diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 81a0ae47..b4ef8e1e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Requires libvips v8.12.1
 
 * Reduce minimum Linux ARM64v8 glibc requirement to 2.17.
 
+* Verify prebuilt binaries with a Subresource Integrity check.
+
 * Standardise WebP `effort` option name, deprecate `reductionEffort`.
 
 * Standardise HEIF `effort` option name, deprecate `speed`.
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index d0c6dd7a..5aaeff47 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Ready-compiled sharp and libvips binaries are provided for use on the most commo
 * Windows x64
 * Windows x86
 
-An ~7MB tarball containing libvips and its most commonly used dependencies
-is downloaded via HTTPS and stored within `node_modules/sharp/vendor` during `npm install`.
+A ~7MB tarball containing libvips and its most commonly used dependencies
+is downloaded via HTTPS, verified via Subresource Integrity
+and decompressed into `node_modules/sharp/vendor` during `npm install`.
 
 This provides support for the
 JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and SVG (input) image formats.
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ npm install --platform=... --arch=... --arm-version=... sharp
 * `--platform`: one of `linux`, `linuxmusl`, `darwin` or `win32`.
 * `--arch`: one of `x64`, `ia32`, `arm` or `arm64`.
 * `--arm-version`: one of `6`, `7` or `8` (`arm` defaults to `6`, `arm64` defaults to `8`).
-* `--sharp-install-force`: skip version compatibility checks.
+* `--sharp-install-force`: skip version compatibility and Subresource Integrity checks.
 
 These values can also be set via environment variables,
 `npm_config_platform`, `npm_config_arch`, `npm_config_arm_version`
diff --git a/install/libvips.js b/install/libvips.js
index 6ca27ad0..f5c3bc5a 100644
--- a/install/libvips.js
+++ b/install/libvips.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 const stream = require('stream');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
+const { createHash } = require('crypto');
 
 const detectLibc = require('detect-libc');
 const semverLessThan = require('semver/functions/lt');
@@ -55,6 +56,33 @@ const handleError = function (err) {
   }
 };
 
+const verifyIntegrity = function (platformAndArch) {
+  const expected = libvips.integrity(platformAndArch);
+  if (installationForced || !expected) {
+    libvips.log(`Integrity check skipped for ${platformAndArch}`);
+    return new stream.PassThrough();
+  }
+  const hash = createHash('sha512');
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    transform: function (chunk, _encoding, done) {
+      hash.update(chunk);
+      done(null, chunk);
+    },
+    flush: function (done) {
+      const digest = `sha512-${hash.digest('base64')}`;
+      if (expected !== digest) {
+        libvips.removeVendoredLibvips();
+        libvips.log(`Integrity expected: ${expected}`);
+        libvips.log(`Integrity received: ${digest}`);
+        done(new Error(`Integrity check failed for ${platformAndArch}`));
+      } else {
+        libvips.log(`Integrity check passed for ${platformAndArch}`);
+        done();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
+
 const extractTarball = function (tarPath, platformAndArch) {
   const versionedVendorPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'vendor', minimumLibvipsVersion, platformAndArch);
   libvips.mkdirSync(versionedVendorPath);
@@ -66,6 +94,7 @@ const extractTarball = function (tarPath, platformAndArch) {
 
   stream.pipeline(
     fs.createReadStream(tarPath),
+    verifyIntegrity(platformAndArch),
     new zlib.BrotliDecompress(),
     tarFs.extract(versionedVendorPath, { ignore }),
     function (err) {
diff --git a/lib/libvips.js b/lib/libvips.js
index 4618fbc2..566bc148 100644
--- a/lib/libvips.js
+++ b/lib/libvips.js
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ const semverCoerce = require('semver/functions/coerce');
 const semverGreaterThanOrEqualTo = require('semver/functions/gte');
 
 const platform = require('./platform');
+const { config } = require('../package.json');
 
 const env = process.env;
 const minimumLibvipsVersionLabelled = env.npm_package_config_libvips || /* istanbul ignore next */
-  require('../package.json').config.libvips;
+  config.libvips;
 const minimumLibvipsVersion = semverCoerce(minimumLibvipsVersionLabelled).version;
 
 const spawnSyncOptions = {
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ const spawnSyncOptions = {
   shell: true
 };
 
+const vendorPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'vendor', minimumLibvipsVersion, platform());
+
 const mkdirSync = function (dirPath) {
   try {
     fs.mkdirSync(dirPath, { recursive: true });
@@ -39,6 +42,10 @@ const cachePath = function () {
   return libvipsCachePath;
 };
 
+const integrity = function (platformAndArch) {
+  return env[`npm_package_config_integrity_${platformAndArch.replace('-', '_')}`] || config.integrity[platformAndArch];
+};
+
 const log = function (item) {
   if (item instanceof Error) {
     console.error(`sharp: Installation error: ${item.message}`);
@@ -67,10 +74,15 @@ const globalLibvipsVersion = function () {
 };
 
 const hasVendoredLibvips = function () {
-  const vendorPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'vendor', minimumLibvipsVersion, platform());
   return fs.existsSync(vendorPath);
 };
 
+/* istanbul ignore next */
+const removeVendoredLibvips = function () {
+  const rm = fs.rmSync ? fs.rmSync : fs.rmdirSync;
+  rm(vendorPath, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3, force: true });
+};
+
 const pkgConfigPath = function () {
   if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
     const brewPkgConfigPath = spawnSync('which brew >/dev/null 2>&1 && eval $(brew --env) && echo $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR', spawnSyncOptions).stdout || '';
@@ -99,9 +111,11 @@ module.exports = {
   minimumLibvipsVersion,
   minimumLibvipsVersionLabelled,
   cachePath,
+  integrity,
   log,
   globalLibvipsVersion,
   hasVendoredLibvips,
+  removeVendoredLibvips,
   pkgConfigPath,
   useGlobalLibvips,
   mkdirSync
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae8b6248..79081337 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "config": {
     "libvips": "8.12.1",
+    "integrity": {
+      "darwin-arm64v8": "sha512-Keb3wpyDLdYad3NFvh0qpXXpUDTK/QvUukMuQkUNoIdkMlVL73HI7TOW29UKxCS4C1xFn284miOh3UczvXwToQ==",
+      "darwin-x64": "sha512-Q0laQN+afWnXjlTLebPLnqLmDBKj8nN6g/VW2jfU3XfzUNqxFM39gCmddKdN5ekIfGka6tZAf8tTJuCqXotVUg==",
+      "linux-arm64v8": "sha512-gaUQsJReRd2GfUpQWRJnQtRAoLr+CABsGxyMOXk3m4ajp53rGr34l4Pcyet4r/XFOtF9jDvcAOKpyydZMv3qsg==",
+      "linux-armv6": "sha512-s+nQWZNsclbQopLxbuSAuHfluX31vEpsU020mNAS5VUE2Pemhn4CCGX79thyvXF0hlXxBsxAb18dzU7hXOz/PQ==",
+      "linux-armv7": "sha512-ra8Yp0FvO3b5dJQ2nqBxc1sBz3R8LQOno8MzNlubg6jWM5FIfGlfFe1yxXLKEXVgqOLf4ABjNPhX6kDQx5v+Kw==",
+      "linux-x64": "sha512-q2JPFq9FXCEIYKlfdhF70hEtpQquqGMnecYnTlB0Vcjyy1CY6aN+91difiEnvCSCHYzpoXDGv6C/ZNCMmdcD3Q==",
+      "linuxmusl-arm64v8": "sha512-JwG5rTa2UneL0uZCjbEmw0pRoQY5gnqtT2g9OkSuuGrlbHsrJuBGFVKEnqzox7C3g/yXgk0ePn4JaxefJXFaOQ==",
+      "linuxmusl-x64": "sha512-Quj7YHPNWZu+HvdQbreSxaWUc9gg1nYTrN/NQLkf7DmME5XrVxA2tkIy7+IIuFz2Tk7LfG8jLJ8c6ZKuYEMBSg==",
+      "win32-arm64v8": "sha512-QWchuNLKgZSpdh+Ixr9tve1XJFYRir9wFdPfwncJpOAAa5cbmJRMFReYa0iF4ncqO2MxTw6aHcDvfbg6bwaDtw==",
+      "win32-ia32": "sha512-/uyO2tP0okJOD1UjXIiGurwLlF7M+7MYaldQ9p2in+rUMZxdSuglEhgHS8tjMXHc7QeXMfGaGSW0bxk2Yu1L0A==",
+      "win32-x64": "sha512-PF+ZcWnDYbsQXWaaJ3yngWD+E0bPq1I7S+xeqms8frrA8trPdQxC8Jjvw4Aaylynn9YMXzPYY7RAeIzopOqFxA=="
+    },
     "runtime": "napi",
     "target": 5
   },
diff --git a/test/unit/libvips.js b/test/unit/libvips.js
index 29eb69c9..af1528d6 100644
--- a/test/unit/libvips.js
+++ b/test/unit/libvips.js
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ describe('libvips binaries', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('integrity', function () {
+    it('reads value from environment variable', function () {
+      const prev = process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_platform_arch;
+      process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_platform_arch = 'sha512-test';
+
+      const integrity = libvips.integrity('platform-arch');
+      assert.strictEqual('sha512-test', integrity);
+
+      process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_platform_arch = prev;
+    });
+    it('reads value from package.json', function () {
+      const prev = process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_linux_x64;
+      delete process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_linux_x64;
+
+      const integrity = libvips.integrity('linux-x64');
+      assert.strictEqual('sha512-', integrity.substr(0, 7));
+
+      process.env.npm_package_config_integrity_linux_x64 = prev;
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('safe directory creation', function () {
     before(function () {
       mockFS({