diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Preferences.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Preferences.java
index 6f966ad5401..d8b629fcf08 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Preferences.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/Preferences.java
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ protected void setDefaults() {
          * If set calculate MD5 sum of uploaded file and set metadata header Content-MD5
          */
         defaults.put("s3.upload.metadata.md5", String.valueOf(false));
+        defaults.put("cf.upload.metadata.md5", String.valueOf(false));
         /**
          * A prefix to apply to log file names
          */
diff --git a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
index aea4050c0dc..cd904f7bb12 100644
--- a/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
+++ b/source/ch/cyberduck/core/cf/CFPath.java
@@ -273,18 +273,27 @@ protected void upload(final BandwidthThrottle throttle, final StreamListener lis
                 // No Content-Range support
                 final Status status = this.status();
                 status.setResume(false);
+                String md5sum = null;
+                if(Preferences.instance().getBoolean("cf.upload.metadata.md5")) {
+                    this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Compute MD5 hash of {0}", "Status"),
+                            this.getName()));
+                    md5sum = this.getLocal().attributes().getChecksum();
+                }
                 this.getSession().message(MessageFormat.format(Locale.localizedString("Uploading {0}", "Status"),
                         this.getName()));
 
                 final InputStream in;
                 MessageDigest digest = null;
-                try {
-                    digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
-                }
-                catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-                    log.error("MD5 calculation disabled:" + e.getMessage());
+                if(!Preferences.instance().getBoolean("cf.upload.metadata.md5")) {
+                    try {
+                        digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
+                    }
+                    catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+                        log.error("MD5 calculation disabled:" + e.getMessage());
+                    }
                 }
                 if(null == digest) {
+                    log.warn("MD5 calculation disabled");
                     in = this.getLocal().getInputStream();
                 }
                 else {
@@ -303,7 +312,7 @@ public void writeRequest(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
                                     CFPath.this.upload(out, in, throttle, listener);
                                 }
                             },
-                            metadata, null
+                            metadata, md5sum
                     );
                 }
                 finally {