diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 17148e7770a..20d5ade2c24 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-03-10  Tommy Nguyen  <remyabel@gmail.com>
+
+	PR contrib/82704
+	* download_prerequisites: Use -c instead of --check for sha512sum.
+
 2019-03-06  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
 
 	* check-params-in-docs.py: Ignore a param.
diff --git a/contrib/download_prerequisites b/contrib/download_prerequisites
index b50f47cda79..72976c46c92 100755
--- a/contrib/download_prerequisites
+++ b/contrib/download_prerequisites
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ case $OS in
     chksum='shasum -a 512 --check'
   ;;
   *)
-    chksum='sha512sum --check'
+    chksum='sha512sum -c'
   ;;
 esac