diff --git a/classes/base.bbclass b/classes/base.bbclass
index d29ba4b..bf7d49c 100644
--- a/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ def base_chk_file(parser, pn, pv, src_uri, localpath, data):
     elif parser.has_section(src_uri):
         md5    = parser.get(src_uri, "md5")
         sha256 = parser.get(src_uri, "sha256")
+    elif parser.has_section(os.path.basename(src_uri)):
+        md5    = parser.get(os.path.basename(src_uri), "md5")
+        sha256 = parser.get(os.path.basename(src_uri), "sha256")
     else:
         no_checksum = True