diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/include/compression.h b/internal/c/libqb/include/compression.h
index d7c971318..0364f7b02 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb/include/compression.h
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/include/compression.h
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@
 
 struct qbs;
 
+uint32_t func__adler32(qbs *text);
+uint32_t func__crc32(qbs *text);
 qbs *func__deflate(qbs *text);
 qbs *func__inflate(qbs *text, int64_t originalsize, int32_t passed);
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/include/font.h b/internal/c/libqb/include/font.h
index 24a4c6922..f96c343f7 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb/include/font.h
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/include/font.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ bool FontRenderTextASCII(int32_t fh, const uint8_t *codepoint, int32_t codepoint
 int32_t FontPrintWidthUTF32(int32_t fh, const uint32_t *codepoint, int32_t codepoints);
 int32_t FontPrintWidthASCII(int32_t fh, const uint8_t *codepoint, int32_t codepoints);
 
+qbs *func__md5(qbs *text);
 int32_t func__UFontHeight(int32_t qb64_fh, int32_t passed);
 int32_t func__UPrintWidth(const qbs *text, int32_t utf_encoding, int32_t qb64_fh, int32_t passed);
 int32_t func__ULineSpacing(int32_t qb64_fh, int32_t passed);
diff --git a/internal/c/parts/compression/build.mk b/internal/c/parts/compression/build.mk
index 044b4b275..192c54c46 100644
--- a/internal/c/parts/compression/build.mk
+++ b/internal/c/parts/compression/build.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MINIZ_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.o,$(MINIZ_SR
 COMPRESSION_OBJS := $(patsubst %.cpp,$(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.o,$(COMPRESSION_SRCS))
 
 $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.o: $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.c
-	$(CC) -O2 $(CFLAGS) -DDEPENDENCY_CONSOLE_ONLY -Wall $< -c -o $@
+	$(CC) -O2 $(CFLAGS) -DDEPENDENCY_CONSOLE_ONLY -DMINIZ_NO_STDIO -DMINIZ_NO_TIME -DMINIZ_NO_ARCHIVE_APIS -DMINIZ_NO_ARCHIVE_WRITING_APIS -Wall $< -c -o $@
 
 $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.o: $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/compression/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) -O2 $(CXXFLAGS) -DDEPENDENCY_CONSOLE_ONLY -Wall $< -c -o $@
diff --git a/internal/c/parts/compression/compression.cpp b/internal/c/parts/compression/compression.cpp
index 25909daea..bfb064ee7 100644
--- a/internal/c/parts/compression/compression.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/parts/compression/compression.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 #include "../../libqb.h"
 #include "miniz.h"
 
+uint32_t func__adler32(qbs *text) {
+    if (!text->len) return 1;
+    return (uint32_t) adler32(1, text->chr, text->len);
+}
+
+uint32_t func__crc32(qbs *text) {
+    if (!text->len) return 0;
+    return (uint32_t) crc32(0, text->chr, text->len);
+}
+
 qbs *func__deflate(qbs *text) {
     uLongf filesize = (uint32_t)text->len; // length of the text
     uLongf compsize = compressBound(filesize);
diff --git a/internal/c/parts/video/font/font.cpp b/internal/c/parts/video/font/font.cpp
index 22c9514e4..fd7b589be 100644
--- a/internal/c/parts/video/font/font.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/parts/video/font/font.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
+extern "C" {
+#include "freetype/md5.h"
+}
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -1006,6 +1009,27 @@ bool FontRenderTextASCII(int32_t fh, const uint8_t *codepoint, int32_t codepoint
     return false;
 }
 
+/// @brief Expose freetype's MD5 procedure for public use
+/// @param text The message to build the MD5 hash of
+/// @return The generated MD5 hash as hexadecimal string
+qbs *func__md5(qbs *text) {
+    {
+        MD5_CTX       ctx;
+        unsigned char md5[16];
+        qbs          *res;
+        int           i;
+
+        MD5_Init(&ctx);
+        if (text->len) MD5_Update(&ctx, text->chr, text->len);
+        MD5_Final(md5,&ctx);
+
+        res = qbs_new(32, 1);
+        for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) sprintf((char*)&res->chr[i*2], "%02X", md5[i]);
+
+        return res;
+    }
+}
+
 /// @brief Return the true font height in pixel
 /// @param qb64_fh A QB64 font handle (this can be a builtin font as well)
 /// @param passed Optional arguments flag
diff --git a/source/subs_functions/subs_functions.bas b/source/subs_functions/subs_functions.bas
index 81bb8acf8..e0bd102ef 100644
--- a/source/subs_functions/subs_functions.bas
+++ b/source/subs_functions/subs_functions.bas
@@ -1411,6 +1411,18 @@ id.ret = LONGTYPE - ISPOINTER
 id.hr_syntax = "_FONT[(imageHandle&)]"
 regid
 
+clearid
+id.n = qb64prefix$ + "Md5"
+id.Dependency=DEPENDENCY_LOADFONT
+id.musthave = "$"
+id.subfunc = 1
+id.callname = "func__md5"
+id.args = 1
+id.arg = MKL$(STRINGTYPE - ISPOINTER)
+id.ret = STRINGTYPE - ISPOINTER
+id.hr_syntax = "_MD5$(dataString$)"
+regid
+
 clearid
 id.n = qb64prefix$ + "PrintString"
 id.subfunc = 2
@@ -3814,6 +3826,28 @@ id.hr_syntax = "_ROR(numericalVariable, numericalValue)"
 regid
 ' a740g: end of ROR & ROL additions
 
+clearid
+id.n = qb64prefix$ + "Adler32"
+id.Dependency=DEPENDENCY_ZLIB
+id.subfunc = 1
+id.callname = "func__adler32"
+id.args = 1
+id.arg = MKL$(STRINGTYPE - ISPOINTER)
+id.ret = ULONGTYPE - ISPOINTER
+id.hr_syntax = "_ADLER32(dataString$)"
+regid
+
+clearid
+id.n = qb64prefix$ + "Crc32"
+id.Dependency=DEPENDENCY_ZLIB
+id.subfunc = 1
+id.callname = "func__crc32"
+id.args = 1
+id.arg = MKL$(STRINGTYPE - ISPOINTER)
+id.ret = ULONGTYPE - ISPOINTER
+id.hr_syntax = "_CRC32(dataString$)"
+regid
+
 clearid
 id.n = qb64prefix$ + "Deflate"
 id.Dependency=DEPENDENCY_ZLIB
diff --git a/source/subs_functions/syntax_highlighter_list.bas b/source/subs_functions/syntax_highlighter_list.bas
index 30ed41c8e..2d3e7c023 100644
--- a/source/subs_functions/syntax_highlighter_list.bas
+++ b/source/subs_functions/syntax_highlighter_list.bas
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_ERRORLINE@_ERRORMESSAGE$@_EXIT@_EXPLICIT@_
 listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_GLCOPYTEXSUBIMAGE2D@_GLCULLFACE@_GLDELETELISTS@_GLDELETETEXTURES@_GLDEPTHFUNC@_GLDEPTHMASK@_GLDEPTHRANGE@_GLDISABLE@_GLDISABLECLIENTSTATE@_GLDRAWARRAYS@_GLDRAWBUFFER@_GLDRAWELEMENTS@_GLDRAWPIXELS@_GLEDGEFLAG@_GLEDGEFLAGPOINTER@_GLEDGEFLAGV@_GLENABLE@_GLENABLECLIENTSTATE@_GLEND@_GLENDLIST@_GLEVALCOORD1D@_GLEVALCOORD1DV@_GLEVALCOORD1F@_GLEVALCOORD1FV@_GLEVALCOORD2D@_GLEVALCOORD2DV@_GLEVALCOORD2F@_GLEVALCOORD2FV@_GLEVALMESH1@_GLEVALMESH2@_GLEVALPOINT1@_GLEVALPOINT2@_GLFEEDBACKBUFFER@_GLFINISH@_GLFLUSH@_GLFOGF@_GLFOGFV@_GLFOGI@_GLFOGIV@_GLFRONTFACE@_GLFRUSTUM@_GLGENLISTS@_GLGENTEXTURES@_GLGETBOOLEANV@_GLGETCLIPPLANE@_GLGETDOUBLEV@_GLGETERROR@_GLGETFLOATV@_GLGETINTEGERV@_GLGETLIGHTFV@_GLGETLIGHTIV@_GLGETMAPDV@_GLGETMAPFV@_GLGETMAPIV@_GLGETMATERIALFV@_GLGETMATERIALIV@_GLGETPIXELMAPFV@_GLGETPIXELMAPUIV@_GLGETPIXELMAPUSV@_GLGETPOINTERV@_GLGETPOLYGONSTIPPLE@_GLGETSTRING@_GLGETTEXENVFV@_GLGETTEXENVIV@_GLGETTEXGENDV@_GLGETTEXGENFV@_GLGETTEXGENIV@_GLGETTEXIMAGE@_GLGETTEXLEVELPARAMETERFV@_GLGETTEXLEVELPARAMETERIV@_GLGETTEXPARAMETERFV@_GLGETTEXPARAMETERIV@_GLHINT@_GLINDEXMASK@_GLINDEXPOINTER@_GLINDEXD@_GLINDEXDV@_GLINDEXF@_GLINDEXFV@_GLINDEXI@_GLINDEXIV@_GLINDEXS@_GLINDEXSV@_GLINDEXUB@_GLINDEXUBV@_GLINITNAMES@_GLINTERLEAVEDARRAYS@_GLISENABLED@_GLISLIST@_GLISTEXTURE@_GLLIGHTMODELF@_GLLIGHTMODELFV@_GLLIGHTMODELI@_GLLIGHTMODELIV@_GLLIGHTF@_GLLIGHTFV@_GLLIGHTI@_GLLIGHTIV@_GLLINESTIPPLE@_GLLINEWIDTH@_GLLISTBASE@_GLLOADIDENTITY@_GLLOADMATRIXD@_GLLOADMATRIXF@_GLLOADNAME@_GLLOGICOP@_GLMAP1D@_GLMAP1F@_GLMAP2D@_GLMAP2F@_GLMAPGRID1D@_GLMAPGRID1F@_GLMAPGRID2D@_GLMAPGRID2F@_GLMATERIALF@_GLMATERIALFV@_GLMATERIALI@_GLMATERIALIV@_GLMATRIXMODE@_GLMULTMATRIXD@_GLMULTMATRIXF@_GLNEWLIST@_GLNORMAL3B@_GLNORMAL3BV@_GLNORMAL3D@_GLNORMAL3DV@_GLNORMAL3F@_GLNORMAL3FV@_GLNORMAL3I@_GLNORMAL3IV@_GLNORMAL3S@_GLNORMAL3SV@_GLNORMALPOINTER@_GLORTHO@_GLPASSTHROUGH@_GLPIXELMAPFV@_GLPIXELMAPUIV@_GLPIXELMAPUSV@_GLPIXELSTOREF@_GLPIXELSTOREI@_GLPIXELTRANSFERF@_GLPIXELTRANSFERI@_GLPIXELZOOM@_GLPOINTSIZE@_GLPOLYGONMODE@_GLPOLYGONOFFSET@_GLPOLYGONSTIPPLE@"
 listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_GLPOPATTRIB@_GLPOPCLIENTATTRIB@_GLPOPMATRIX@_GLPOPNAME@_GLPRIORITIZETEXTURES@_GLPUSHATTRIB@_GLPUSHCLIENTATTRIB@_GLPUSHMATRIX@_GLPUSHNAME@_GLRASTERPOS2D@_GLRASTERPOS2DV@_GLRASTERPOS2F@_GLRASTERPOS2FV@_GLRASTERPOS2I@_GLRASTERPOS2IV@_GLRASTERPOS2S@_GLRASTERPOS2SV@_GLRASTERPOS3D@_GLRASTERPOS3DV@_GLRASTERPOS3F@_GLRASTERPOS3FV@_GLRASTERPOS3I@_GLRASTERPOS3IV@_GLRASTERPOS3S@_GLRASTERPOS3SV@_GLRASTERPOS4D@_GLRASTERPOS4DV@_GLRASTERPOS4F@_GLRASTERPOS4FV@_GLRASTERPOS4I@_GLRASTERPOS4IV@_GLRASTERPOS4S@_GLRASTERPOS4SV@_GLREADBUFFER@_GLREADPIXELS@_GLRECTD@_GLRECTDV@_GLRECTF@_GLRECTFV@_GLRECTI@_GLRECTIV@_GLRECTS@_GLRECTSV@_GLRENDERMODE@_GLROTATED@_GLROTATEF@_GLSCALED@_GLSCALEF@_GLSCISSOR@_GLSELECTBUFFER@_GLSHADEMODEL@_GLSTENCILFUNC@_GLSTENCILMASK@_GLSTENCILOP@_GLTEXCOORD1D@_GLTEXCOORD1DV@_GLTEXCOORD1F@_GLTEXCOORD1FV@_GLTEXCOORD1I@_GLTEXCOORD1IV@_GLTEXCOORD1S@_GLTEXCOORD1SV@_GLTEXCOORD2D@_GLTEXCOORD2DV@_GLTEXCOORD2F@_GLTEXCOORD2FV@_GLTEXCOORD2I@_GLTEXCOORD2IV@_GLTEXCOORD2S@_GLTEXCOORD2SV@_GLTEXCOORD3D@_GLTEXCOORD3DV@_GLTEXCOORD3F@_GLTEXCOORD3FV@_GLTEXCOORD3I@_GLTEXCOORD3IV@_GLTEXCOORD3S@_GLTEXCOORD3SV@_GLTEXCOORD4D@_GLTEXCOORD4DV@_GLTEXCOORD4F@_GLTEXCOORD4FV@_GLTEXCOORD4I@_GLTEXCOORD4IV@_GLTEXCOORD4S@_GLTEXCOORD4SV@_GLTEXCOORDPOINTER@_GLTEXENVF@_GLTEXENVFV@_GLTEXENVI@_GLTEXENVIV@_GLTEXGEND@_GLTEXGENDV@_GLTEXGENF@_GLTEXGENFV@_GLTEXGENI@_GLTEXGENIV@_GLTEXIMAGE1D@_GLTEXIMAGE2D@_GLTEXPARAMETERF@_GLTEXPARAMETERFV@_GLTEXPARAMETERI@_GLTEXPARAMETERIV@_GLTEXSUBIMAGE1D@_GLTEXSUBIMAGE2D@_GLTRANSLATED@_GLTRANSLATEF@_GLVERTEX2D@_GLVERTEX2DV@_GLVERTEX2F@_GLVERTEX2FV@_GLVERTEX2I@_GLVERTEX2IV@_GLVERTEX2S@_GLVERTEX2SV@_GLVERTEX3D@_GLVERTEX3DV@_GLVERTEX3F@_GLVERTEX3FV@_GLVERTEX3I@_GLVERTEX3IV@_GLVERTEX3S@_GLVERTEX3SV@_GLVERTEX4D@_GLVERTEX4DV@_GLVERTEX4F@_GLVERTEX4FV@_GLVERTEX4I@_GLVERTEX4IV@_GLVERTEX4S@_GLVERTEX4SV@_GLVERTEXPOINTER@_GLVIEWPORT@SMOOTH@STRETCH@_ANTICLOCKWISE@_BEHIND@_CLEAR@_FILLBACKGROUND@_GLUPERSPECTIVE@_HARDWARE@_HARDWARE1@_KEEPBACKGROUND@_NONE@_OFF@_ONLY@_ONLYBACKGROUND@_ONTOP@_SEAMLESS@_SMOOTH@_SMOOTHSHRUNK@_SMOOTHSTRETCHED@"
 listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_SOFTWARE@_SQUAREPIXELS@_STRETCH@_ALLOWFULLSCREEN@_ALL@_ECHO@_INSTRREV@_TRIM$@_ACCEPTFILEDROP@_FINISHDROP@_TOTALDROPPEDFILES@_DROPPEDFILE@_DROPPEDFILE$@_SHR@_SHL@_ROR@_ROL@"
-listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_DEFLATE$@_INFLATE$@_READBIT@_RESETBIT@_SETBIT@_TOGGLEBIT@$ASSERTS@CONSOLE@_ASSERT@_CAPSLOCK@_NUMLOCK@_SCROLLLOCK@_TOGGLE@_CONSOLEFONT@_CONSOLECURSOR@_CONSOLEINPUT@_CINP@$NOPREFIX@$COLOR@$DEBUG@$EMBED@_EMBEDDED$@_ENVIRONCOUNT@$UNSTABLE@$MIDISOUNDFONT@"
+listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_ADLER32@_CRC32@_MD5$@_DEFLATE$@_INFLATE$@_READBIT@_RESETBIT@_SETBIT@_TOGGLEBIT@$ASSERTS@CONSOLE@_ASSERT@_CAPSLOCK@_NUMLOCK@_SCROLLLOCK@_TOGGLE@_CONSOLEFONT@_CONSOLECURSOR@_CONSOLEINPUT@_CINP@$NOPREFIX@$COLOR@$DEBUG@$EMBED@_EMBEDDED$@_ENVIRONCOUNT@$UNSTABLE@$MIDISOUNDFONT@"
 listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_NOTIFYPOPUP@_MESSAGEBOX@_INPUTBOX$@_SELECTFOLDERDIALOG$@_COLORCHOOSERDIALOG@_OPENFILEDIALOG$@_SAVEFILEDIALOG$@_SAVEIMAGE@_FILES$@_FULLPATH$@"
 listOfKeywords$ = listOfKeywords$ + "_STATUSCODE@_SNDNEW@_SCALEDWIDTH@_SCALEDHEIGHT@_UFONTHEIGHT@_UPRINTWIDTH@_ULINESPACING@_UPRINTSTRING@_UCHARPOS@"
diff --git a/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.bas b/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.bas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfec94efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.bas
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+$CONSOLE
+_DEST _CONSOLE
+
+t$ = "QB64 Phoenix Edition"
+PRINT "   Text: "; t$
+PRINT "Txt-Len: "; LTRIM$(STR$(LEN(t$)))
+PRINT "-----------------------------------------"
+PRINT "Adler32: "; RIGHT$("00000000" + HEX$(_ADLER32(t$)), 8)
+PRINT "  Crc32: "; RIGHT$("00000000" + HEX$(_CRC32(t$)), 8)
+PRINT "    Md5: "; _MD5$(t$)
+PRINT
+t$ = ""
+PRINT "   Text: "; t$
+PRINT "Txt-Len: "; LTRIM$(STR$(LEN(t$)))
+PRINT "-----------------------------------------"
+PRINT "Adler32: "; RIGHT$("00000000" + HEX$(_ADLER32(t$)), 8)
+PRINT "  Crc32: "; RIGHT$("00000000" + HEX$(_CRC32(t$)), 8)
+PRINT "    Md5: "; _MD5$(t$)
+
+SYSTEM
+
diff --git a/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.output b/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.output
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8aac1fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile_tests/hash/test.output
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+   Text: QB64 Phoenix Edition
+Txt-Len: 20
+-----------------------------------------
+Adler32: 41F806E5
+  Crc32: 691EE005
+    Md5: E512ECA19E9487D7C2F564E848314238
+
+   Text: 
+Txt-Len: 0
+-----------------------------------------
+Adler32: 00000001
+  Crc32: 00000000
+    Md5: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E