diff --git a/repair/repair.hh b/repair/repair.hh
index 55b586a597..7b42dc0308 100644
--- a/repair/repair.hh
+++ b/repair/repair.hh
@@ -108,3 +108,14 @@ public:
 future<partition_checksum> checksum_range(seastar::sharded<database> &db,
         const sstring& keyspace, const sstring& cf,
         const ::nonwrapping_range<dht::token>& range, repair_checksum rt);
+
+namespace std {
+template<>
+struct hash<partition_checksum> {
+    size_t operator()(partition_checksum sum) const {
+        size_t h = 0;
+        std::copy_n(sum.digest().begin(), std::min(sizeof(size_t), sizeof(sum.digest())), reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(&h));
+        return h;
+    }
+};
+}