diff --git a/manifests/run.pp b/manifests/run.pp
index db0b3f20..e9599931 100644
--- a/manifests/run.pp
+++ b/manifests/run.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 # This will allow the docker container to be restarted if it dies, without
 # puppet help.
 #
+# @param verify_digest
+#   (optional) Make sure, that the image has not modified. Compares the digest 
+#   checksum before starting the docker image.
+#   To get the digest of an image, run the following command: 
+#     docker image inspect <<image>> --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}
+#
 # @param service_prefix
 #   (optional) The name to prefix the startup script with and the Puppet
 #   service resource title with.  Default: 'docker-'
@@ -186,6 +192,7 @@
 define docker::run(
   Optional[Pattern[/^[\S]*$/]]            $image,
   Optional[Enum[present,absent]]          $ensure                            = 'present',
+  Optional[String]                        $verify_digest                     = undef,
   Optional[String]                        $command                           = undef,
   Optional[Pattern[/^[\d]*(b|k|m|g)$/]]   $memory_limit                      = '0b',
   Variant[String,Array,Undef]             $cpuset                            = [],
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/docker_full_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/docker_full_spec.rb
index d435b7bd..0021cb0a 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/docker_full_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/docker_full_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
                         'nanoserver-sac2016'
                       end
   default_digest = 'sha256:dcba85354678b50608b8c40ec6d17cce063a224aa0e12b6a55dc47b67f039e75'
+  default_local_digest = 'sha256:8421d9a84432575381bfabd248f1eb56f3aa21d9d7cd2511583c68c9b7511d10'
   second_image = 'winamd64/hola-mundo'
   default_dockerfile = 'C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Local/Temp/Dockerfile'
   dockerfile_test = 'C:/Windows/Dockerfile_test.txt'
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
   second_image = 'busybox'
   default_image_tag = '3.7'
   default_digest = 'sha256:3dcdb92d7432d56604d4545cbd324b14e647b313626d99b889d0626de158f73a'
+  default_local_digest = 'sha256:8421d9a84432575381bfabd248f1eb56f3aa21d9d7cd2511583c68c9b7511d10'
   default_dockerfile = '/root/Dockerfile'
   dockerfile_test = "#{default_dockerfile}_test.txt"
   docker_command = 'docker'
@@ -833,6 +835,35 @@ class { 'docker': #{docker_args} }
         apply_manifest(pp_delete, catch_failures: true)
       end
     end
+
+    it 'run with verify_digest' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+        class { 'docker': #{docker_args} }
+        docker::image { '#{default_image}:#{default_image_tag}':
+            require => Class['docker'],
+        }
+        docker::run { '#{default_image}':
+          image         => '#{default_image}:#{default_image_tag}',
+          verify_digest => '#{default_local_digest}',
+        }
+        EOS
+      pp_invalid = <<-EOS
+        docker::run { '#{default_image}':
+          image         => '#{default_image}:#{default_image_tag}',
+          verify_digest => 'sha256:90659bf80b44ce6be8234e6ff90a1ac34acbeb826903b02cfa0da11c82cbc000',
+        }
+        EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, catch_failures: true)
+      run_shell('/usr/local/bin/docker-run-alpine-start.sh', expect_failures: false) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout.include?('Digest verify failed!')).to be false
+      end
+
+      apply_manifest(pp_invalid, catch_failures: true)
+      run_shell('/usr/local/bin/docker-run-alpine-start.sh', expect_failures: true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout.include?('Digest verify failed!')).to be true
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'docker::exec', win_broken: true do
diff --git a/templates/docker-run-start.erb b/templates/docker-run-start.erb
index ceda9f57..b1aecba1 100644
--- a/templates/docker-run-start.erb
+++ b/templates/docker-run-start.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
     /usr/bin/<%= @docker_command %> pull <%= @image %>
 <% end -%>
 
+<% if @verify_digest -%>
+    digest_local=$(docker image inspect <%= @image %> --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}')
+    digest_verify="<%= @verify_digest %>"
+    if [ "${digest_local##*:}" != "${digest_verify##*:}" ]; then
+      echo "Digest verify failed! Expected checksum 'sha256:$digest_verify' does not match with local checksum 'sha256:$digest_local'!"
+      exit 2
+    fi
+<% end -%>
+
 /usr/bin/<%= @docker_command %> create \
 <%= @docker_run_flags %> \
 --name <%= @sanitised_title %> \