diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index 1493ce452..b384cd275 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     };
 
     let input_length = matches.get_one::<usize>(options::LENGTH);
+    let check = matches.get_flag(options::CHECK);
+
     let length = if let Some(length) = input_length {
         match length.to_owned() {
             0 => None,
@@ -367,6 +369,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         None
     };
 
+    if algo_name == "bsd" && check {
+        return Err(io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+            "--check is not supported with --algorithm={bsd,sysv,crc}",
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
+
     let (name, algo, bits) = detect_algo(algo_name, length);
 
     let output_format = if matches.get_flag(options::RAW) {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
index 112274baf..f25467451 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,18 @@ fn test_untagged_algorithm_stdin() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_check_algo() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-a=bsd")
+        .arg("--check")
+        .arg("lorem_ipsum.txt")
+        .fails()
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_contains("cksum: --check is not supported with --algorithm={bsd,sysv,crc}")
+        .code_is(1);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_length_with_wrong_algorithm() {
     new_ucmd!()