diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2b78cb55ac34..1e8761c89a2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1181,9 +1181,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			owned by uid=0.
 
 	ima_hash=	[IMA]
-			Format: { "sha1" | "md5" }
+			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
+				   | sha512 | ... }
 			default: "sha1"
 
+			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
+			in crypto/hash_info.h.
+
 	ima_tcb		[IMA]
 			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
 			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
index de26cc873ae6..351a58ed56ab 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,41 @@ config IMA_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE
 	default "ima" if IMA_TEMPLATE
 	default "ima-ng" if IMA_NG_TEMPLATE
 
+choice
+	prompt "Default integrity hash algorithm"
+	default IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA1
+	depends on IMA
+	help
+	   Select the default hash algorithm used for the measurement
+	   list, integrity appraisal and audit log.  The compiled default
+	   hash algorithm can be overwritten using the kernel command
+	   line 'ima_hash=' option.
+
+	config IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA1
+		bool "SHA1 (default)"
+		depends on CRYPTO_SHA1
+
+	config IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA256
+		bool "SHA256"
+		depends on CRYPTO_SHA256 && !IMA_TEMPLATE
+
+	config IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA512
+		bool "SHA512"
+		depends on CRYPTO_SHA512 && !IMA_TEMPLATE
+
+	config IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_WP512
+		bool "WP512"
+		depends on CRYPTO_WP512 && !IMA_TEMPLATE
+endchoice
+
+config IMA_DEFAULT_HASH
+	string
+	depends on IMA
+	default "sha1" if IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA1
+	default "sha256" if IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA256
+	default "sha512" if IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_SHA512
+	default "wp512" if IMA_DEFAULT_HASH_WP512
+
 config IMA_APPRAISE
 	bool "Appraise integrity measurements"
 	depends on IMA
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 0b11bb49ac4f..14d4cb557894 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -37,11 +37,32 @@ int ima_appraise;
 #endif
 
 int ima_hash_algo = HASH_ALGO_SHA1;
+static int hash_setup_done;
 
 static int __init hash_setup(char *str)
 {
-	if (strncmp(str, "md5", 3) == 0)
-		ima_hash_algo = HASH_ALGO_MD5;
+	struct ima_template_desc *template_desc = ima_template_desc_current();
+	int i;
+
+	if (hash_setup_done)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (strcmp(template_desc->name, IMA_TEMPLATE_IMA_NAME) == 0) {
+		if (strncmp(str, "sha1", 4) == 0)
+			ima_hash_algo = HASH_ALGO_SHA1;
+		else if (strncmp(str, "md5", 3) == 0)
+			ima_hash_algo = HASH_ALGO_MD5;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < HASH_ALGO__LAST; i++) {
+		if (strcmp(str, hash_algo_name[i]) == 0) {
+			ima_hash_algo = i;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	hash_setup_done = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("ima_hash=", hash_setup);
@@ -306,6 +327,7 @@ static int __init init_ima(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
+	hash_setup(CONFIG_IMA_DEFAULT_HASH);
 	error = ima_init();
 	if (!error)
 		ima_initialized = 1;