diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
index 09ff23754..4df8bee3b 100755
--- a/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ VALID=false
 REVSIG=false
 IFS='
 '
-for LINE in $(echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" 2>/dev/null); do
+if [ "$BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_SHA1" = 1 ]; then
+	GPG_RES="$(echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" 2>/dev/null)"
+else
+	GPG_RES="$(echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always --weak-digest sha1 "$@" 2>/dev/null)"
+fi
+for LINE in $(echo "$GPG_RES"); do
 	case "$LINE" in
 	"[GNUPG:] VALIDSIG "*)
 		while read KEY; do
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-sha512-root-commit b/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-sha512-root-commit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..189dc215e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-sha512-root-commit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b00ba6251f71fa1edaabdf809514e1bc3c67862e
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
index b2cebdf1a..55eccf588 100755
--- a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 DIR=$(dirname "$0")
 [ "/${DIR#/}" != "$DIR" ] && DIR=$(dirname "$(pwd)/$0")
 
+echo "Using verify-commits data from ${DIR}"
+
 VERIFIED_ROOT=$(cat "${DIR}/trusted-git-root")
+VERIFIED_SHA512_ROOT=$(cat "${DIR}/trusted-sha512-root-commit")
 REVSIG_ALLOWED=$(cat "${DIR}/allow-revsig-commits")
 
 HAVE_FAILED=false
@@ -17,18 +20,73 @@ IS_SIGNED () {
 	if [ $1 = $VERIFIED_ROOT ]; then
 		return 0;
 	fi
+
+	VERIFY_TREE=$2
+	NO_SHA1=$3
+	if [ $1 = $VERIFIED_SHA512_ROOT ]; then
+		if [ "$VERIFY_TREE" = "1" ]; then
+			echo "All Tree-SHA512s matched up to $VERIFIED_SHA512_ROOT" > /dev/stderr
+		fi
+		VERIFY_TREE=0
+		NO_SHA1=0
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$NO_SHA1" = "1" ]; then
+		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_SHA1=0
+	else
+		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_SHA1=1
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${REVSIG_ALLOWED#*$1}" != "$REVSIG_ALLOWED" ]; then
 		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_REVSIG=1
 	else
 		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_REVSIG=0
 	fi
+
 	if ! git -c "gpg.program=${DIR}/gpg.sh" verify-commit $1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		return 1;
 	fi
+
+	if [ "$VERIFY_TREE" = 1 ]; then
+		IFS_CACHE="$IFS"
+		IFS='
+'
+		for LINE in $(git ls-tree --full-tree -r $1); do
+			case "$LINE" in
+				"12"*)
+					echo "Repo contains symlinks" > /dev/stderr
+					IFS="$IFS_CACHE"
+					return 1
+					;;
+			esac
+		done
+		IFS="$IFS_CACHE"
+
+		FILE_HASHES=""
+		for FILE in $(git ls-tree --full-tree -r --name-only $1 | LANG=C sort); do
+			HASH=$(git cat-file blob $1:"$FILE" | sha512sum | { read FIRST OTHER; echo $FIRST; } )
+			[ "$FILE_HASHES" != "" ] && FILE_HASHES="$FILE_HASHES"$'\n'
+			FILE_HASHES="$FILE_HASHES$HASH  $FILE"
+		done
+		HASH_MATCHES=0
+		MSG="$(git show -s --format=format:%B $1 | tail -n1)"
+
+		case "$MSG  -" in
+			"Tree-SHA512: $(echo "$FILE_HASHES" | sha512sum)")
+				HASH_MATCHES=1;;
+		esac
+
+		if [ "$HASH_MATCHES" = "0" ]; then
+			echo "Tree-SHA512 did not match for commit $1" > /dev/stderr
+			HAVE_FAILED=true
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	local PARENTS
 	PARENTS=$(git show -s --format=format:%P $1)
 	for PARENT in $PARENTS; do
-		if IS_SIGNED $PARENT; then
+		if IS_SIGNED $PARENT $VERIFY_TREE $NO_SHA1; then
 			return 0;
 		fi
 		break
@@ -50,7 +108,13 @@ else
 	TEST_COMMIT="$1"
 fi
 
-IS_SIGNED "$TEST_COMMIT"
+DO_CHECKOUT_TEST=0
+if [ x"$2" = "x--tree-checks" ]; then
+	DO_CHECKOUT_TEST=1
+
+fi
+
+IS_SIGNED "$TEST_COMMIT" "$DO_CHECKOUT_TEST" 1
 RES=$?
 if [ "$RES" = 1 ]; then
 	if ! "$HAVE_FAILED"; then