diff --git a/decompression_test.go b/decompression_test.go
index cbd0cb8..2be61b3 100644
--- a/decompression_test.go
+++ b/decompression_test.go
@@ -132,3 +132,35 @@ func Test_decompressTarXz_ErrorWhenFileToCopyToNotExists(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Regexp(t, "^unable to extract postgres archive:.+$", err)
 }
+
+func Test_decompressTarXz_ErrorWhenArchiveCorrupted(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "temp_tar_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	archive, cleanup := createTempXzArchive()
+
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(archive, os.O_WRONLY, 0664)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := file.Seek(35, 0); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := file.WriteString("someJunk"); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	err = decompressTarXz(defaultTarReader, archive, tempDir)
+
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "unable to extract postgres archive: xz: data is corrupt")
+}
diff --git a/remote_fetch.go b/remote_fetch.go
index a33a1ee..ba0499e 100644
--- a/remote_fetch.go
+++ b/remote_fetch.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package embeddedpostgres
 import (
 	"archive/zip"
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -19,7 +22,8 @@ type RemoteFetchStrategy func() error
 func defaultRemoteFetchStrategy(remoteFetchHost string, versionStrategy VersionStrategy, cacheLocator CacheLocator) RemoteFetchStrategy {
 	return func() error {
 		operatingSystem, architecture, version := versionStrategy()
-		downloadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/io/zonky/test/postgres/embedded-postgres-binaries-%s-%s/%s/embedded-postgres-binaries-%s-%s-%s.jar",
+
+		jarDownloadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/io/zonky/test/postgres/embedded-postgres-binaries-%s-%s/%s/embedded-postgres-binaries-%s-%s-%s.jar",
 			remoteFetchHost,
 			operatingSystem,
 			architecture,
@@ -28,32 +32,50 @@ func defaultRemoteFetchStrategy(remoteFetchHost string, versionStrategy VersionS
 			architecture,
 			version)
 
-		resp, err := http.Get(downloadURL)
+		jarDownloadResponse, err := http.Get(jarDownloadURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to %s", remoteFetchHost)
 		}
 
-		defer func() {
-			if err := resp.Body.Close(); err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
-		}()
+		defer closeBody(jarDownloadResponse)()
 
-		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		if jarDownloadResponse.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 			return fmt.Errorf("no version found matching %s", version)
 		}
 
-		return decompressResponse(resp, cacheLocator, downloadURL)
+		jarBodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(jarDownloadResponse.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errorFetchingPostgres(err)
+		}
+
+		shaDownloadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s.sha256", jarDownloadURL)
+		shaDownloadResponse, err := http.Get(shaDownloadURL)
+
+		defer closeBody(shaDownloadResponse)()
+
+		if err == nil && shaDownloadResponse.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+			if shaBodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(shaDownloadResponse.Body); err == nil {
+				jarChecksum := sha256.Sum256(jarBodyBytes)
+				if !bytes.Equal(shaBodyBytes, []byte(hex.EncodeToString(jarChecksum[:]))) {
+					return errors.New("downloaded checksums do not match")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return decompressResponse(jarBodyBytes, jarDownloadResponse.ContentLength, cacheLocator, jarDownloadURL)
 	}
 }
 
-func decompressResponse(resp *http.Response, cacheLocator CacheLocator, downloadURL string) error {
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errorFetchingPostgres(err)
+func closeBody(resp *http.Response) func() {
+	return func() {
+		if err := resp.Body.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
+}
 
-	zipReader, err := zip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes), resp.ContentLength)
+func decompressResponse(bodyBytes []byte, contentLength int64, cacheLocator CacheLocator, downloadURL string) error {
+	zipReader, err := zip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes), contentLength)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errorFetchingPostgres(err)
 	}
diff --git a/remote_fetch_test.go b/remote_fetch_test.go
index 98588f0..57f7b0a 100644
--- a/remote_fetch_test.go
+++ b/remote_fetch_test.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package embeddedpostgres
 
 import (
 	"archive/zip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenBodyReadIssue(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotUnzipSubFile(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
 	}))
 	defer server.Close()
 
@@ -69,6 +75,11 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotUnzipSubFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotUnzip(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(404)
+			return
+		}
+
 		if _, err := w.Write([]byte("lolz")); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
@@ -86,6 +97,11 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotUnzip(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenNoSubTarArchive(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+
 		MyZipWriter := zip.NewWriter(w)
 
 		if err := MyZipWriter.Close(); err != nil {
@@ -114,6 +130,11 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotExtractSubArchive(t *testing
 	}
 
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+
 		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(jarFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -148,6 +169,11 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotCreateCacheDirectory(t *test
 	cacheLocation := filepath.Join(fileBlockingExtractDirectory, "cache_file.jar")
 
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+
 		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(jarFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -181,6 +207,11 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotCreateSubArchiveFile(t *test
 	}
 
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+
 		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(jarFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -202,6 +233,44 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenCannotCreateSubArchiveFile(t *test
 	assert.Regexp(t, "^unable to extract postgres archive:.+$", err)
 }
 
+func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy_ErrorWhenSHA256NotMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	jarFile, cleanUp := createTempZipArchive()
+	defer cleanUp()
+
+	cacheLocation := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(jarFile), "extract_location", "cache.jar")
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(jarFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			if _, err := w.Write([]byte("literallyN3verGonnaWork")); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		if _, err := w.Write(bytes); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	remoteFetchStrategy := defaultRemoteFetchStrategy(server.URL+"/maven2",
+		testVersionStrategy(),
+		func() (s string, b bool) {
+			return cacheLocation, false
+		})
+
+	err := remoteFetchStrategy()
+
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "downloaded checksums do not match")
+}
+
 func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 	jarFile, cleanUp := createTempZipArchive()
 	defer cleanUp()
@@ -213,6 +282,17 @@ func Test_defaultRemoteFetchStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
+
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.RequestURI, ".sha256") {
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			contentHash := sha256.Sum256(bytes)
+			if _, err := w.Write([]byte(hex.EncodeToString(contentHash[:]))); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
 		if _, err := w.Write(bytes); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}