diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dca94b..1405f56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ asdf plugin-add terragrunt https://github.com/ohmer/asdf-terragrunt
 
 ### Environment Variable Options
 
-- `ASDF_TERRAGRUNT_OVERWRITE_ARCH`: force the plugin to use a specified processor architecture rather than the
+- `ASDF_TERRAGRUNT_OVERWRITE_ARCH`: Force the plugin to use a specified processor architecture rather than the
   automatically detected value. Useful, for example, for allowing users on M1 Macs to install `amd64` binaries when
   there's no `arm64` binary available.
+
+- `ASDF_TERRAGRUNT_SKIP_CHECKSUM`: Skip the checksum verification when downloading the binary. This is saves some time,
+  but is less secure.
diff --git a/bin/install b/bin/install
index 3e0d0ec..d840c32 100755
--- a/bin/install
+++ b/bin/install
@@ -46,7 +46,32 @@ install() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  if [[ "${ASDF_TERRAGRUNT_SKIP_CHECKSUM:-"false"}" != "true" ]]; then
+    local expected_checksum
+    expected_checksum=$(_sha256 "$bin_path" | awk '{print $1}')
+    local checksum
+    checksum="$(curl -sL "https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terragrunt/releases/download/v${version}/SHA256SUMS" | grep "terragrunt_${platform}_${arch}" | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+    if [ "$expected_checksum" != "$checksum" ]; then
+      echo "Checksum for terragrunt did not match"
+      echo "Expected: $checksum"
+      echo "Actual: $expected_checksum"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
   chmod +x "$bin_path"
 }
 
+_sha256() {
+  if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null; then
+    sha256sum "$1"
+  elif command -v shasum >/dev/null; then
+    shasum -a 256 "$1"
+  else
+    echo "Neither sha256sum nor shasum not found. Consider skipping checksum verification with ASDF_TERRAGRUNT_SKIP_CHECKSUM=true"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
 install "$ASDF_INSTALL_TYPE" "$ASDF_INSTALL_VERSION" "$ASDF_INSTALL_PATH"