diff --git a/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py b/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
index 2900f4d41..fc97e1d7e 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class AssetDownloadManager(ABC):
     def download_checkpoint(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         model_name: str,
         *,
         shard_idx: int | None = None,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def download_checkpoint(
     def download_tokenizer(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         model_name: str,
         *,
         tokenizer_name: str | None = None,
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ def download_tokenizer(
     def download_dataset(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         dataset_name: str,
         *,
         force: bool = False,
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     def download_checkpoint(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         model_name: str,
         *,
         shard_idx: int | None = None,
@@ -150,12 +154,16 @@ def download_checkpoint(
             self._cache_dir, uri, display_name, force, progress, shard_idx
         )
 
+        path = op.run()
+        self._validate_asset_integrity(path, checksum)
+
         return op.run()
 
     @override
     def download_tokenizer(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         model_name: str,
         *,
         tokenizer_name: str | None = None,
@@ -169,12 +177,16 @@ def download_tokenizer(
 
         op = _AssetDownloadOp(self._cache_dir, uri, display_name, force, progress)
 
-        return op.run()
+        path = op.run()
+        self._validate_asset_integrity(path, checksum)
+
+        return path
 
     @override
     def download_dataset(
         self,
         uri: str,
+        checksum: str | None,
         dataset_name: str,
         *,
         force: bool = False,
@@ -184,8 +196,30 @@ def download_dataset(
 
         op = _AssetDownloadOp(self._cache_dir, uri, display_name, force, progress)
 
+        path = op.run()
+        self._validate_asset_integrity(path, checksum)
+
         return op.run()
 
+    def _validate_asset_integrity(self, path: Path, checksum: str | None) -> None:
+        if checksum is None:
+            log.warning(
+                f"Asset at {path} has no recorded checksum, skipping integrity check."
+            )
+            return
+
+        BYTES_PER_CHUNK = 65536
+        sha = sha1()
+
+        with open(path, "rb") as file:
+            while data := file.read(BYTES_PER_CHUNK):
+                sha.update(data)
+
+        if sha.hexdigest() != checksum:
+            raise AssetDownloadError(
+                f"Checksum for {path} does not match the expected checksum."
+            )
+
 
 class _AssetDownloadOp:
     _cache_dir: Path
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/data/text/text_tokenizer.py b/src/fairseq2/data/text/text_tokenizer.py
index 62dedfe58..bc80ba307 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/data/text/text_tokenizer.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/data/text/text_tokenizer.py
@@ -223,10 +223,15 @@ def __call__(
             return self(tokenizer_ref, force=force, progress=progress)
 
         tokenizer_uri = card.field("tokenizer").as_uri()
+        tokenizer_checksum = card.field("checksum").get_as_(str)
 
         try:
             path = self._download_manager.download_tokenizer(
-                tokenizer_uri, card.name, force=force, progress=progress
+                tokenizer_uri,
+                tokenizer_checksum,
+                card.name,
+                force=force,
+                progress=progress,
             )
         except ValueError as ex:
             raise AssetCardError(
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/datasets/loader.py b/src/fairseq2/datasets/loader.py
index 973a1f6cd..3d92a0e45 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/datasets/loader.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/datasets/loader.py
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ def __call__(
             card = self._asset_store.retrieve_card(dataset_name_or_card)
 
         dataset_uri = card.field("data").as_uri()
+        dataset_checksum = card.field("checksum").get_as_(str)
 
         try:
             path = self._download_manager.download_dataset(
-                dataset_uri, card.name, force=force, progress=progress
+                dataset_uri, dataset_checksum, card.name, force=force, progress=progress
             )
         except ValueError as ex:
             raise AssetCardError(
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/models/loader.py b/src/fairseq2/models/loader.py
index 83cdb125a..6c6685b0d 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/models/loader.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/models/loader.py
@@ -275,12 +275,14 @@ def __call__(
 
         # Load the checkpoint.
         checkpoint_uri = card.field("checkpoint").as_uri()
+        checkpoint_checksum = card.field("checksum").get_as_(str)
 
         shard_idx = gang.rank if gang is not None and gang.size != 1 else None
 
         try:
             path = self._download_manager.download_checkpoint(
                 checkpoint_uri,
+                checkpoint_checksum,
                 card.name,
                 shard_idx=shard_idx,
                 force=force,
diff --git a/tests/integration/models/test_llama.py b/tests/integration/models/test_llama.py
index 45a110546..5148ebbd7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/models/test_llama.py
+++ b/tests/integration/models/test_llama.py
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ def test_convert_to_reference_checkpoint() -> None:
 
     card = default_asset_store.retrieve_card("llama2_7b")
 
+    checkpoint_uri = card.field("checkpoint").as_uri()
+    checkpoint_checksum = card.field("checksum").get_as_(str)
+
     path = default_download_manager.download_checkpoint(
-        card.field("checkpoint").as_uri(), model_name="llama2_7b", progress=False
+        checkpoint_uri, checkpoint_checksum, model_name="llama2_7b", progress=False
     )
 
     tensor_loader = StandardTensorLoader()