diff --git a/board/radxa/rock5b/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/radxa/rock5b/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95ad749554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/radxa/rock5b/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  a5eca7b8f929a1918125e2e4fbd7ab4ea5b3910b5ae4547e81c794b47373ffb5  linux-52f51a2b5ba178f331af62260d2da86d7472c14b-br1.tar.gz
diff --git a/configs/rock5b_defconfig b/configs/rock5b_defconfig
index eed656ef5f..2e72b386b1 100644
--- a/configs/rock5b_defconfig
+++ b/configs/rock5b_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS=""
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="rock5b"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to the rock5b board"
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/radxa/rock5b/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y