diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs
index 30eccc254..e59054561 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs
@@ -837,25 +837,41 @@ fn identify_algo_name_and_length(
     last_algo: &mut Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<(String, Option<usize>), LineCheckError> {
     let algo_from_line = line_info.algo_name.clone().unwrap_or_default();
-    let algorithm = algo_from_line.to_lowercase();
+    let line_algo = algo_from_line.to_lowercase();
     *last_algo = Some(algo_from_line);
 
-    // check if we are called with XXXsum (example: md5sum) but we detected a different algo parsing the file
-    // (for example SHA1 (f) = d...)
+    // check if we are called with XXXsum (example: md5sum) but we detected a
+    // different algo parsing the file (for example SHA1 (f) = d...)
+    //
     // Also handle the case cksum -s sm3 but the file contains other formats
-    if algo_name_input.is_some() && algo_name_input != Some(&algorithm) {
-        return Err(LineCheckError::ImproperlyFormatted);
+    if let Some(algo_name_input) = algo_name_input {
+        match (algo_name_input, line_algo.as_str()) {
+            (l, r) if l == r => (),
+            // Edge case for SHA2, which matches SHA(224|256|384|512)
+            (
+                ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA2,
+                ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA224
+                | ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA256
+                | ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA384
+                | ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA512,
+            ) => (),
+            _ => return Err(LineCheckError::ImproperlyFormatted),
+        }
     }
 
-    if !SUPPORTED_ALGORITHMS.contains(&algorithm.as_str()) {
+    if !SUPPORTED_ALGORITHMS.contains(&line_algo.as_str()) {
         // Not supported algo, leave early
         return Err(LineCheckError::ImproperlyFormatted);
     }
 
     let bytes = if let Some(bitlen) = line_info.algo_bit_len {
-        match algorithm.as_str() {
+        match line_algo.as_str() {
             ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_BLAKE2B if bitlen % 8 == 0 => Some(bitlen / 8),
-            ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA3 if [224, 256, 384, 512].contains(&bitlen) => Some(bitlen),
+            ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA2 | ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_SHA3
+                if [224, 256, 384, 512].contains(&bitlen) =>
+            {
+                Some(bitlen)
+            }
             // Either
             //  the algo based line is provided with a bit length
             //  with an algorithm that does not support it (only Blake2B does).
@@ -866,14 +882,14 @@ fn identify_algo_name_and_length(
             //  the given length is wrong because it's not a multiple of 8.
             _ => return Err(LineCheckError::ImproperlyFormatted),
         }
-    } else if algorithm == ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_BLAKE2B {
+    } else if line_algo == ALGORITHM_OPTIONS_BLAKE2B {
         // Default length with BLAKE2b,
         Some(64)
     } else {
         None
     };
 
-    Ok((algorithm, bytes))
+    Ok((line_algo, bytes))
 }
 
 /// Given a filename and an algorithm, compute the digest and compare it with
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
index e94303a75..afed3d0fe 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use uutests::at_and_ucmd;
 use uutests::new_ucmd;
 use uutests::util::TestScenario;
+use uutests::util::log_info;
 use uutests::util_name;
 
 const ALGOS: [&str; 11] = [
@@ -433,6 +434,60 @@ fn test_check_untagged_sha2_multiple_files() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_check_sha2_tagged_variant() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    at.touch("f");
+
+    // SHA2-xxx is an alias to SHAxxx we don't output but we still recognize.
+    let checksum_lines = [
+        (
+            "SHA224",
+            "SHA2-224",
+            "(f) = d14a028c2a3a2bc9476102bb288234c415a2b01f828ea62ac5b3e42f",
+        ),
+        (
+            "SHA256",
+            "SHA2-256",
+            "(f) = e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+        ),
+        (
+            "SHA384",
+            "SHA2-384",
+            "(f) = 38b060a751ac96384cd9327eb1b1e36a21fdb71114be07434c0cc7bf63f6e1da274edebfe76f65fbd51ad2f14898b95b",
+        ),
+        (
+            "SHA512",
+            "SHA2-512",
+            "(f) = cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e",
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    for (basic, variant, digest) in checksum_lines {
+        let stdin = format!("{basic} {digest}");
+        log_info("stdin is: ", &stdin);
+        scene
+            .ucmd()
+            .arg("--check")
+            .arg("--algorithm=sha2")
+            .pipe_in(stdin)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_is("f: OK\n");
+
+        // Check that the variant works the same
+        let stdin = format!("{variant} {digest}");
+        log_info("stdin is: ", &stdin);
+        scene
+            .ucmd()
+            .arg("--check")
+            .arg("--algorithm=sha2")
+            .pipe_in(stdin)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_is("f: OK\n");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_sha3_wrong_length() {
     for l in [0, 13, 819_111_123] {