diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out b/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
index b6aea0124b..e475f2dfa0 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
@@ -211,3 +211,20 @@ select tuple_data_split('test8'::regclass, t_data, t_infomask, t_infomask2, t_bi
 (1 row)
 
 drop table test8;
+-- generic checksum tests
+SHOW block_size \gset
+SELECT blkno,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('01', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_01,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('04', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_04,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('ff', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_ff,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('abcd', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_abcd,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('e6d6', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_e6d6,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('4a5e', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_4a5e
+  FROM generate_series(0, 100, 50) AS a (blkno);
+ blkno | checksum_01 | checksum_04 | checksum_ff | checksum_abcd | checksum_e6d6 | checksum_4a5e 
+-------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------
+     0 |        1175 |       28338 |        3612 |        -30781 |        -16269 |        -27377
+    50 |        1225 |       28352 |        3598 |        -30795 |        -16251 |        -27391
+   100 |        1139 |       28438 |        3648 |        -30881 |        -16305 |        -27349
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql b/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
index bd049aeb24..e484827053 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
@@ -86,3 +86,14 @@ select t_bits, t_data from heap_page_items(get_raw_page('test8', 0));
 select tuple_data_split('test8'::regclass, t_data, t_infomask, t_infomask2, t_bits)
     from heap_page_items(get_raw_page('test8', 0));
 drop table test8;
+
+-- generic checksum tests
+SHOW block_size \gset
+SELECT blkno,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('01', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_01,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('04', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_04,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('ff', :block_size), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_ff,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('abcd', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_abcd,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('e6d6', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_e6d6,
+    page_checksum(decode(repeat('4a5e', :block_size / 2), 'hex'), blkno) AS checksum_4a5e
+  FROM generate_series(0, 100, 50) AS a (blkno);