diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/ResponseContentSupplier.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/ResponseContentSupplier.java
index b9e4b16f..9dde527e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/ResponseContentSupplier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/ResponseContentSupplier.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -111,6 +113,20 @@ public String getContent() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public String getContentSha1Sum() {
+		try {
+            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
+            byte[] result = md.digest(content.getBytes());
+            StringBuilder hexString = new StringBuilder();
+            for (byte b : result) {
+                hexString.append(String.format("%02x", b));
+            }
+            return hexString.toString();
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return null;
+        }
+	}
 	@Whitelisted
 	public InputStream getContentStream() {
 		return contentStream;
diff --git a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
index f594a778..699dde15 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
@@ -277,6 +277,26 @@ public void invalidResponseCodeIsAccepted() throws Exception {
         j.assertLogNotContains(" while calling " + baseURL(), run);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void responseHashSumCalculated() throws Exception {
+        // Prepare the server
+        registerRequestChecker(HttpMode.GET);
+
+        // Configure the build
+        WorkflowJob proj = j.jenkins.createProject(WorkflowJob.class, "proj");
+        proj.setDefinition(new CpsFlowDefinition(
+            "def response = httpRequest '"+baseURL()+"/doGET'\n" +
+            "    consoleLogResponseBody: true\n" +
+            "println('sha1sum: '+response.getContentSha1Sum())\n",
+            true));
+
+        // Execute the build
+        WorkflowRun run = proj.scheduleBuild2(0).get();
+
+        // Check expectations
+        j.assertLogContains("sha1sum: ", run);
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void reverseRangeFailsTheBuild() throws Exception {
         // Prepare the server