diff --git a/cf_remote/commands.py b/cf_remote/commands.py
index 3d3f90b..7712d74 100644
--- a/cf_remote/commands.py
+++ b/cf_remote/commands.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def _iterate_over_packages(tags=None, version=None, edition=None, download=False
     else:
         for artifact in artifacts:
             if download:
-                download_package(artifact.url)
+                download_package(artifact.url, checksum=artifact.data.get("SHA256"))
             else:
                 print(artifact.url)
     return 0
diff --git a/cf_remote/web.py b/cf_remote/web.py
index 6d060f7..35878ec 100644
--- a/cf_remote/web.py
+++ b/cf_remote/web.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+import hashlib
 import os
 import fcntl
+import re
 import urllib.request
 import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from cf_remote.utils import write_json, mkdir, parse_json
+from cf_remote.utils import file_sha256, user_error, write_json, mkdir, parse_json
 from cf_remote import log
 from cf_remote.paths import cf_remote_dir, cf_remote_packages_dir
 
+SHA256_RE = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{64}$")
 
 def get_json(url):
     with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as r:
@@ -22,7 +25,14 @@ def get_json(url):
     return data
 
 
-def download_package(url, path=None):
+def download_package(url, path=None, checksum=None):
+
+    if not checksum :
+        user_error("No checksum found")
+
+    if not SHA256_RE.match(checksum):
+        user_error("Invalid checksum or unsupported checksum algorithm: '%s'" % checksum)
+
     if not path:
         filename = os.path.basename(url)
         directory = cf_remote_packages_dir()
@@ -40,8 +50,16 @@ def download_package(url, path=None):
             log.debug("Package '{}' already downloaded".format(path))
         else:
             print("Downloading package: '{}'".format(path))
-            f.write(urllib.request.urlopen(url).read())
-            f.flush()
+
+            answer = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
+            digest = hashlib.sha256(answer).digest().hex()
+
+            if checksum == digest :
+                f.write(answer)
+                f.flush()
+            else :
+                user_error("Mismatching checksums")
+
         fcntl.flock(f.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_UN)
 
     return path