diff --git a/internal/digest/digest.go b/internal/digest/digest.go
index 1be1e9388..f1e5154b6 100644
--- a/internal/digest/digest.go
+++ b/internal/digest/digest.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto"
 	_ "crypto/sha256"
 	_ "crypto/sha512"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	_ "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest/blake3"
@@ -39,3 +40,13 @@ func init() {
 	// Register SHA-1 algorithm for support of legacy values checksums.
 	digest.RegisterAlgorithm(SHA1, crypto.SHA1)
 }
+
+// AlgorithmForName returns the digest algorithm for the given name, or an
+// error of type digest.ErrDigestUnsupported if the algorithm is unavailable.
+func AlgorithmForName(name string) (digest.Algorithm, error) {
+	a := digest.Algorithm(name)
+	if !a.Available() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", digest.ErrDigestUnsupported, name)
+	}
+	return a, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/digest/digest_test.go b/internal/digest/digest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb56e65d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/digest/digest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Flux authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package digest
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+)
+
+func TestAlgorithmForName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		want    digest.Algorithm
+		wantErr error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "sha256",
+			want: digest.SHA256,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sha384",
+			want: digest.SHA384,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sha512",
+			want: digest.SHA512,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "blake3",
+			want: digest.BLAKE3,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sha1",
+			want: SHA1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "not-available",
+			wantErr: digest.ErrDigestUnsupported,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := NewWithT(t)
+			got, err := AlgorithmForName(tt.name)
+			if tt.wantErr != nil {
+				g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+				g.Expect(errors.Is(err, tt.wantErr)).To(BeTrue())
+				return
+			}
+			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			g.Expect(got).To(Equal(tt.want))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 23ee93cf9..2f8349744 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import (
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 
 	v2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
+	intdigest "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/internal/digest"
+
 	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 
 	intacl "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/internal/acl"
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ func main() {
 		oomWatchMemoryThreshold   uint8
 		oomWatchMaxMemoryPath     string
 		oomWatchCurrentMemoryPath string
+		snapshotDigestAlgo        string
 	)
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080",
@@ -121,6 +124,8 @@ func main() {
 		"The path to the cgroup memory limit file. Requires feature gate 'OOMWatch' to be enabled. If not set, the path will be automatically detected.")
 	flag.StringVar(&oomWatchCurrentMemoryPath, "oom-watch-current-memory-path", "",
 		"The path to the cgroup current memory usage file. Requires feature gate 'OOMWatch' to be enabled. If not set, the path will be automatically detected.")
+	flag.StringVar(&snapshotDigestAlgo, "snapshot-digest-algo", intdigest.Canonical.String(),
+		"The algorithm to use to calculate the digest of Helm release storage snapshots.")
 
 	clientOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	logOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
@@ -180,6 +185,16 @@ func main() {
 	// Configure the ACL policy.
 	intacl.AllowCrossNamespaceRef = !aclOptions.NoCrossNamespaceRefs
 
+	// Configure the digest algorithm.
+	if snapshotDigestAlgo != intdigest.Canonical.String() {
+		algo, err := intdigest.AlgorithmForName(snapshotDigestAlgo)
+		if err != nil {
+			setupLog.Error(err, "unable to configure canonical digest algorithm")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		intdigest.Canonical = algo
+	}
+
 	restConfig := client.GetConfigOrDie(clientOptions)
 
 	mgrConfig := ctrl.Options{