diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44d5ba9..84149e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 ### 3.7 - 3 Oct 2015
 - Markdown processor has been switched to [markedj](https://github.com/gitbucket/markedj) from pegdown
 - Clone in desktop button
+- Providing MD5 and SHA-1 checksum for `gitbucket.war` has started
 
 ### 3.6 - 30 Aug 2015
 - User interface Improvements: Especially, commit list, issues and pull request have been updated largely.
diff --git a/release/build.xml b/release/build.xml
index 2e6b8da..ee0865e 100644
--- a/release/build.xml
+++ b/release/build.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@
             tofile="${target.dir}/scala-${scala.version}/gitbucket.war"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="all" depends="rename">
+  <target name="checksum" depends="rename">
+    <checksum file="${target.dir}/scala-${scala.version}/gitbucket.war" algorithm="MD5" format="MD5SUM" forceOverwrite="yes" fileext=".md5"/>
+    <checksum file="${target.dir}/scala-${scala.version}/gitbucket.war" algorithm="SHA" format="MD5SUM" forceOverwrite="yes" fileext=".sha1"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="all" depends="checksum">
   </target>