diff --git a/builtin/providers/archive/data_source_archive_file_test.go b/builtin/providers/archive/data_source_archive_file_test.go
index 1a5bb67a6..7701b57a7 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/archive/data_source_archive_file_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/archive/data_source_archive_file_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package archive
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	r "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
@@ -19,6 +20,21 @@ func TestAccArchiveFile_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: r.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccArchiveFileExists("zip_file_acc_test.zip", &fileSize),
 					r.TestCheckResourceAttrPtr("data.archive_file.foo", "output_size", &fileSize),
+
+					// We just check the hashes for syntax rather than exact
+					// content since we don't want to break if the archive
+					// library starts generating different bytes that are
+					// functionally equivalent.
+					r.TestMatchResourceAttr(
+						"data.archive_file.foo", "output_base64sha256",
+						regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$`),
+					),
+					r.TestMatchResourceAttr(
+						"data.archive_file.foo", "output_md5", regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-f]{32}$`),
+					),
+					r.TestMatchResourceAttr(
+						"data.archive_file.foo", "output_sha", regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-f]{40}$`),
+					),
 				),
 			},
 			r.TestStep{