diff --git a/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h b/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
index eaa2b3b93bbf..02a547f0667c 100644
--- a/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
+++ b/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct ahash_request;
  * Largest digest size among all hash algorithms supported by fs-verity.
  * Currently assumed to be <= size of fsverity_descriptor::root_hash.
  */
-#define FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE	SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE
+#define FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE	SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE
 
 /* A hash algorithm supported by fs-verity */
 struct fsverity_hash_alg {
diff --git a/fs/verity/hash_algs.c b/fs/verity/hash_algs.c
index 7df1d67742b8..31e6d7d2389a 100644
--- a/fs/verity/hash_algs.c
+++ b/fs/verity/hash_algs.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ struct fsverity_hash_alg fsverity_hash_algs[] = {
 		.digest_size = SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE,
 		.block_size = SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE,
 	},
+	[FS_VERITY_HASH_ALG_SHA512] = {
+		.name = "sha512",
+		.digest_size = SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE,
+		.block_size = SHA512_BLOCK_SIZE,
+	},
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h b/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
index 57d1d7fc0c34..da0daf6c193b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #define FS_VERITY_HASH_ALG_SHA256	1
+#define FS_VERITY_HASH_ALG_SHA512	2
 
 struct fsverity_enable_arg {
 	__u32 version;