diff --git a/papermario/Makefile b/papermario/Makefile
index 0180b05387..fc8bd762a4 100644
--- a/papermario/Makefile
+++ b/papermario/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ default: all
 MAKEFILE_SPLIT = Makefile.split
 include $(MAKEFILE_SPLIT)
 
-all: fix_asm $(TARGET).z64
+all: fix_asm $(TARGET).z64 verify
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET).bin: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET).elf
 
 # final z64 updates checksum
 $(TARGET).z64: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET).bin
-	$(N64CKSUM) $< $@
+	cp $< $@
 
 fix_asm:
 	./fix_asm.py
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ test: $(TARGET).z64
 load: $(TARGET).z64
 	$(LOADER) $(LOADER_FLAGS) $<
 
+verify: $(TARGET).z64
+	md5sum -c checksum.md5
+
 .PHONY: all clean default diff test
diff --git a/papermario/checksum.md5 b/papermario/checksum.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd4c2a0e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/papermario/checksum.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a722f8161ff489943191330bf8416496  PAPERMARIO.z64