diff --git a/src/borg/crypto/file_integrity.py b/src/borg/crypto/file_integrity.py
index 701c7f9a2..489b34a6f 100644
--- a/src/borg/crypto/file_integrity.py
+++ b/src/borg/crypto/file_integrity.py
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ class FileHashingWrapper(FileLikeWrapper):
     ALGORITHM: str = None
     FACTORY: Callable = None
 
-    def __init__(self, backing_fd, write):
+    def __init__(self, backing_fd, write, *, pure_hash: bool = False):
         super().__init__(backing_fd)
         self.writing = write
         self.hash = self.FACTORY()
+        self.pure_hash = pure_hash  # if True, we don't hash the length of the file
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        if exc_type is None:
+        if exc_type is None and not self.pure_hash:
             self.hash_length()
         super().__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
 
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/crypto/file_integrity_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/crypto/file_integrity_test.py
index d1c59dadf..5db556900 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/crypto/file_integrity_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/crypto/file_integrity_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import hashlib
+import io
+
 import pytest
 
 from ...crypto.file_integrity import DetachedIntegrityCheckedFile, FileIntegrityError, IntegrityCheckedFile
+from ...crypto.file_integrity import SHA256FileHashingWrapper
 from ...platform import SyncFile
 
 
@@ -147,3 +151,29 @@ class TestIntegrityCheckedFileWithSyncFile:
         # verify the written data can be read back with integrity check
         with IntegrityCheckedFile(path=path, write=False, integrity_data=integrity_data) as fd:
             assert fd.read() == b"test data for integrity check"
+
+
+class TestSHA256FileHashingWrapper:
+    def test_pure_hash_write(self):
+        bio = io.BytesIO()
+        data = b"hello world"
+        with SHA256FileHashingWrapper(bio, write=True, pure_hash=True) as wrapper:
+            wrapper.write(data)
+            assert bio.getvalue() == data
+        assert wrapper.hexdigest() == hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+    def test_pure_hash_read(self):
+        data = b"hello world"
+        bio = io.BytesIO(data)
+        with SHA256FileHashingWrapper(bio, write=False, pure_hash=True) as wrapper:
+            assert wrapper.read() == data
+        assert wrapper.hexdigest() == hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+    def test_impure_hash_write(self):
+        bio = io.BytesIO()
+        data = b"hello world"
+        with SHA256FileHashingWrapper(bio, write=True, pure_hash=False) as wrapper:
+            wrapper.write(data)
+        # pure_hash=False appends the file length ("11" in this case) at exit
+        expected_hash = hashlib.sha256(data + b"11").hexdigest()
+        assert wrapper.hexdigest() == expected_hash