diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
index cfb6aabd2..449a9385c 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "fu-cabinet.h"
 #include "fu-common.h"
 
+#include "fwupd-common.h"
 #include "fwupd-enums.h"
 #include "fwupd-error.h"
 
@@ -285,9 +286,11 @@ fu_cabinet_parse_release (FuCabinet *self, XbNode *release, GError **error)
 
 	/* set if unspecified, but error out if specified and incorrect */
 	if (csum_tmp != NULL && xb_node_get_text (csum_tmp) != NULL) {
+		const gchar *checksum_old = xb_node_get_text (csum_tmp);
+		GChecksumType checksum_type = fwupd_checksum_guess_kind (checksum_old);
 		g_autofree gchar *checksum = NULL;
-		checksum = g_compute_checksum_for_bytes (G_CHECKSUM_SHA1, blob);
-		if (g_strcmp0 (checksum, xb_node_get_text (csum_tmp)) != 0) {
+		checksum = g_compute_checksum_for_bytes (checksum_type, blob);
+		if (g_strcmp0 (checksum, checksum_old) != 0) {
 			g_set_error (error,
 				     FWUPD_ERROR,
 				     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
index 39261cd04..b2737b318 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
@@ -981,6 +981,31 @@ fu_common_store_cab_unsigned_func (void)
 	g_assert_nonnull (blob_tmp);
 }
 
+static void
+fu_common_store_cab_sha256_func (void)
+{
+	g_autoptr(GBytes) blob = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(XbSilo) silo = NULL;
+
+	/* create silo */
+	blob = _build_cab (GCAB_COMPRESSION_NONE,
+			   "acme.metainfo.xml",
+	"<component type=\"firmware\">\n"
+	"  <id>com.acme.example.firmware</id>\n"
+	"  <releases>\n"
+	"    <release version=\"1.2.3\" date=\"2017-09-06\">\n"
+	"      <checksum target=\"content\" type=\"sha256\">486ea46224d1bb4fb680f34f7c9ad96a8f24ec88be73ea8e5a6c65260e9cb8a7</checksum>\n"
+	"    </release>\n"
+	"  </releases>\n"
+	"</component>",
+			   "firmware.bin", "world",
+			   NULL);
+	silo = fu_common_cab_build_silo (blob, 10240, &error);
+	g_assert_no_error (error);
+	g_assert_nonnull (silo);
+}
+
 static void
 fu_common_store_cab_folder_func (void)
 {
@@ -2756,6 +2781,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-success}", fu_common_store_cab_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-success-unsigned}", fu_common_store_cab_unsigned_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-success-folder}", fu_common_store_cab_folder_func);
+	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-success-sha256}", fu_common_store_cab_sha256_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-error-no-metadata}", fu_common_store_cab_error_no_metadata_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-error-wrong-size}", fu_common_store_cab_error_wrong_size_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{cab-error-wrong-checksum}", fu_common_store_cab_error_wrong_checksum_func);