diff --git a/lib/api/runner.rb b/lib/api/runner.rb
index 91cdc564002..8d2bcc73bb3 100644
--- a/lib/api/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/api/runner.rb
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ module API
         optional 'file.path', type: String, desc: %q(path to locally stored body (generated by Workhorse))
         optional 'file.name', type: String, desc: %q(real filename as send in Content-Disposition (generated by Workhorse))
         optional 'file.type', type: String, desc: %q(real content type as send in Content-Type (generated by Workhorse))
+        optional 'file.sha256', type: String, desc: %q(checksum of the file)
         optional 'metadata.path', type: String, desc: %q(path to locally stored body (generated by Workhorse))
         optional 'metadata.name', type: String, desc: %q(filename (generated by Workhorse))
       end
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ module API
         expire_in = params['expire_in'] ||
           Gitlab::CurrentSettings.current_application_settings.default_artifacts_expire_in
 
-        job.build_job_artifacts_archive(project: job.project, file_type: :archive, file: artifacts, expire_in: expire_in)
+        job.build_job_artifacts_archive(project: job.project, file_type: :archive, file: artifacts, checksum: params['file.sha256'], expire_in: expire_in)
         job.build_job_artifacts_metadata(project: job.project, file_type: :metadata, file: metadata, expire_in: expire_in) if metadata
         job.artifacts_expire_in = expire_in