diff --git a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfEmbeddedFileStream.cs b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfEmbeddedFileStream.cs
index 9b403097..5942e0c0 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfEmbeddedFileStream.cs
+++ b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfEmbeddedFileStream.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// PDFsharp - A .NET library for processing PDF
+// PDFsharp - A .NET library for processing PDF
 // See the LICENSE file in the solution root for more information.
 
 namespace PdfSharp.Pdf.Advanced
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ public class PdfEmbeddedFileStream : PdfDictionary
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of PdfEmbeddedFileStream from a stream.
         /// </summary>
-        public PdfEmbeddedFileStream(PdfDocument document, Stream stream) : base(document)
+        /// <param name="checksum">A 16-byte string which is a MD5 checksum of the bytes of the file</param>
+        public PdfEmbeddedFileStream(PdfDocument document, Stream stream, string? checksum = null) : base(document)
         {
             _data = new byte[stream.Length];
             using (stream)
             {
                 stream.Read(_data, 0, (int)stream.Length);
             }
+            _checksum = checksum;
+
             Initialize();
         }
 
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ void Initialize()
             var now = DateTime.Now;
             objParams.Elements.SetDateTime("/CreationDate", now);
             objParams.Elements.SetDateTime("/ModDate", now);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_checksum))
+                objParams.Elements.SetString("/CheckSum", _checksum);
             Elements.SetObject(Keys.Params, objParams);
 
             Stream = new PdfStream(_data, this);
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ public static bool IsEmbeddedFile(PdfDictionary dictionary)
         }
 
         readonly byte[] _data;
+        readonly string? _checksum;
 
         const string TypeValue = "/EmbeddedFile";
 
diff --git a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfNameDictionary.cs b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfNameDictionary.cs
index 760122f3..f595e069 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfNameDictionary.cs
+++ b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf.Advanced/PdfNameDictionary.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal void AddNamedDestination(string destinationName, int destinationPage, P
 
         PdfNameTreeNode? _dests;
 
-        internal void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, Stream stream)
+        internal void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, Stream stream, string? checksum = null)
         {
             if (_embeddedFiles == null)
             {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ internal void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, Stream stream)
                 Elements.SetReference(Keys.EmbeddedFiles, _embeddedFiles.Reference ?? throw TH.InvalidOperationException_ReferenceMustNotBeNull());
             }
 
-            var embeddedFileStream = new PdfEmbeddedFileStream(Owner, stream);
+            var embeddedFileStream = new PdfEmbeddedFileStream(Owner, stream, checksum);
             var fileSpecification = new PdfFileSpecification(Owner, embeddedFileStream, name);
             Owner.Internals.AddObject(fileSpecification);
 
diff --git a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf/PdfDocument.cs b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf/PdfDocument.cs
index d1eb2a39..e5e7647b 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf/PdfDocument.cs
+++ b/src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp/Pdf/PdfDocument.cs
@@ -879,10 +879,11 @@ public void AddNamedDestination(string destinationName, int destinationPage, Pdf
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">The name used to refer and to entitle the embedded file.</param>
         /// <param name="path">The path of the file to embed.</param>
-        public void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, string path)
+        /// <param name="checksum">A 16-byte string which is a MD5 checksum of the bytes of the file</param>
+        public void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, string path, string? checksum = null)
         {
             var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
-            AddEmbeddedFile(name, stream);
+            AddEmbeddedFile(name, stream, checksum);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -890,8 +891,9 @@ public void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, string path)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">The name used to refer and to entitle the embedded file.</param>
         /// <param name="stream">The stream containing the file to embed.</param>
-        public void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, Stream stream)
-            => Internals.Catalog.Names.AddEmbeddedFile(name, stream);
+        /// <param name="checksum">A 16-byte string which is a MD5 checksum of the bytes of the file</param>
+        public void AddEmbeddedFile(string name, Stream stream, string? checksum = null)
+            => Internals.Catalog.Names.AddEmbeddedFile(name, stream, checksum);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Flattens a document (make the fields non-editable).