diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.hash b/package/mtd/mtd.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79b90ae633
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+# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
+# ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/mtd-utils-1.5.1.tar.bz2.asc
+sha256 3b2ed1d05f73bd3789a85bebf5072874a72f8daf63552fd44a94e2a9acf1620b mtd-utils-1.5.1.tar.bz2