diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
index 7375e5569..cd9e4ebc3 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     val coursierParallelDownloads = Keys.coursierParallelDownloads
     val coursierMaxIterations = Keys.coursierMaxIterations
     val coursierChecksums = Keys.coursierChecksums
+    val coursierArtifactsChecksums = Keys.coursierArtifactsChecksums
     val coursierCachePolicy = Keys.coursierCachePolicy
     val coursierVerbosity = Keys.coursierVerbosity
     val coursierResolvers = Keys.coursierResolvers
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     coursierParallelDownloads := 6,
     coursierMaxIterations := 50,
     coursierChecksums := Seq(Some("SHA-1"), None),
+    coursierArtifactsChecksums := Seq(None),
     coursierCachePolicy := CachePolicy.FetchMissing,
     coursierVerbosity := 1,
     coursierResolvers <<= Tasks.coursierResolversTask,
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
index 7ce7bd847..6fa28d804 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ object Keys {
   val coursierParallelDownloads = SettingKey[Int]("coursier-parallel-downloads", "")
   val coursierMaxIterations = SettingKey[Int]("coursier-max-iterations", "")
   val coursierChecksums = SettingKey[Seq[Option[String]]]("coursier-checksums", "")
+  val coursierArtifactsChecksums = SettingKey[Seq[Option[String]]]("coursier-artifacts-checksums", "")
   val coursierCachePolicy = SettingKey[CachePolicy]("coursier-cache-policy", "")
 
   val coursierVerbosity = SettingKey[Int]("coursier-verbosity", "")
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
index 883696910..8f44b21f6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ object Tasks {
 
       val parallelDownloads = coursierParallelDownloads.value
       val checksums = coursierChecksums.value
+      val artifactsChecksums = coursierArtifactsChecksums.value
       val maxIterations = coursierMaxIterations.value
       val cachePolicy = coursierCachePolicy.value
       val cacheDir = coursierCache.value
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ object Tasks {
         }
 
       val artifactFileOrErrorTasks = allArtifacts.toVector.map { a =>
-        Cache.file(a, caches, cachePolicy, checksums = checksums, logger = logger, pool = pool).run.map((a, _))
+        Cache.file(a, caches, cachePolicy, checksums = artifactsChecksums, logger = logger, pool = pool).run.map((a, _))
       }
 
       if (verbosity >= 0)