diff --git a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/json/ArtifactJson.java b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/json/ArtifactJson.java
index 1d7b6d97a..e350e4bd3 100644
--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/json/ArtifactJson.java
+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/json/ArtifactJson.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class ArtifactJson extends HashMap<String, Object> {
     public static final String EXTENSION = "extension";
     public static final String LOCATION = "location";
     public static final String LOCATIONTYPE = "locationType";
+    public static final String CHECKSUM = "checksum";
 
     public ArtifactJson() {
         super();
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ public ArtifactJson setLocationType(String locationType) {
         return  this;
     }
 
+    @JsonProperty(CHECKSUM)
+    @Schema(accessMode = Schema.AccessMode.READ_ONLY)
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return (String) this.get(CHECKSUM);
+    }
+
+    @JsonProperty(CHECKSUM)
+    public ArtifactJson setChecksum(String checksum) {
+        this.put(CHECKSUM, checksum);
+        return  this;
+    }
+
     public static List<ArtifactJson> getArtifacts(ElementJson elementJson){
 
         List<Object> rawArtifacts = (List)elementJson.get(ARTIFACTS);
diff --git a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/objects/ArtifactResponse.java b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/objects/ArtifactResponse.java
index aef92ba60..269d1b632 100644
--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/objects/ArtifactResponse.java
+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/objects/ArtifactResponse.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 public class ArtifactResponse {
     private String mimeType;
     private String extension;
+    private String checksum;
     private byte[] data;
 
     public String getMimeType() {
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ public void setExtension(String extension) {
         this.extension = extension;
     }
 
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return checksum;
+    }
+
+    public void setChecksum(String checksum) {
+        this.checksum = checksum;
+    }
+
     public byte[] getData() {
         return data;
     }
diff --git a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/service/DefaultArtifactService.java b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/service/DefaultArtifactService.java
index 3d665e3e2..3a1c0f094 100644
--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/service/DefaultArtifactService.java
+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/artifacts/service/DefaultArtifactService.java
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 import org.openmbee.mms.json.ElementJson;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.util.DigestUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 @Service
 public class DefaultArtifactService implements ArtifactService {
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ public ArtifactResponse get(String projectId, String refId, String id, Map<Strin
         response.setData(data);
         response.setExtension(artifact.getExtension());
         response.setMimeType(artifact.getMimeType());
+        response.setChecksum(artifact.getChecksum());
         return response;
     }
 
@@ -79,9 +84,10 @@ public ElementsResponse createOrUpdate(String projectId, String refId, String id
 
         String mimeType = getMimeTypeOfFile(file);
         String fileExtension = getFileExtension(file);
+        String checksum = getChecksumOfFile(file);
         String artifactLocation = artifactStorage.store(fileContents, elementJson, mimeType);
 
-        elementJson = attachOrUpdateArtifact(elementJson, artifactLocation, fileExtension, mimeType, "internal");
+        elementJson = attachOrUpdateArtifact(elementJson, artifactLocation, fileExtension, mimeType, "internal", checksum);
         ElementsRequest elementsRequest = new ElementsRequest();
         elementsRequest.setElements(Arrays.asList(elementJson));
         return nodeService.createOrUpdate(projectId, refId, elementsRequest, params, user);
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ private ElementJson getElement(NodeService nodeService, String projectId, String
         }
     }
 
-    private ElementJson attachOrUpdateArtifact(ElementJson elementJson, String artifactLocation, String fileExtension, String mimeType, String type) {
+    private ElementJson attachOrUpdateArtifact(ElementJson elementJson, String artifactLocation, String fileExtension, String mimeType, String type, String checksum) {
 
         List<ArtifactJson> artifacts = ArtifactJson.getArtifacts(elementJson);
         ArtifactJson artifact;
@@ -128,6 +134,7 @@ private ElementJson attachOrUpdateArtifact(ElementJson elementJson, String artif
         artifact.setExtension(fileExtension);
         artifact.setMimeType(mimeType);
         artifact.setLocationType(type);
+        artifact.setChecksum(checksum);
 
         ArtifactJson.setArtifacts(elementJson, artifacts);
         return elementJson;
@@ -166,6 +173,16 @@ private String getMimeTypeOfFile(MultipartFile file) {
         return file.getContentType();
     }
 
+    public static String getChecksumOfFile(MultipartFile file) {
+        String checksum = "";
+        try {
+            checksum = DigestUtils.md5DigestAsHex(file.getBytes());
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            throw new BadRequestException(ioe);
+        }
+        return checksum;
+    }
+
     private NodeService getNodeService(String projectId) {
         return serviceFactory.getNodeService(getProjectType(projectId));
     }
diff --git a/example/artifacts.postman_collection.json b/example/artifacts.postman_collection.json
index c96bbe376..f6300eb4d 100644
--- a/example/artifacts.postman_collection.json
+++ b/example/artifacts.postman_collection.json
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
 							"    pm.expect(jsonData.elements.length).to.eql(1);",
 							"    pm.expect(jsonData.elements[0]['_artifacts'].length).to.eq(1);",
                             "    pm.expect(jsonData.elements[0]['_artifacts'][0].location).to.include('arta/x/jpg/')",
+                            "    pm.expect(jsonData.elements[0]['_artifacts'][0].checksum).to.include('c946d2fc350ad561fdb3c23c86a81343')",
                             "    pm.environment.set(\"commit-1-loc\", pm.response.json().elements[0]['_artifacts'][0].location);",
                             "    pm.environment.set(\"x-commit-1\", jsonData.elements[0][\"_commitId\"]);",
 							"});",
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@
 							"pm.test(\"response element has 1 artifact\", function () {",
 							"    var jsonData = pm.response.json();",
 							"    pm.expect(jsonData.elements[0]['_artifacts'].length).to.eq(1);",
-							"});"
+                            "    pm.expect(jsonData.elements[0]['_artifacts'][0].checksum).to.include('5407655262fcca873c2f407f2dead2cf')",
+                            "});"
 						],
 						"type": "text/javascript"
 					}