diff --git a/libretro-common/encodings/encoding_crc32.c b/libretro-common/encodings/encoding_crc32.c
index 4775e76357..85881e521b 100644
--- a/libretro-common/encodings/encoding_crc32.c
+++ b/libretro-common/encodings/encoding_crc32.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <encodings/crc32.h>
+#include <streams/file_stream.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 static const uint32_t crc32_table[256] = {
   0x00000000L, 0x77073096L, 0xee0e612cL, 0x990951baL, 0x076dc419L,
@@ -88,3 +90,50 @@ uint32_t encoding_crc32(uint32_t crc, const uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
 
    return crc ^ 0xffffffff;
 }
+
+#define CRC32_BUFFER_SIZE 1048576
+#define CRC32_MAX_MB 64
+
+/**
+ * Calculate a CRC32 from the first part of the given file.
+ * "first part" being the first (CRC32_BUFFER_SIZE * CRC32_MAX_MB)
+ * bytes.
+ *
+ * Returns: the crc32, or 0 if there was an error.
+ */
+uint32_t file_crc32(uint32_t crc, const char *path) {
+   if(path == NULL)
+     return 0;
+
+   RFILE *file = NULL;
+   unsigned char *buf = NULL;
+   int i, nread;
+
+   file = filestream_open(path, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ, 0);
+   if(file == NULL)
+      goto error;
+
+   buf = (char *)malloc(CRC32_BUFFER_SIZE);
+   if(buf == NULL)
+     goto error;
+
+   for(i = 0; i < CRC32_MAX_MB; i++) {
+      nread = filestream_read(file, buf, CRC32_BUFFER_SIZE);
+      if(nread < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+      crc = encoding_crc32(crc, buf, nread);
+      if(filestream_eof(file))
+         break;
+   }
+   free(buf);
+   filestream_close(file);
+   return crc;
+
+   error:
+      if(buf)
+         free(buf);
+      if(file)
+         filestream_close(file);
+      return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/encodings/crc32.h b/libretro-common/include/encodings/crc32.h
index 76fbb5475e..25e926276f 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/encodings/crc32.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/encodings/crc32.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 RETRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 uint32_t encoding_crc32(uint32_t crc, const uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
+uint32_t file_crc32(uint32_t crc, const char *path);
 
 RETRO_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
index 680a809ec5..b24102ff3b 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ int filestream_close(RFILE *stream)
  *
  * Read the contents of a file into @buf.
  *
- * Returns: number of items read, -1 on error.
+ * Returns: 1 on success, 0 on failure
+ * In the error case, the dereferenced buf is set to NULL and the len is set to -1.
  */
 int64_t filestream_read_file(const char *path, void **buf, int64_t *len)
 {
diff --git a/tasks/task_content.c b/tasks/task_content.c
index c2df099419..c366ab1673 100644
--- a/tasks/task_content.c
+++ b/tasks/task_content.c
@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@ static bool content_file_load(
       }
       else
       {
-         RARCH_LOG("%s\n",
-               msg_hash_to_str(
-                  MSG_CONTENT_LOADING_SKIPPED_IMPLEMENTATION_WILL_DO_IT));
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COMPRESSION
          if (     !content_ctx->block_extract
@@ -619,6 +616,9 @@ static bool content_file_load(
             goto error;
 #endif
       }
+      RARCH_LOG("%s\n", msg_hash_to_str(MSG_CONTENT_LOADING_SKIPPED_IMPLEMENTATION_WILL_DO_IT));
+      content_rom_crc = file_crc32(0, path);
+      RARCH_LOG("CRC32: 0x%x .\n", (unsigned)content_rom_crc);
    }
 
    load_info.content = content;