diff --git a/api/publish.go b/api/publish.go
index 61da5b04e..c4a59ab9a 100644
--- a/api/publish.go
+++ b/api/publish.go
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ func apiPublishUpdateSwitch(c *gin.Context) {
 			Component string `binding:"required"`
 			Name      string `binding:"required"`
 		}
+		AccessByHash *bool
 	}
 
 	if c.Bind(&b) != nil {
@@ -317,6 +318,10 @@ func apiPublishUpdateSwitch(c *gin.Context) {
 		published.SkipContents = *b.SkipContents
 	}
 
+	if b.AccessByHash != nil {
+		published.AccessByHash = *b.AccessByHash
+	}
+
 	err = published.Publish(context.PackagePool(), context, context.CollectionFactory(), signer, nil, b.ForceOverwrite)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.AbortWithError(500, fmt.Errorf("unable to update: %s", err))
diff --git a/cmd/publish_repo.go b/cmd/publish_repo.go
index 129a20bbc..009ba9273 100644
--- a/cmd/publish_repo.go
+++ b/cmd/publish_repo.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Example:
 	cmd.Flag.String("butautomaticupgrades", "", "set  value for ButAutomaticUpgrades field")
 	cmd.Flag.String("label", "", "label to publish")
 	cmd.Flag.Bool("force-overwrite", false, "overwrite files in package pool in case of mismatch")
+	cmd.Flag.Bool("access-by-hash", false, "provide index files by hash also")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/publish_snapshot.go b/cmd/publish_snapshot.go
index 98540955d..f76055da1 100644
--- a/cmd/publish_snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/publish_snapshot.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func aptlyPublishSnapshotOrRepo(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 		published.SkipContents = context.Flags().Lookup("skip-contents").Value.Get().(bool)
 	}
 
+	if context.Flags().IsSet("access-by-hash") {
+		published.AccessByHash = context.Flags().Lookup("access-by-hash").Value.Get().(bool)
+	}
+
 	duplicate := context.CollectionFactory().PublishedRepoCollection().CheckDuplicate(published)
 	if duplicate != nil {
 		context.CollectionFactory().PublishedRepoCollection().LoadComplete(duplicate, context.CollectionFactory())
diff --git a/deb/index_files.go b/deb/index_files.go
index f8b7051fc..88a638f7f 100644
--- a/deb/index_files.go
+++ b/deb/index_files.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ type indexFiles struct {
 	tempDir          string
 	suffix           string
 	indexes          map[string]*indexFile
+	accessByHash     bool
 }
 
 type indexFile struct {
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ type indexFile struct {
 	compressable bool
 	onlyGzip     bool
 	signable     bool
+	accessByHash bool
 	relativePath string
 	tempFilename string
 	tempFile     *os.File
@@ -91,11 +94,24 @@ func (file *indexFile) Finalize(signer pgp.Signer) error {
 		file.parent.generatedFiles[file.relativePath+ext] = checksumInfo
 	}
 
-	err = file.parent.publishedStorage.MkDir(filepath.Dir(filepath.Join(file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath)))
+	filedir := filepath.Dir(filepath.Join(file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath))
+
+	err = file.parent.publishedStorage.MkDir(filedir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create dir: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	hashs := []string{}
+	if file.accessByHash {
+		hashs = append(hashs, "MD5", "SHA1", "SHA256", "SHA512")
+		for _, hash := range hashs {
+			err = file.parent.publishedStorage.MkDir(filepath.Join(filedir, "by-hash", hash))
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to create dir: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, ext := range exts {
 		err = file.parent.publishedStorage.PutFile(filepath.Join(file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath+file.parent.suffix+ext),
 			file.tempFilename+ext)
@@ -107,6 +123,29 @@ func (file *indexFile) Finalize(signer pgp.Signer) error {
 			file.parent.renameMap[filepath.Join(file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath+file.parent.suffix+ext)] =
 				filepath.Join(file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath+ext)
 		}
+
+		if file.accessByHash {
+			sums := file.parent.generatedFiles[file.relativePath+ext]
+			storage := file.parent.publishedStorage.(aptly.FileSystemPublishedStorage).PublicPath()
+			src := filepath.Join(storage, file.parent.basePath, file.relativePath)
+
+			err = packageIndexByHash(src, file.parent.suffix, ext, storage, filedir, "SHA512", sums.SHA512)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
+			}
+			err = packageIndexByHash(src, file.parent.suffix, ext, storage, filedir, "SHA256", sums.SHA256)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
+			}
+			err = packageIndexByHash(src, file.parent.suffix, ext, storage, filedir, "SHA1", sums.SHA1)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
+			}
+			err = packageIndexByHash(src, file.parent.suffix, ext, storage, filedir, "MD5", sums.MD5)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if file.signable && signer != nil {
@@ -143,7 +182,35 @@ func (file *indexFile) Finalize(signer pgp.Signer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func newIndexFiles(publishedStorage aptly.PublishedStorage, basePath, tempDir, suffix string) *indexFiles {
+func packageIndexByHash(src string, suffix string, ext string, storage string, filedir string, hash string, sum string) error {
+	indexfile := path.Base(src + ext)
+	src = src + suffix + ext
+	dst := filepath.Join(storage, filedir, "by-hash", hash)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dst, sum)); err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	err := os.Link(src, filepath.Join(dst, sum))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Access-By-Hash: error creating hardlink %s", filepath.Join(dst, sum))
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dst, indexfile)); err == nil {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dst, indexfile+".old")); err == nil {
+			link, _ := os.Readlink(filepath.Join(dst, indexfile+".old"))
+			os.Remove(filepath.Join(dst, link))
+			os.Remove(filepath.Join(dst, indexfile+".old"))
+		}
+		os.Rename(filepath.Join(dst, indexfile), filepath.Join(dst, indexfile+".old"))
+	}
+	err = os.Symlink(sum, filepath.Join(dst, indexfile))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Access-By-Hash: error creating symlink %s", filepath.Join(dst, indexfile))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newIndexFiles(publishedStorage aptly.PublishedStorage, basePath, tempDir, suffix string, accessByHash bool) *indexFiles {
 	return &indexFiles{
 		publishedStorage: publishedStorage,
 		basePath:         basePath,
@@ -152,6 +219,7 @@ func newIndexFiles(publishedStorage aptly.PublishedStorage, basePath, tempDir, s
 		tempDir:          tempDir,
 		suffix:           suffix,
 		indexes:          make(map[string]*indexFile),
+		accessByHash:     accessByHash,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -179,6 +247,7 @@ func (files *indexFiles) PackageIndex(component, arch string, udeb bool) *indexF
 			discardable:  false,
 			compressable: true,
 			signable:     false,
+			accessByHash: files.accessByHash,
 			relativePath: relativePath,
 		}
 
@@ -212,6 +281,7 @@ func (files *indexFiles) ReleaseIndex(component, arch string, udeb bool) *indexF
 			discardable:  udeb,
 			compressable: false,
 			signable:     false,
+			accessByHash: files.accessByHash,
 			relativePath: relativePath,
 		}
 
@@ -242,6 +312,7 @@ func (files *indexFiles) ContentsIndex(component, arch string, udeb bool) *index
 			compressable: true,
 			onlyGzip:     true,
 			signable:     false,
+			accessByHash: files.accessByHash,
 			relativePath: relativePath,
 		}
 
diff --git a/deb/publish.go b/deb/publish.go
index 4e5885400..3d62400d8 100644
--- a/deb/publish.go
+++ b/deb/publish.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ type PublishedRepo struct {
 
 	// True if repo is being re-published
 	rePublishing bool
+
+	// Provide index files per hash also
+	AccessByHash bool
 }
 
 // ParsePrefix splits [storage:]prefix into components
@@ -556,7 +559,7 @@ func (p *PublishedRepo) Publish(packagePool aptly.PackagePool, publishedStorageP
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
 
-	indexes := newIndexFiles(publishedStorage, basePath, tempDir, suffix)
+	indexes := newIndexFiles(publishedStorage, basePath, tempDir, suffix, p.AccessByHash)
 
 	for component, list := range lists {
 		hadUdebs := false
@@ -683,6 +686,9 @@ func (p *PublishedRepo) Publish(packagePool aptly.PackagePool, publishedStorageP
 				release["Component"] = component
 				release["Origin"] = p.GetOrigin()
 				release["Label"] = p.GetLabel()
+				if p.AccessByHash {
+					release["Acquire-By-Hash"] = "yes"
+				}
 
 				var bufWriter *bufio.Writer
 				bufWriter, err = indexes.ReleaseIndex(component, arch, udeb).BufWriter()
@@ -720,6 +726,9 @@ func (p *PublishedRepo) Publish(packagePool aptly.PackagePool, publishedStorageP
 	release["Codename"] = p.Distribution
 	release["Date"] = time.Now().UTC().Format("Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST")
 	release["Architectures"] = strings.Join(utils.StrSlicesSubstract(p.Architectures, []string{ArchitectureSource}), " ")
+	if p.AccessByHash {
+		release["Acquire-By-Hash"] = "yes"
+	}
 	release["Description"] = " Generated by aptly\n"
 	release["MD5Sum"] = ""
 	release["SHA1"] = ""