diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-package-create.yml b/.github/workflows/test-package-create.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8572a3389a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-package-create.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Test Package Create Checksums
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: package-create-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test-checksums:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Build Zarf
+        run: make build
+
+      - name: Build examples
+        run: make build-examples ARCH=amd64
+
+      - name: Compare checksums
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          for f in hack/examples-checksums/*.txt
+          do 
+            NAME=$(basename $f .txt)
+            CHECKSUM=$(tar Oxf build/$NAME.tar.zst checksums.txt | grep -v sboms.tar)
+            EXPECTED_CHECKSUM=$(cat $f | grep -v sboms.tar)
+            if [[ "$CHECKSUM" != "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" ]]
+            then
+              echo "Package $f does not have expected checksum."
+              echo "$CHECKSUM"
+              echo "-----"
+              echo "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
diff --git a/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-actions-amd64.txt b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-actions-amd64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24913a26dd
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+++ b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-actions-amd64.txt
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diff --git a/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-choice-amd64.txt b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-choice-amd64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecce58903a
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+++ b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-component-choice-amd64.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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diff --git a/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-dos-games-amd64-1.1.0.txt b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-dos-games-amd64-1.1.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0a3ce3493
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+++ b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-dos-games-amd64-1.1.0.txt
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diff --git a/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-manifests-amd64-0.0.1.txt b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-manifests-amd64-0.0.1.txt
new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0fdb11006
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diff --git a/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-yolo-amd64.txt b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-yolo-amd64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e925a4d3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/examples-checksums/zarf-package-yolo-amd64.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/src/pkg/packager/creator/normal.go b/src/pkg/packager/creator/normal.go
index 099fda5e2b..3b7d4a7698 100644
--- a/src/pkg/packager/creator/normal.go
+++ b/src/pkg/packager/creator/normal.go
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ func (pc *PackageCreator) Assemble(ctx context.Context, dst *layout.PackagePaths
 				sbomImageList = append(sbomImageList, info)
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Sort images index to make build reproducible.
+		err = utils.SortImagesIndex(dst.Images.Base)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Ignore SBOM creation if the flag is set.
diff --git a/src/pkg/utils/image.go b/src/pkg/utils/image.go
index 3756a759e1..cd62128159 100644
--- a/src/pkg/utils/image.go
+++ b/src/pkg/utils/image.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/helpers/v2"
 	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
@@ -102,3 +104,25 @@ func OnlyHasImageLayers(img v1.Image) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return true, nil
 }
+
+// SortImagesIndex sorts the index.json by digest.
+func SortImagesIndex(ociPath string) error {
+	indexPath := filepath.Join(ociPath, "index.json")
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(indexPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var index ocispec.Index
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &index)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(index.Manifests, func(a, b ocispec.Descriptor) int {
+		return strings.Compare(string(a.Digest), string(b.Digest))
+	})
+	b, err = json.Marshal(index)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.WriteFile(indexPath, b, helpers.ReadWriteUser)
+}