diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index ca622d4d92..684921535c 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ configs/olpc_xo175_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/olpc_xo1_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/orangepi_pc2_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/orangepi_zero_plus_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/s6lx9_microboard_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_lichee_rv_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_lichee_rv_dock_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..788483030c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  6f16ff302599f6fe34742890322cf0775703105fbd8767449682fca6af0fb782  linux-6.18.33.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36322a6a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  ac7c04b8b7004923b00a4e5d6699c5df4d21233bac9fda690d8cfbc209fff2fd  u-boot-2026.04.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig b/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
index 742be94d17..2a0c567d76 100644
--- a/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/pine64/pinecube/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="pinecube"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Pine64 Pinecube"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"