diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2330d10..4527044 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ selected, not necessarily `1.14.patch`.
 The `ASDF_GOLANG_OVERWRITE_ARCH` variable can be used to override the architecture 
 that is used for determining which Go build to download. The primary use case is when attempting 
 to install an older version of Go for use on an Apple M1 computer as Go was not being built for ARM at the time.
+
 #### Without ASDF_GOLANG_OVERWRITE_ARCH
+
 ```
 > asdf install golang 1.15.8
 Platform 'darwin' supported!
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ URL: https://dl.google.com/go/go1.15.8.darwin-arm64.tar.gz returned status 404
 ```
 
 #### With ASDF_GOLANG_OVERWRITE_ARCH
+
 ```
 > ASDF_GOLANG_OVERWRITE_ARCH=amd64 asdf install golang 1.15.8
 Platform 'darwin' supported!
@@ -78,6 +81,11 @@ verifying checksum
 checksum verified
 ```
 
+## Skipping Checksums
+
+By default we try to verify the checksum of each install but ocassionally [that's not possible](https://github.com/kennyp/asdf-golang/issues/91).
+If you need to skip the checksum for some reason just set `ASDF_GOLANG_SKIP_CHECKSUM`.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Feel free to create an issue or pull request if you find a bug.
diff --git a/bin/download b/bin/download
index 81d4930..7a00a03 100755
--- a/bin/download
+++ b/bin/download
@@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ download_golang () {
     fi
 
     curl "$download_url" -o "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz"
-    curl "${download_url}.sha256" -o "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz.sha256"
 
-    echo 'verifying checksum'
-    if ! check_shasum "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz" "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz.sha256"; then
-        fail "Authenticity of package archive can not be assured. Exiting."
+    if [ "unset" = "${ASDF_GOLANG_SKIP_CHECKSUM:-unset}" ]; then
+        curl "${download_url}.sha256" -o "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz.sha256"
+
+        echo 'verifying checksum'
+        if ! check_shasum "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz" "${download_path}/archive.tar.gz.sha256"; then
+            fail "Authenticity of package archive can not be assured. Exiting."
+        else
+          msg "checksum verified"
+        fi
     else
-      msg "checksum verified"
+        err "checksum skipped"
     fi
 }