diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/models/File.settings.json b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/models/File.settings.json
index 545aa63617..d0111a0d33 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/models/File.settings.json
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/models/File.settings.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
       "configurable": false,
       "required": true
     },
+    "sha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "configurable": false
+    },
     "ext": {
       "type": "string",
       "configurable": false
@@ -48,4 +52,4 @@
       "configurable": false
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/services/Upload.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/services/Upload.js
index f22fa4db68..e87e06a12e 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/services/Upload.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-upload/services/Upload.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const toArray = require('stream-to-array');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
+const uuid = require('uuid/v4');
 
 function niceHash(buffer) {
   return crypto.createHash('sha256')
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         return {
           name: stream.name,
-          hash: niceHash(buffer),
+          sha256: niceHash(buffer),
+          hash: uuid().replace(/-/g, ''),
           ext: stream.name.split('.').length > 1 ? `.${_.last(stream.name.split('.'))}` : '',
           buffer,
           mime: stream.type,