--- /dev/null
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
+@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
+ { "force_reinstall", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_reinstall },
+ { "force_space", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_space },
+ { "force_postinstall", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_postinstall },
++ { "force_checksum", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_checksum },
+ { "check_signature", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.check_signature },
+ { "ftp_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.ftp_proxy },
+ { "http_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.http_proxy },
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
+ int force_removal_of_essential_packages;
+ int force_postinstall;
+ int force_remove;
++ int force_checksum;
+ int check_signature;
+ int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
+ int nocase; /* perform case insensitive matching */
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_install.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_install.c
+@@ -1327,12 +1327,19 @@ opkg_install_pkg(pkg_t *pkg, int from_up
+ file_md5 = file_md5sum_alloc(pkg->local_filename);
+ if (file_md5 && strcmp(file_md5, pkg->md5sum))
+ {
+- opkg_msg(ERROR, "Package %s md5sum mismatch. "
+- "Either the opkg or the package index are corrupt. "
+- "Try 'opkg update'.\n",
+- pkg->name);
+- free(file_md5);
+- return -1;
++ if (!conf->force_checksum)
++ {
++ opkg_msg(ERROR, "Package %s md5sum mismatch. "
++ "Either the opkg or the package index are corrupt. "
++ "Try 'opkg update'.\n",
++ pkg->name);
++ free(file_md5);
++ return -1;
++ }
++ else
++ {
++ opkg_msg(NOTICE, "Ignored %s md5sum mismatch.\n", pkg->name);
++ }
+ }
+ if (file_md5)
+ free(file_md5);
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum {
+ ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE,
+ ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL,
+ ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE,
++ ARGS_OPT_FORCE_CHECKSUM,
+ ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH,
+ ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST,
+ ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
+@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
+ {"force_postinstall", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL},
+ {"force-remove", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE},
+ {"force_remove", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE},
++ {"force-checksum", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_CHECKSUM},
++ {"force_checksum", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_CHECKSUM},
+ {"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
+ {"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
+ {"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
+@@ -178,6 +181,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE:
+ conf->force_remove = 1;
+ break;
++ case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_CHECKSUM:
++ conf->force_checksum = 1;
++ break;
+ case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
+ conf->nodeps = 1;
+ break;
+@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ usage()
+ printf("\t--force-space Disable free space checks\n");
+ printf("\t--force-postinstall Run postinstall scripts even in offline mode\n");
+ printf("\t--force-remove Remove package even if prerm script fails\n");
++ printf("\t--force-checksum Don't fail on checksum mismatches\n");
+ printf("\t--noaction No action -- test only\n");
+ printf("\t--download-only No action -- download only\n");
+ printf("\t--nodeps Do not follow dependencies\n");