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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in b/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
index b33aa8a850bd..ed3ad87e49f3 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 url=$1
 hash=$2
 
-hashType="sha1"
+hashType=$NIX_HASH_ALGO
+if test -z "$hashType"; then
+    hashType=md5
+fi    
 
 if test -z "$url"; then
     echo "syntax: nix-prefetch-url URL" >&2