diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
index b879536dd8f..4fb5d6b4fe6 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ update_hash_cache() {
     local distfile curfile
     mkdir -p "$cache"
     find "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR" -type f | grep -v by_sha256 | while read -r distfile; do
-        cksum=$(cat "$distfile" | sha256sum | cut -d " " -f 1)
+        cksum=$($XBPS_DIGEST_CMD "$distfile")
         curfile="${distfile##*/}"
         ln -vf "$distfile" "${cache}/${cksum}_${curfile}"
     done