diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
index 6587f8382..6d3d7bd3d 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/walker"
+
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7bc073c64..55e25b549 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kurin/blazer v0.5.3
 	github.com/marstr/guid v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v6 v6.0.43
+	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.1.1
 	github.com/ncw/swift v1.0.47
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.3.0
diff --git a/internal/repository/packer_manager.go b/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
index 4884e0885..caa5a9661 100644
--- a/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
+++ b/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package repository
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/fs"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/pack"
+
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 )
 
 // Saver implements saving data in a backend.
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 08241f683..bb928aedb 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package repository
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/hashing"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/pack"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/restic/id.go b/internal/restic/id.go
index bc9749e77..c098dbfb3 100644
--- a/internal/restic/id.go
+++ b/internal/restic/id.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ package restic
 
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
+
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 )
 
 // Hash returns the ID for data.