diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c8307b7c4..324967410d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-split-index.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-untracked-cache.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-example-decorate.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-genrandom.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-hashmap.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-index-version.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-json-writer.o
diff --git a/t/helper/test-hash.c b/t/helper/test-hash.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a31de66f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-hash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+
+int cmd_hash_impl(int ac, const char **av, int algo)
+{
+	git_hash_ctx ctx;
+	unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ];
+	unsigned bufsz = 8192;
+	int binary = 0;
+	char *buffer;
+	const struct git_hash_algo *algop = &hash_algos[algo];
+
+	if (ac == 2) {
+		if (!strcmp(av[1], "-b"))
+			binary = 1;
+		else
+			bufsz = strtoul(av[1], NULL, 10) * 1024 * 1024;
+	}
+
+	if (!bufsz)
+		bufsz = 8192;
+
+	while ((buffer = malloc(bufsz)) == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "bufsz %u is too big, halving...\n", bufsz);
+		bufsz /= 2;
+		if (bufsz < 1024)
+			die("OOPS");
+	}
+
+	algop->init_fn(&ctx);
+
+	while (1) {
+		ssize_t sz, this_sz;
+		char *cp = buffer;
+		unsigned room = bufsz;
+		this_sz = 0;
+		while (room) {
+			sz = xread(0, cp, room);
+			if (sz == 0)
+				break;
+			if (sz < 0)
+				die_errno("test-hash");
+			this_sz += sz;
+			cp += sz;
+			room -= sz;
+		}
+		if (this_sz == 0)
+			break;
+		algop->update_fn(&ctx, buffer, this_sz);
+	}
+	algop->final_fn(hash, &ctx);
+
+	if (binary)
+		fwrite(hash, 1, algop->rawsz, stdout);
+	else
+		puts(hash_to_hex_algop(hash, algop));
+	exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-sha1.c b/t/helper/test-sha1.c
index 1ba0675c75..d860c387c3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-sha1.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-sha1.c
@@ -3,55 +3,5 @@
 
 int cmd__sha1(int ac, const char **av)
 {
-	git_SHA_CTX ctx;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
-	unsigned bufsz = 8192;
-	int binary = 0;
-	char *buffer;
-
-	if (ac == 2) {
-		if (!strcmp(av[1], "-b"))
-			binary = 1;
-		else
-			bufsz = strtoul(av[1], NULL, 10) * 1024 * 1024;
-	}
-
-	if (!bufsz)
-		bufsz = 8192;
-
-	while ((buffer = malloc(bufsz)) == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "bufsz %u is too big, halving...\n", bufsz);
-		bufsz /= 2;
-		if (bufsz < 1024)
-			die("OOPS");
-	}
-
-	git_SHA1_Init(&ctx);
-
-	while (1) {
-		ssize_t sz, this_sz;
-		char *cp = buffer;
-		unsigned room = bufsz;
-		this_sz = 0;
-		while (room) {
-			sz = xread(0, cp, room);
-			if (sz == 0)
-				break;
-			if (sz < 0)
-				die_errno("test-sha1");
-			this_sz += sz;
-			cp += sz;
-			room -= sz;
-		}
-		if (this_sz == 0)
-			break;
-		git_SHA1_Update(&ctx, buffer, this_sz);
-	}
-	git_SHA1_Final(sha1, &ctx);
-
-	if (binary)
-		fwrite(sha1, 1, 20, stdout);
-	else
-		puts(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-	exit(0);
+	return cmd_hash_impl(ac, av, GIT_HASH_SHA1);
 }
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index e4890566da..29ac7b0b0d 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ int cmd__windows_named_pipe(int argc, const char **argv);
 #endif
 int cmd__write_cache(int argc, const char **argv);
 
+int cmd_hash_impl(int ac, const char **av, int algo);
+
 #endif