diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_exec.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_exec.go
index 85a662810..baeddbb66 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_exec.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_exec.go
@@ -65,13 +65,18 @@ package kernel
 // """
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"io"
+
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/cleanup"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/mm"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/seccheck"
 	pb "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/seccheck/points/points_go_proto"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
 )
 
 // execStop is a TaskStop that a task sets on itself when it wants to execve
@@ -333,6 +338,29 @@ func getExecveSeccheckInfo(t *Task, argv, env []string, executable *vfs.FileDesc
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		if fields.Local.Contains(seccheck.FieldSentryExecveBinarySha256) {
+			hash := sha256.New()
+			buf := make([]byte, 1024*1024) // Read 1MB at a time.
+			dest := usermem.BytesIOSequence(buf)
+			offset := int64(0)
+
+			for {
+				if read, err := executable.PRead(t, dest, offset, vfs.ReadOptions{}); err == nil {
+					hash.Write(buf[0:read])
+					offset += read
+
+				} else if err == io.EOF {
+					hash.Write(buf[0:read])
+					info.BinarySha256 = hash.Sum(nil)
+					break
+
+				} else {
+					log.Warningf("Failed to read executable for SHA-256 hash: %v", err)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if !fields.Context.Empty() {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/seccheck/metadata.go b/pkg/sentry/seccheck/metadata.go
index c4d949d4d..463e30239 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/seccheck/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/seccheck/metadata.go
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ const (
 	// FieldSentryExecveBinaryInfo is an optional field to collect information
 	// about the binary being executed.
 	FieldSentryExecveBinaryInfo Field = iota
+
+	// FieldSentryExecveBinarySha256 is an optional field to collect the SHA-256
+	// hash of the binary being executed.
+	FieldSentryExecveBinarySha256
 )
 
 // Points is a map with all the trace points registered in the system.
@@ -240,6 +244,10 @@ func genericInit() {
 				ID:   FieldSentryExecveBinaryInfo,
 				Name: "binary_info",
 			},
+			{
+				ID:   FieldSentryExecveBinarySha256,
+				Name: "binary_sha256",
+			},
 		},
 		ContextFields: defaultContextFields,
 	})
diff --git a/test/trace/trace_test.go b/test/trace/trace_test.go
index 0a050aab7..09bfafe09 100644
--- a/test/trace/trace_test.go
+++ b/test/trace/trace_test.go
@@ -409,6 +409,22 @@ func checkSentryExec(msg test.Message) error {
 	if p.BinaryGid != nobody {
 		return fmt.Errorf("BinaryGid, want: %d, got: %d", nobody, p.BinaryGid)
 	}
+
+	// Get SHA256 from the binary and compare it with the one from the event.
+	out, err := exec.Command("sha256sum", p.BinaryPath).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Not able to calculate sha256sum: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := strings.SplitN(string(out), " ", 2)[0]
+
+	got := ""
+	for _, b := range p.BinarySha256 {
+		got += fmt.Sprintf("%02x", b)
+	}
+	if want != got {
+		return fmt.Errorf("BinarySha256, want: %q, got: %q", got, want)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }