diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99bbb7f..abd27ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/
 SystemRescue can be built for x86_64 or i686 architectures. It must be built
 on archlinux if you want to build a 64bit edition, or archlinux32 if you want
 to create a 32bit edition. The following packages must be installed on the
-build system: archiso, grub, mtools, edk2-shell, hugo. 
+build system: archiso, grub, isomd5sum, mtools, edk2-shell, hugo. 
 
 You need to use a modified version of archiso for the build to work. This 
 version is provided in the custom `sysrescuerepo` repository. See the 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c8ab354..33cfc05 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ make_iso() {
     )
     # Create the ISO image
     setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -D "${install_dir}" -L "${iso_label}" -P "${iso_publisher}" -A "${iso_application}" -o "${out_dir}" iso "${iso_name}-${iso_version}-${arch/x86_64/amd64}.iso"
+
+    # embed checksum
+    implantisomd5 "${out_dir}/${iso_name}-${iso_version}-${arch/x86_64/amd64}.iso"
 }
 
 if [[ ${EUID} -ne 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-i686 b/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-i686
index a93fd1c..932585b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-i686
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-i686
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ FROM fdupoux/archlinux32
 RUN mkdir -p /workspace
 COPY tmpfiles/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.conf
 RUN sed -i -e 's/^Architecture.*$/Architecture = i686/' /etc/pacman.conf
-RUN pacman -Syyu --noconfirm archiso binutils edk2-shell grub hugo mtools && rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
+RUN pacman -Syyu --noconfirm archiso binutils edk2-shell grub hugo isomd5sum mtools && rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 CMD ["setarch","i686","/usr/bin/bash"]
 WORKDIR /workspace
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-x86_64 b/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-x86_64
index 37be4bc..8b6a43e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-x86_64
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-build-iso-x86_64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM archlinux:latest
 RUN mkdir -p /workspace
 COPY tmpfiles/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.conf
-RUN pacman -Syyu --noconfirm archiso binutils edk2-shell grub hugo mtools && rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
+RUN pacman -Syyu --noconfirm archiso binutils edk2-shell grub hugo isomd5sum mtools && rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 CMD ["setarch","x86_64","/usr/bin/bash"]
 WORKDIR /workspace