diff --git a/README-CN.md b/README-CN.md
index 3f97531..14c38ee 100644
--- a/README-CN.md
+++ b/README-CN.md
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ DVM支持的命令包括有：
 | | `dvm install <version> --skip-validation` | 下载deno前不对版本进行校验 |
 | | `dvm install <version> --from-source` | 编译源码并安装Deno |
 | | `dvm install <version> --skip-download-cache` | 不使用已下载的文件，重新下载并安装 |
+| | `dvm install <version> --sha256sum` | 下载安装Deno，并进行sha256校验 |
 | `uninstall` | `dvm uninstall <version>` | 卸载指定的版本 |
 | `use` | `dvm use` | 将指定的版本设置为当前使用的版本，未指定版本将从当前目录下的`.dvmrc`文件中读取 |
 | | `dvm use <version>` | 将指定的版本设置为当前使用的版本 |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce7614c..ca9ebdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ DVM supported the following commands:
 | | `dvm install <version> --skip-validation` | Do not validate deno version before trying to download it. |
 | | `dvm install <version> --from-source` | Build and install Deno from source code. |
 | | `dvm install <version> --skip-download-cache` | Download and install Deno without using downloaded cache. |
+| | `dvm install <version> --sha256sum` | Download and install Deno with sha256sum check. |
 | `uninstall` | `dvm uninstall <version>` | Uninstall the specified version. |
 | `use` | `dvm use` | Use the specified version read from .dvmrc. |
 | | `dvm use <version>` | Use the specified version that passed by argument. |
diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 4b6784c..e58cf71 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ _dvm_add_exclusive_option() {
 # Add options for command install.
 _dvm_add_install_option() {
   _dvm_add_exclusive_option "--from-binary" "--from-source"
-  _dvm_add_options "--registry=" "--skip-validation" "--skip-download-cache"
+  _dvm_add_options "--registry=" "--skip-validation" "--skip-download-cache" "--sha256sum"
 }
 
 # Add the specified option to the options list.
diff --git a/dvm.sh b/dvm.sh
index fc21bbf..24da254 100755
--- a/dvm.sh
+++ b/dvm.sh
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
 
       # Set global variables to default values
       DVM_DENO_VERSION=""
-      DVM_FILE_TYPE=""
       DVM_INSTALL_MODE="binary"
       DVM_INSTALL_REGISTRY=""
       DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_VALIDATION=false
       DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_CACHE=false
+      DVM_INSTALL_SHA256SUM=false
       DVM_LATEST_VERSION=""
       DVM_PROFILE_FILE=""
       DVM_REMOTE_VERSIONS=""
@@ -165,16 +165,18 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
       local url
       local file
       local cmd
+      local downloading_file
 
       url="$1"
       file="$2"
+      downloading_file="$file.downloading"
 
       dvm_debug "downloading url: $url"
       dvm_debug "download destination file: $file"
 
       if dvm_has curl
       then
-        cmd="curl -LJ $url -o $file"
+        cmd="curl -LJ $url -o $downloading_file"
         if [ "$DVM_QUIET_MODE" = true ]
         then
           cmd="$cmd -s"
@@ -192,8 +194,14 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
 
       if ! eval "$cmd"
       then
+        # remove failed download file
+        rm -f "$downloading_file"
         dvm_failure
+        return
       fi
+
+      # rename the downloading file to the target file
+      mv "$downloading_file" "$file"
     }
 
     # Send a GET request to the specific url, and save response to the
@@ -368,7 +376,7 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
       then
         return
       fi
-      
+
       if [[ "$DVM_TARGET_VERSION" != "v"* ]]
       then
         DVM_TARGET_VERSION="v$DVM_TARGET_VERSION"
@@ -574,15 +582,7 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
         continue
       fi
 
-      [ -f "$cache_path/deno-downloading.zip" ] && rm "$cache_path/deno-downloading.zip"
-
-      [ -f "$cache_path/deno-downloading.gz" ] && rm "$cache_path/deno-downloading.gz"
-
-      [ -f "$cache_path/deno.zip" ] && rm "$cache_path/deno.zip"
-
-      [ -f "$cache_path/deno.gz" ] && rm "$cache_path/deno.gz"
-
-      rmdir "$cache_path"
+      rm -rf "$cache_path"
     done
   }
 }
@@ -974,16 +974,12 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
     dvm_debug "registry url: $registry"
 
     url="$registry/$version/$DVM_TARGET_NAME"
-    temp_file="$DVM_DIR/download/$version/deno-downloading.$DVM_TARGET_TYPE"
+    temp_file="$DVM_DIR/download/$version/$DVM_TARGET_NAME"
 
     if dvm_download_file "$url" "$temp_file"
     then
-      local file_type
-      file_type=$(file "$temp_file")
-
-      if [[ $file_type == *"$DVM_FILE_TYPE"* ]]
+      if dvm_validate_download_file "$version" "$url"
       then
-        mv "$temp_file" "$DVM_DIR/download/$version/deno.$DVM_TARGET_TYPE"
         return
       fi
     fi
@@ -1109,10 +1105,8 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
     if dvm_compare_version "$target_version" "v0.36.0"
     then
       DVM_TARGET_TYPE="gz"
-      DVM_FILE_TYPE="gzip compressed data"
     else
       DVM_TARGET_TYPE="zip"
-      DVM_FILE_TYPE="Zip archive data"
     fi
 
     dvm_debug "target file type: $DVM_TARGET_TYPE"
@@ -1400,6 +1394,58 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
     fi
   }
 
+  # Validate the downloaded file, and move it to the versions directory if the
+  # file is valid.
+  # Parameters:
+  # - $1: The Deno version to install.
+  dvm_validate_download_file() {
+    local version
+    local download_url
+    local download_file
+    local sha256sum_url
+    local sha256sum_file
+    local checksum
+    local checksum_expected
+
+    version="$1"
+    download_url="$2"
+
+    download_file="$DVM_DIR/download/$version/$DVM_TARGET_NAME"
+    sha256sum_url="$download_url.sha256sum"
+    sha256sum_file="$download_file.sha256sum"
+
+    if [ "$DVM_INSTALL_SHA256SUM" = true ] &&
+      dvm_has shasum &&
+      ! dvm_compare_version "$version" "v2.0.1"
+    then
+      dvm_debug "downloading sha256sum file: $sha256sum_url"
+
+      if ! dvm_download_file "$sha256sum_url" "$sha256sum_file"
+      then
+        dvm_print_error "failed to download sha256 file."
+        dvm_failure
+        return
+      fi
+
+      dvm_print "Computing checksum with sha256sum..."
+      checksum=$(shasum -a 256 "$download_file" | cut -d " " -f 1)
+      checksum_expected=$(cut -d " " -f 1 < "$sha256sum_file" )
+      dvm_debug "checksum: $checksum, expected checksum: $checksum_expected"
+
+      if [ "$checksum" != "$checksum_expected" ]
+      then
+        dvm_print_error "Checksums failed."
+        dvm_failure
+        return
+      fi
+
+      dvm_print "Checksums matched!"
+      rm "$sha256sum_file"
+    fi
+
+    mv "$download_file" "$DVM_DIR/download/$version/deno.$DVM_TARGET_TYPE"
+  }
+
   # Get remote data by GitHub api (Get a release by tag name) to validate the
   # version from the parameter.
   # Parameters:
@@ -1700,10 +1746,11 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
     echo "$content" > "$DVM_PROFILE_FILE"
 
     # unset global variables
-    unset -v DVM_COLOR_MODE DVM_DENO_VERSION DVM_DIR DVM_FILE_TYPE DVM_INSTALL_MODE \
-      DVM_INSTALL_REGISTRY DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_CACHE DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_VALIDATION DVM_LATEST_VERSION \
-      DVM_PROFILE_FILE DVM_QUIET_MODE DVM_REMOTE_VERSIONS DVM_REQUEST_RESPONSE DVM_SOURCE \
-      DVM_TARGET_ARCH DVM_TARGET_NAME DVM_TARGET_OS DVM_TARGET_TYPE DVM_TARGET_VERSION \
+    unset -v DVM_COLOR_MODE DVM_DENO_VERSION DVM_DIR DVM_INSTALL_MODE \
+      DVM_INSTALL_REGISTRY DVM_INSTALL_SHA256SUM DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_CACHE \
+      DVM_INSTALL_SKIP_VALIDATION DVM_LATEST_VERSION DVM_PROFILE_FILE DVM_QUIET_MODE \
+      DVM_REMOTE_VERSIONS DVM_REQUEST_RESPONSE DVM_SOURCE DVM_TARGET_ARCH \
+      DVM_TARGET_NAME DVM_TARGET_OS DVM_TARGET_TYPE DVM_TARGET_VERSION \
       DVM_VERBOSE_MODE DVM_VERSION
     # unset dvm itself
     unset -f dvm
@@ -1727,7 +1774,7 @@ export DVM_VERSION="v0.9.1"
       dvm_scan_and_fix_versions dvm_set_alias \
       dvm_set_default_alias_after_install dvm_set_default_env dvm_strip_path \
       dvm_success dvm_uninstall_version dvm_update_dvm dvm_use_version \
-      dvm_validate_build_target dvm_validate_remote_version
+      dvm_validate_build_target dvm_validate_download_file dvm_validate_remote_version
     # unset dvm shell completion functions
     unset -f _dvm_add_aliases_to_opts _dvm_add_versions_to_opts \
       _dvm_has_active_version _dvm_add_options_to_opts _dvm_completion
@@ -2072,6 +2119,9 @@ dvm() {
       "--from-source")
         DVM_INSTALL_MODE="source"
         ;;
+      "--sha256sum")
+        DVM_INSTALL_SHA256SUM=true
+        ;;
       "-"*)
         ;;
       *)
diff --git a/test/test_install_version.sh b/test/test_install_version.sh
index 242172a..8b2319a 100755
--- a/test/test_install_version.sh
+++ b/test/test_install_version.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ dvm_test_error() {
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 \. ./dvm.sh || dvm_test_error "failed to install dvm"
 
-# Install deno v1.0.0
-TARGET_VERSION="1.45.0"
-dvm install "v$TARGET_VERSION" --skip-validation || dvm_test_error "run 'dvm install v$TARGET_VERSION' failed"
+# Install deno v2.2.0
+TARGET_VERSION="2.2.0"
+dvm install "v$TARGET_VERSION" --skip-validation --sha256sum || dvm_test_error "run 'dvm install v$TARGET_VERSION' failed"
 
 # Check installed version directory
 [ -d "$DVM_DIR/versions/v$TARGET_VERSION" ] || dvm_test_error "'$DVM_DIR/versions/v$TARGET_VERSION' is not a directory"