diff --git a/pkg/compiler/checksum.go b/pkg/compiler/checksum.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..286b1e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/compiler/checksum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright © 2019 Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@gentoo.org>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package compiler
+
+import (
+
+	//"strconv"
+
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"fmt"
+	"hash"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	//	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type HashImplementation string
+
+const (
+	SHA256 HashImplementation = "sha256"
+)
+
+type Checksums map[string]string
+
+type HashOptions struct {
+	Hasher hash.Hash
+	Type   HashImplementation
+}
+
+// Generate generates all Checksums supported for the artifact
+func (c *Checksums) Generate(a Artifact) error {
+	return c.generateSHA256(a)
+}
+
+func (c Checksums) Compare(d Checksums) error {
+	for t, sum := range d {
+		if v, ok := c[t]; ok && v != sum {
+			return errors.New("Checksum mismsatch")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Checksums) generateSHA256(a Artifact) error {
+	return c.generateSum(a, HashOptions{Hasher: sha256.New(), Type: SHA256})
+}
+
+func (c *Checksums) generateSum(a Artifact, opts HashOptions) error {
+
+	f, err := os.Open(a.GetPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	if _, err := io.Copy(opts.Hasher, f); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sum := fmt.Sprintf("%x", opts.Hasher.Sum(nil))
+
+	(*c)[string(opts.Type)] = sum
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/checksum_test.go b/pkg/compiler/checksum_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5252bb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/compiler/checksum_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright © 2019 Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@gentoo.org>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package compiler_test
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/compiler"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Checksum", func() {
+	Context("Generation", func() {
+		It("Compares successfully", func() {
+
+			tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tree")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir) // clean up
+			buildsum := Checksums{}
+			definitionsum := Checksums{}
+			definitionsum2 := Checksums{}
+
+			err = buildsum.Generate(NewPackageArtifact("../../tests/fixtures/layers/alpine/build.yaml"))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			err = definitionsum.Generate(NewPackageArtifact("../../tests/fixtures/layers/alpine/definition.yaml"))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			err = definitionsum2.Generate(NewPackageArtifact("../../tests/fixtures/layers/alpine/definition.yaml"))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Expect(definitionsum.Compare(buildsum)).To(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(definitionsum.Compare(definitionsum2)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		})
+	})
+
+})