diff --git a/fpga/fpgactl b/fpga/fpgactl
index 6a2540e..b54bbd6 100755
--- a/fpga/fpgactl
+++ b/fpga/fpgactl
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ function load_file_in_memory() # {{{
   address=$(($address_hex))
 
   total_size=$(stat --format "%s" "$file")
+  md5sum=$(md5sum "$file" | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   # Previous tests...
   #strace -f dma-to-device -d /dev/${qdmadev}-MM-1 -a "$address" -s $((8*1024*1024)) -f "$file"
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ function load_file_in_memory() # {{{
 
   #dd if="$file" bs=8M seek="${address}" oflag=seek_bytes of=/dev/${qdmadev}-MM-1 status=none
 
-  printf "loaded '%s' at 0x%x with size %d\n" "$file" "$address" "$total_size" >&2
+  printf "loaded '%s' at 0x%x with size %d and md5 %s\n" "$file" "$address" "$total_size" "$md5sum" >&2
 } # }}}
 function do_boot_only() # {{{
 {