diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2facc5b..625ae2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,3 +125,6 @@ scripts/.idea/**
 generated
 
 *.3dm
+
+recipe/**
+!recipe/sha256.py
diff --git a/recipe/sha256.py b/recipe/sha256.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c84a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/sha256.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import hashlib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+FILE = Path(__file__).parent / "compas_cgal-0.6.0.tar.gz"
+
+with open(FILE, "rb") as f:
+    data = f.read()
+    h = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+print(h)