diff --git a/pkg/contrib/Makefile b/pkg/contrib/Makefile
index d4f072d2f..0f412b206 100644
--- a/pkg/contrib/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/contrib/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ XZ ?= $(error XZ (LZMA) compressor not found)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell sha512sum --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo FAIL),)
-SHA512SUM = sha512sum --check
+SHA512SUM = sha512sum -c -
 else ifeq ($(shell shasum --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo FAIL),)
 SHA512SUM = shasum -a 512 --check
 else ifeq ($(shell openssl version >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo FAIL),)