diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4f2a63b0ec3b..bf41a67635ec 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4575,6 +4575,7 @@ L:	keyrings@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
 F:	certs/
+F:	scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
 F:	scripts/sign-file.c
 F:	tools/certs/
 
diff --git a/certs/.gitignore b/certs/.gitignore
index 9e42fe3e02f5..56637aceaf81 100644
--- a/certs/.gitignore
+++ b/certs/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/blacklist_hashes_checked
 /extract-cert
 /x509_certificate_list
 /x509_revocation_list
diff --git a/certs/Kconfig b/certs/Kconfig
index 73d1350c223a..4bd385b25084 100644
--- a/certs/Kconfig
+++ b/certs/Kconfig
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ config SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST
 	help
 	  If set, this option should be the filename of a list of hashes in the
 	  form "<hash>", "<hash>", ... .  This will be included into a C
-	  wrapper to incorporate the list into the kernel.  Each <hash> should
-	  be a string of hex digits.
+	  wrapper to incorporate the list into the kernel.  Each <hash> must be a
+	  string starting with a prefix ("tbs" or "bin"), then a colon (":"), and
+	  finally an even number of hexadecimal lowercase characters (up to 128).
+	  Certificate hashes can be generated with
+	  tools/certs/print-cert-tbs-hash.sh .
 
 config SYSTEM_REVOCATION_LIST
 	bool "Provide system-wide ring of revocation certificates"
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index d8443cfb1c40..1d26ae36af20 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING) += system_keyring.o system_certificates.o c
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += blacklist.o common.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_REVOCATION_LIST) += revocation_certificates.o
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST),)
+quiet_cmd_check_blacklist_hashes = CHECK   $(patsubst "%",%,$(2))
+      cmd_check_blacklist_hashes = $(AWK) -f $(srctree)/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk $(2); touch $@
+
+$(eval $(call config_filename,SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST))
+
+$(obj)/blacklist_hashes.o: $(obj)/blacklist_hashes_checked
+
+CFLAGS_blacklist_hashes.o += -I$(srctree)
+
+targets += blacklist_hashes_checked
+$(obj)/blacklist_hashes_checked: $(SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST_SRCPREFIX)$(SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST_FILENAME) scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk FORCE
+       $(call if_changed,check_blacklist_hashes,$(SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST_SRCPREFIX)$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST))
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += blacklist_hashes.o
 else
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += blacklist_nohashes.o
@@ -21,7 +33,7 @@ $(obj)/system_certificates.o: $(obj)/x509_certificate_list
 $(obj)/x509_certificate_list: $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS) $(obj)/extract-cert FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,extract_certs)
 
-targets += x509_certificate_list
+targets += x509_certificate_list blacklist_hashes_checked
 
 # If module signing is requested, say by allyesconfig, but a key has not been
 # supplied, then one will need to be generated to make sure the build does not
diff --git a/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk b/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..107c1d3204d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Copyright © 2020, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Author: Mickaël Salaün <mic@linux.microsoft.com>
+#
+# Check that a CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST file contains a valid array of
+# hash strings.  Such string must start with a prefix ("tbs" or "bin"), then a
+# colon (":"), and finally an even number of hexadecimal lowercase characters
+# (up to 128).
+
+BEGIN {
+	RS = ","
+}
+{
+	if (!match($0, "^[ \t\n\r]*\"([^\"]*)\"[ \t\n\r]*$", part1)) {
+		print "Not a string (item " NR "):", $0;
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	if (!match(part1[1], "^(tbs|bin):(.*)$", part2)) {
+		print "Unknown prefix (item " NR "):", part1[1];
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	if (!match(part2[2], "^([0-9a-f]+)$", part3)) {
+		print "Not a lowercase hexadecimal string (item " NR "):", part2[2];
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	if (length(part3[1]) > 128) {
+		print "Hash string too long (item " NR "):", part3[1];
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	if (length(part3[1]) % 2 == 1) {
+		print "Not an even number of hexadecimal characters (item " NR "):", part3[1];
+		exit 1;
+	}
+}