diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
index 3e62b1a0b..933221208 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ public static class Features
             public static readonly string LogValidationResultsOnWarnings = "logValidationResultsOnWarnings";
             public static readonly string UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations = "usePackageRepositoryOptimizations";
             public static readonly string DisableCompatibilityChecks = "disableCompatibilityChecks";
+            public static readonly string UsePackageHashValidation = "usePackageHashValidation";
         }
 
         public static class Messages
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
index 8dd3295af..e4caec93c 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ private static void SetAllFeatureFlags(ChocolateyConfiguration config, ConfigFil
             config.Features.LogWithoutColor = SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.LogWithoutColor, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: false, description: "Log without color - Do not show colorization in logging output.");
             config.Features.LogValidationResultsOnWarnings = SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.LogValidationResultsOnWarnings, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: true, description: "Log validation results on warnings - Should the validation results be logged if there are warnings?");
             config.Features.UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations = SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: true, description: "Use Package Repository Optimizations - Turn on optimizations for reducing bandwidth with repository queries during package install/upgrade/outdated operations. Should generally be left enabled, unless a repository needs to support older methods of query. When disabled, this makes queries similar to the way they were done in earlier versions of Chocolatey.");
+            config.Features.UsePackageHashValidation = SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.UsePackageHashValidation, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: false, description: "Use Package Hash Validation - Check the hash of the downloaded package file against the source provided hash. Only supports sources that provide SHA512 hashes. Disabled by default. Available in 2.3.0+");
             config.PromptForConfirmation = !SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.AllowGlobalConfirmation, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: false, description: "Prompt for confirmation in scripts or bypass.");
             config.DisableCompatibilityChecks = SetFeatureFlag(ApplicationParameters.Features.DisableCompatibilityChecks, configFileSettings, defaultEnabled: false, description: "Disable Compatibility Checks - Disable showing a warning when there is an incompatibility between Chocolatey CLI and Chocolatey Licensed Extension. Available in 1.1.0+");
         }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index 02eaf34b6..97a966471 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ public sealed class FeaturesConfiguration
         public bool ExitOnRebootDetected { get; set; }
         public bool LogValidationResultsOnWarnings { get; set; }
         public bool UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations { get; set; }
+        public bool UsePackageHashValidation { get; set; }
     }
 
     //todo: #2565 retrofit other command configs this way