diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3099d35158..5fc7137e5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ check-flake8:
 
 check-package:
 	find $(TOPDIR) -type f \( -name '*.mk' -o -name '*.hash' -o -name 'Config.*' -o -name '*.patch' \) \
-		-exec ./utils/check-package --exclude=Sob {} +
+		-exec ./utils/check-package --exclude=Sob --exclude=HashSpaces {} +
 
 include docs/manual/manual.mk
 -include $(foreach dir,$(BR2_EXTERNAL_DIRS),$(sort $(wildcard $(dir)/docs/*/*.mk)))
diff --git a/utils/checkpackagelib/lib_hash.py b/utils/checkpackagelib/lib_hash.py
index 3e381119a5..698d24fd6b 100644
--- a/utils/checkpackagelib/lib_hash.py
+++ b/utils/checkpackagelib/lib_hash.py
@@ -53,3 +53,19 @@ class HashType(_CheckFunction):
                     .format(self.filename, lineno, self.url_to_manual),
                     text,
                     "expected {} hex digits".format(self.len_of_hash[htype])]
+
+
+class HashSpaces(_CheckFunction):
+    def check_line(self, lineno, text):
+        if _empty_line_or_comment(text):
+            return
+
+        fields = text.split()
+        if len(fields) != 3:
+            # Handled by HashNumberOfFields
+            return
+
+        if not re.match(re.escape("{}  {}  {}".format(*fields)), text):
+            return ["{}:{}: separation does not match expectation "
+                    "({}#adding-packages-hash)"
+                    .format(self.filename, lineno, self.url_to_manual), text]