diff --git a/crypto/hash-gcrypt.c b/crypto/hash-gcrypt.c
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+/*
+ * QEMU Crypto hash algorithms
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "crypto/hash.h"
+#include "gcrypt.h"
+
+
+static int qcrypto_hash_alg_map[QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG__MAX] = {
+    [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_MD5] = GCRY_MD_MD5,
+    [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA1] = GCRY_MD_SHA1,
+    [QCRYPTO_HASH_ALG_SHA256] = GCRY_MD_SHA256,
+};
+
+gboolean qcrypto_hash_supports(QCryptoHashAlgorithm alg)
+{
+    if (alg < G_N_ELEMENTS(qcrypto_hash_alg_map) &&
+        qcrypto_hash_alg_map[alg] != GCRY_MD_NONE) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+int qcrypto_hash_bytesv(QCryptoHashAlgorithm alg,
+                        const struct iovec *iov,
+                        size_t niov,
+                        uint8_t **result,
+                        size_t *resultlen,
+                        Error **errp)
+{
+    int i, ret;
+    gcry_md_hd_t md;
+    unsigned char *digest;
+
+    if (alg >= G_N_ELEMENTS(qcrypto_hash_alg_map) ||
+        qcrypto_hash_alg_map[alg] == GCRY_MD_NONE) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Unknown hash algorithm %d",
+                   alg);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ret = gcry_md_open(&md, qcrypto_hash_alg_map[alg], 0);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Unable to initialize hash algorithm: %s",
+                   gcry_strerror(ret));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < niov; i++) {
+        gcry_md_write(md, iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len);
+    }
+
+    ret = gcry_md_get_algo_dlen(qcrypto_hash_alg_map[alg]);
+    if (ret <= 0) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Unable to get hash length: %s",
+                   gcry_strerror(ret));
+        goto error;
+    }
+    if (*resultlen == 0) {
+        *resultlen = ret;
+        *result = g_new0(uint8_t, *resultlen);
+    } else if (*resultlen != ret) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Result buffer size %zu is smaller than hash %d",
+                   *resultlen, ret);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    digest = gcry_md_read(md, 0);
+    if (!digest) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "No digest produced");
+        goto error;
+    }
+    memcpy(*result, digest, *resultlen);
+
+    gcry_md_close(md);
+    return 0;
+
+ error:
+    gcry_md_close(md);
+    return -1;
+}