diff --git a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Extensions/LanguagePlatform.class.st b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Extensions/LanguagePlatform.class.st
index b90ca05..a5b2ee9 100644
--- a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Extensions/LanguagePlatform.class.st
+++ b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Extensions/LanguagePlatform.class.st
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ LanguagePlatform >> includesGlobalNamed: aSymbol [
 	^ self subclassResponsibility
 ]
 
+{ #category : 'message digest' }
+LanguagePlatform >> messageDigest: string [
+  "Returns a message digest for the given string, the hashing algorithm can be platform specific.
+	The resulting digest mut be a byte array"
+
+  ^ self subclassResponsibility
+]
+
 { #category : 'accessing' }
 LanguagePlatform >> os [
 	"Returns the underlying operating system abstraction"
diff --git a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Pharo-Extensions/PharoPlatform.class.st b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Pharo-Extensions/PharoPlatform.class.st
index aeb4b0f..77f1f48 100644
--- a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Pharo-Extensions/PharoPlatform.class.st
+++ b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Pharo-Extensions/PharoPlatform.class.st
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ PharoPlatform >> includesGlobalNamed: aSymbol [
 	^ Smalltalk globals includesKey: aSymbol
 ]
 
+{ #category : 'message digest' }
+PharoPlatform >> messageDigest: string [
+
+  ^ SHA256 hashMessage: string
+]
+
 { #category : 'accessing' }
 PharoPlatform >> os [
 
diff --git a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Tests/LanguagePlatformTest.class.st b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Tests/LanguagePlatformTest.class.st
index 12ac0b4..08dea49 100644
--- a/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Tests/LanguagePlatformTest.class.st
+++ b/source/Buoy-Metaprogramming-Tests/LanguagePlatformTest.class.st
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ LanguagePlatformTest >> testIncludesGlobalNamed [
 					 #AnImplausibleGlobalName)
 ]
 
+{ #category : 'tests' }
+LanguagePlatformTest >> testMessageDigest [
+
+  self
+    assert: ( LanguagePlatform current messageDigest: '' )
+    equals:
+      #[ 227 176 196 66 152 252 28 20 154 251 244 200 153 111 185 36 39 174 65 228 100 155 147 76 164
+         149 153 27 120 82 184 85 ];
+    assert:
+      ( LanguagePlatform current messageDigest: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' )
+    equals:
+      #[ 215 168 251 179 7 215 128 148 105 202 154 188 176 8 46 79 141 86 81 228 109 60 219 118 45
+         2 208 191 55 201 229 146 ]
+]
+
 { #category : 'tests' }
 LanguagePlatformTest >> testOSEnvironment [