diff --git a/bindings/swig/utils.i b/bindings/swig/utils.i
index 60fabb02d6..df323e3755 100644
--- a/bindings/swig/utils.i
+++ b/bindings/swig/utils.i
@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ namespace libdnf { namespace filesystem {
 
 void decompress(const char * inPath, const char * outPath, mode_t outMode, const char * compressType = nullptr);
 
+bool checksum_check(const char * type, const char * inPath, const char * checksum_valid);
+std::string checksum_value(const char * type, const char * inPath);
+
 }}
diff --git a/libdnf/utils/utils.cpp b/libdnf/utils/utils.cpp
index 2bb1290d1b..1e37b924b4 100644
--- a/libdnf/utils/utils.cpp
+++ b/libdnf/utils/utils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 #include "libdnf/dnf-sack-private.hpp"
 #include "libdnf/sack/advisorymodule.hpp"
+#include <librepo/librepo.h>
 
 #include <tinyformat/tinyformat.hpp>
 
@@ -311,6 +312,55 @@ void decompress(const char * inPath, const char * outPath, mode_t outMode, const
     fclose(inFile);
 }
 
+void checksum(const char * type, const char * inPath, const char * checksum_valid, bool * valid_out, gchar ** calculated_out)
+{
+    GError * errP{nullptr};
+    gboolean valid;
+    LrChecksumType lr_type = lr_checksum_type(type);
+
+    if (lr_type == LR_CHECKSUM_UNKNOWN)
+        throw libdnf::Error(tfm::format("Unknown checksum type %s", type));
+
+    auto inFd = open(inPath, O_RDONLY);
+
+    if (inFd == -1)
+        throw libdnf::Error(tfm::format("Error opening %s: %s", inPath, strerror(errno)));
+
+    auto ret = lr_checksum_fd_compare(lr_type,
+                      inFd,
+                      /**
+                       * If checksum_valid references a string, pass it in, else use
+                       * an empty string
+                       */
+                      checksum_valid ? checksum_valid : "",
+                      TRUE,
+                      &valid,
+                      calculated_out,
+                      &errP);
+
+    close(inFd);
+    if (!ret)
+      throw libdnf::Error(tfm::format("Error calculating checksum %s: (%d, %s)", inPath, errP->code, errP->message));
+    if (valid_out)
+        *valid_out = valid == TRUE; /* gboolean -> bool */
+}
+
+
+bool checksum_check(const char * type, const char * inPath, const char * checksum_valid)
+{
+    bool valid;
+    checksum(type, inPath, checksum_valid, &valid, NULL);
+    return valid;
+}
+
+std::string checksum_value(const char * type, const char * inPath)
+{
+    g_autofree gchar *calculated = NULL;
+    checksum(type, inPath, NULL, NULL, &calculated);
+    std::string out(calculated);
+    return out;
+}
+
 }
 
 namespace numeric {
diff --git a/libdnf/utils/utils.hpp b/libdnf/utils/utils.hpp
index d032dd42bb..fcb84fa3e3 100644
--- a/libdnf/utils/utils.hpp
+++ b/libdnf/utils/utils.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ std::vector<std::string> getDirContent(const std::string &dirPath);
 * @param compressType Type of compression (".bz2", ".gz", ...), nullptr - detect from inPath filename. Defaults to nullptr.
 */
 void decompress(const char * inPath, const char * outPath, mode_t outMode, const char * compressType = nullptr);
+
+/**
+* @brief checksum file and return if matching.
+*
+* @param type Checksum type ("sha", "sha1", "sha256" etc). Raises libdnf::Error if invalid.
+* @param inPath Path to input file
+* @param valid_checksum hexadecimal encoded checksum string.
+*/
+bool checksum_check(const char * type, const char * inPath, const char * valid_checksum);
+/**
+* @brief checksum file and return checksum.
+*
+* @param type Checksum type ("sha", "sha1", "sha256" etc). Raises libdnf::Error if invalid.
+* @param inPath Path to input file
+*/
+std::string checksum_value(const char * type, const char * inPath);
 }
 
 namespace numeric {