/TGZ/PACKAGE_CHECKSUM-invalid-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+^CPack Error: Cannot recognize algorithm: invalid
+CPack Error: Error when generating package: package_checksum$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/VerifyResult.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/VerifyResult.cmake
index 074890f934..238cbfd30f 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/VerifyResult.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CPack/VerifyResult.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set(output_error_message
     "\nCPack output: '${output}'\nCPack error: '${error}';\nconfig file: '${config_file_content}'")
 
 # check that expected generated files exist and contain expected content
-include("${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST}-ExpectedFiles.cmake")
+include("${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}-ExpectedFiles.cmake")
 
 if(NOT EXPECTED_FILES_COUNT EQUAL 0)
   foreach(file_no_ RANGE 1 ${EXPECTED_FILES_COUNT})
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # handle additional result verifications
-if(EXISTS "${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST}-VerifyResult.cmake")
-  include("${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST}-VerifyResult.cmake")
+if(EXISTS "${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}-VerifyResult.cmake")
+  include("${src_dir}/${GENERATOR_TYPE}/${RunCMake_TEST_FILE_PREFIX}-VerifyResult.cmake")
 else()
   # by default only print out output and error so that they can be compared by
   # regex