diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/AbstractPath.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/AbstractPath.java
index 3407282cf3f..74336c0642a 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/AbstractPath.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/AbstractPath.java
@@ -440,4 +440,9 @@ public boolean isWritable() {
                 || perm.getGroupPermissions()[Permission.WRITE]
                 || perm.getOtherPermissions()[Permission.WRITE];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Calculate the MD5 sum as Hex-encoded string or null if failure
+     */
+    public abstract void readChecksum();
 }
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diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Attributes.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Attributes.java
index 2775e32349e..ae13da58fed 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Attributes.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Attributes.java
@@ -96,4 +96,8 @@ public interface Attributes {
     public abstract String getOwner();
 
     public abstract String getGroup();
+
+    public abstract String getChecksum();
+
+    public abstract void setChecksum(String md5);
 }
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diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Local.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Local.java
index 832877d0c5d..1d07229d3ac 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Local.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Local.java
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jets3t.service.utils.ServiceUtils;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -100,10 +102,18 @@ public void setGroup(String group) {
         ;
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return Always null
+     */
     public String getOwner() {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return Always null
+     */
     public String getGroup() {
         return null;
     }
@@ -435,8 +445,30 @@ public String toURL() {
         }
     }
 
+    private String checksum;
+
+    @Override
+    public void readChecksum() {
+        try {
+            ServiceUtils.toHex(ServiceUtils.computeMD5Hash(new InputStream(this)));
+        }
+        catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            log.error("MD5 failed:" + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        catch(IOException e) {
+            log.error("MD5 failed:" + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return checksum;
+    }
+
+    public void setChecksum(String checksum) {
+        this.checksum = checksum;
+    }
+
     /**
-     *
      * @return True if application was found to open the file with
      */
     public abstract boolean open();
diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Path.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Path.java
index 25d21798804..10e03e60cc0 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Path.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Path.java
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ public void writeGroup(String group, boolean recursive) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void readChecksum() {
+        ;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Read the size of the file
      *
diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/PathAttributes.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/PathAttributes.java
index afa2d061071..6295bcaaf83 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/PathAttributes.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/PathAttributes.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class PathAttributes implements Attributes, Serializable {
     private int type = Path.FILE_TYPE;
 
     protected Permission permission = null;
+    private String checksum;
 
     public PathAttributes() {
         super();
@@ -200,4 +201,12 @@ public String getGroup() {
         }
         return this.group;
     }
+
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return checksum;
+    }
+
+    public void setChecksum(String checksum) {
+        this.checksum = checksum;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
index cfd4e4db1df..b4da299eba2 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -234,6 +233,7 @@ public AttributedList<Path> list() {
                             file.setParent(this);
                             if(file.attributes.getType() == Path.FILE_TYPE) {
                                 file.attributes.setSize(object.getSize());
+                                file.attributes.setChecksum(object.getMd5sum());
                             }
                             try {
                                 final Date modified = DateParser.parse(object.getLastModified());
@@ -311,15 +311,9 @@ protected void upload(final BandwidthThrottle throttle, final StreamListener lis
                 final InputStream in = new Local.InputStream(this.getLocal());
                 this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Compute MD5 hash of {0}", "Status"),
                         this.getName()));
-                String md5sum = null;
-                try {
-                    md5sum = ServiceUtils.toHex(ServiceUtils.computeMD5Hash(new Local.InputStream(this.getLocal())));
-                    this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Uploading {0}", "Status"),
-                            this.getName()));
-                }
-                catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-                    log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
-                }
+                String md5sum = this.getLocal().getChecksum();
+                this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Uploading {0}", "Status"),
+                        this.getName()));
 
                 final HashMap<String, String> metadata = new HashMap<String, String>();
 
diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Path.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Path.java
index 3a52977dac0..858f8287286 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Path.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Path.java
@@ -395,6 +395,32 @@ public boolean isRequesterPays() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void readChecksum() {
+        if(attributes.isFile()) {
+            try {
+                this.getSession().check();
+                this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Compute MD5 hash of {0}", "Status"),
+                        this.getName()));
+
+                final S3Object details = this.getDetails();
+                if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(details.getMd5HashAsHex())) {
+                    attributes.setChecksum(details.getMd5HashAsHex());
+                }
+                else {
+                    log.debug("Setting ETag Header as checksum for:" + this.toString());
+                    attributes.setChecksum(details.getETag());
+                }
+            }
+            catch(S3ServiceException e) {
+                this.error("Cannot read file attributes", e);
+            }
+            catch(IOException e) {
+                this.error("Cannot read file attributes", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void readSize() {
         if(attributes.isFile()) {