diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d42f1c4ec..9d8f7e4aa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ Note that exploration uses the `chaos` mode so if you need to reproduce a run, u
 SEED=1234 ./whopper/bin/run --mode chaos
 ```
 
+Both `explore` and `run` accept `--enable-checksums` flag to enable per page checksums.
+
 ## Python Bindings
 
 Turso provides Python bindings built on top of the [PyO3](https://pyo3.rs) project.
diff --git a/whopper/Cargo.toml b/whopper/Cargo.toml
index 0cd4abcd7..7ca99652d 100644
--- a/whopper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/whopper/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 turso_core = { path = "../core", features = ["simulator"]}
 turso_parser = { workspace = true }
+
+[features]
+checksum = ["turso_core/checksum"]
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diff --git a/whopper/bin/explore b/whopper/bin/explore
index 72d3b66de..c5480a3a7 100755
--- a/whopper/bin/explore
+++ b/whopper/bin/explore
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cargo build -p turso_whopper
+# Check for special build time flags (e.g. `--enable-checksums`)
+FEATURES=""
+ARGS=()
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [[ "$arg" == "--enable-checksums" ]]; then
+        FEATURES="--features checksum"
+    else
+        ARGS+=("$arg")
+    fi
+done
+
+cargo build $FEATURES -p turso_whopper
 
 echo "Running Whopper in an infinite loop in 'chaos' mode..."
 while true; do
-    time RUST_BACKTRACE=full ./target/debug/turso_whopper --mode chaos
-done
+    time RUST_BACKTRACE=full ./target/debug/turso_whopper --mode chaos "${ARGS[@]}"
+done
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diff --git a/whopper/bin/run b/whopper/bin/run
index 152ad7e36..8d6fc4b4e 100755
--- a/whopper/bin/run
+++ b/whopper/bin/run
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cargo build -p turso_whopper
+# Check for special build time flags (e.g. `--enable-checksums`)
+FEATURES=""
+ARGS=()
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [[ "$arg" == "--enable-checksums" ]]; then
+        FEATURES="--features checksum"
+    else
+        ARGS+=("$arg")
+    fi
+done
 
-time RUST_BACKTRACE=full ./target/debug/turso_whopper $*
+cargo build $FEATURES -p turso_whopper
+
+time RUST_BACKTRACE=full ./target/debug/turso_whopper "${ARGS[@]}"
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