diff --git a/bldpkg b/bldpkg
index e50332c..59c4524 100755
--- a/bldpkg
+++ b/bldpkg
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRCDIR="$PWD"
 SRCDIRRPATH="$(basename $SRCDIR)"
 
 # verify checksums
-verify() {
+verifychecksums() {
   if [ -z "$SHA512SUMS" ] ; then 
     echo "sha512 checksums don't exist in $SRCDIRRPATH.SMBuild !"
     echo "Please run bldpkg genchecksum"
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ fi
 #  source $1
 #fi
 
-verify
+verifychecksums
 #build 2>&1 | tee -a "$APP".SMBuild.log.txt
 build
 
diff --git a/bldpkg.d/verifychecksums b/bldpkg.d/verifychecksums
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f001b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bldpkg.d/verifychecksums
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# verify checksums
+verifychecksums() {
+  if [ -z "$SHA512SUMS" ] ; then 
+    echo "sha512 checksums don't exist in $SRCDIRRPATH.SMBuild !"
+    echo "Please run bldpkg genchecksum"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  
+  eval sums=\"\$SHA512SUMS\"
+
+  echo "Verifying Checksums..."
+  IFS=$'\n'
+  for src in $sums; do
+    echo "$src" | sha512sum -c
+  done
+  unset IFS
+  echo "Looks good..."
+}
+