diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 49e2630..d4614d1 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -247,11 +247,14 @@ sumcheck() {
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			endreturnval=1
 			is_remote $origin || continue
-			echo "Because the remote file above failed the ${algo}sum check it will be deleted."
+
+			local csum="${src:0:8}"
+			local file="$SRCDEST/$(filename_from_uri $origin)"
+
+			echo "Because the remote file above failed the ${algo}sum check it will be renamed."
 			echo "Rebuilding will cause it to re-download which in some cases may fix the problem."
-			file=`echo "$src" | sed 's/.*[ \t\n]\(.*\)/\1/'`
-			echo "Deleting: $file"
-			rm $file
+			echo "Renaming: ${file##*/} to ${file##*/}.$csum"
+			mv "$file" "$file.$csum"
 		fi
 	done
 	unset IFS