diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bab1f22b6..73a798664 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+- Fix VTs hash check and add --dump-vt-verification [#1611](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1611)
 - Fix memory errors in modify_permission [#1613](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1613)
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/compare/v20.8.2...gvmd-20.08
diff --git a/src/gvmd.c b/src/gvmd.c
index 6aa6d6dc6..d00f8eff9 100644
--- a/src/gvmd.c
+++ b/src/gvmd.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,7 @@ gvmd (int argc, char** argv)
   static gboolean decrypt_all_credentials = FALSE;
   static gboolean disable_password_policy = FALSE;
   static gboolean disable_scheduling = FALSE;
+  static gboolean dump_vt_verification = FALSE;
   static gboolean get_roles = FALSE;
   static gboolean get_users = FALSE;
   static gboolean get_scanners = FALSE;
@@ -1915,6 +1916,10 @@ gvmd (int argc, char** argv)
           &disable_scheduling,
           "Disable task scheduling.",
           NULL },
+        { "dump-vt-verification", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
+          &dump_vt_verification,
+          "Dump the string the VTs verification hash is calculated from.",
+          NULL },
         { "encrypt-all-credentials", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
           &encrypt_all_credentials,
           "(Re-)Encrypt all credentials.",
@@ -2568,6 +2573,25 @@ gvmd (int argc, char** argv)
         }
       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
+  
+  if (dump_vt_verification)
+    {
+      int ret;
+
+      proctitle_set ("gvmd: --dump-vt-verification");
+  
+      if (option_lock (&lockfile_checking))
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+      ret = manage_dump_vt_verification (log_config, &database);
+      log_config_free ();
+      if (ret)
+        {
+          printf ("Failed to dump VT verification data.\n");
+          return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
 
   if (create_scanner)
     {
diff --git a/src/manage.h b/src/manage.h
index 1b3d99f77..7641b4f8a 100644
--- a/src/manage.h
+++ b/src/manage.h
@@ -3674,6 +3674,9 @@ manage_update_nvts_osp (const gchar *);
 int
 manage_rebuild (GSList *, const db_conn_info_t *);
 
+int
+manage_dump_vt_verification (GSList *, const db_conn_info_t *);
+
 
 /* Wizards. */
 
diff --git a/src/manage_pg.c b/src/manage_pg.c
index 00715dfc1..554d0d36d 100644
--- a/src/manage_pg.c
+++ b/src/manage_pg.c
@@ -843,6 +843,35 @@ manage_create_sql_functions ()
 
   /* Functions in SQL. */
 
+  sql ("CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION vts_verification_str () RETURNS text AS $$"
+       " WITH pref_str AS ("
+       "   SELECT name,"
+       "          substring(name, '^(.*?):') AS oid,"
+       "          substring (name, '^.*?:([^:]+):') AS pref_id,"
+       "          (substring (name, '^.*?:([^:]+):')"
+       "           || substring (name,"
+       "                         '^[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:(.*)')"
+       "           || value) AS pref"
+       "   FROM nvt_preferences"
+       "  ),"
+       "  nvt_str AS ("
+       "   SELECT (SELECT nvts.oid"
+       "             || max(modification_time)"
+       "             || coalesce (string_agg(pref_str.pref, ''"
+       "                                     ORDER BY (pref_id"
+       "                                               COLLATE \"C.UTF-8\")),"
+       "                          ''))"
+       "          AS vt_string"
+       "   FROM nvts"
+       "   LEFT JOIN pref_str ON nvts.oid = pref_str.oid"
+       "   GROUP BY nvts.oid"
+       "   ORDER BY (nvts.oid COLLATE \"C.UTF-8\") ASC"
+       "  )"
+       " SELECT coalesce (string_agg (nvt_str.vt_string, ''), '')"
+       "   FROM nvt_str"
+       "$$ LANGUAGE SQL"
+       " STABLE;");
+
   sql ("CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION t () RETURNS boolean AS $$"
        "  SELECT true;"
        "$$ LANGUAGE SQL"
diff --git a/src/manage_sql_nvts.c b/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
index 50f359bfb..bff3504bc 100644
--- a/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
+++ b/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
@@ -1594,35 +1594,10 @@ update_nvts_from_vts (entity_t *get_vts_response,
        * All values are concatenated without a separator.
        */
       db_vts_hash
-        = sql_string ("WITH pref_str AS ("
-                      "  SELECT name,"
-                      "         substring(name, '^(.*?):') AS oid,"
-                      "         substring (name, '^.*?:([^:]+):') AS pref_id,"
-                      "         (substring (name, '^.*?:([^:]+):')"
-                      "          || substring (name,"
-                      "                        '^[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:(.*)')"
-                      "          || value) AS pref"
-                      "  FROM nvt_preferences"
-                      " ),"
-                      " nvt_str AS ("
-                      "  SELECT (SELECT nvts.oid"
-                      "            || max(modification_time)"
-                      "            || coalesce (string_agg(pref_str.pref, ''"
-                      "                                    ORDER BY pref_id),"
-                      "                         ''))"
-                      "         AS vt_string"
-                      "  FROM nvts"
-                      "  LEFT JOIN pref_str ON nvts.oid = pref_str.oid"
-                      "  GROUP BY nvts.oid"
-                      "  ORDER BY nvts.oid ASC"
-                      " )"
-                      " SELECT encode"
-                      "         (digest"
-                      "           (coalesce (string_agg (nvt_str.vt_string, ''),"
-                      "                      ''),"
-                      "            'sha256'),"
-                      "          'hex')"
-                      " FROM nvt_str;");
+        = sql_string ("SELECT encode ("
+                      "  digest (vts_verification_str (), 'SHA256'),"
+                      "  'hex'"
+                      " );");
 
       if (strcmp (osp_vt_hash, db_vts_hash ? db_vts_hash : ""))
         {
@@ -2224,3 +2199,47 @@ manage_rebuild (GSList *log_config, const db_conn_info_t *database)
 
   return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief Dump the string used to calculate the VTs verification hash
+ *  to stdout.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  log_config  Log configuration.
+ * @param[in]  database    Location of manage database.
+ *
+ * @return 0 success, -1 error, -2 database is wrong version,
+ *         -3 database needs to be initialised from server, -5 sync active.
+ */
+int
+manage_dump_vt_verification (GSList *log_config,
+                             const db_conn_info_t *database)
+{
+  int ret;
+  static lockfile_t lockfile;
+  char *verification_str;
+
+  switch (feed_lockfile_lock_timeout (&lockfile))
+    {
+      case 1:
+        printf ("A feed sync is already running.\n");
+        return -5;
+      case -1:
+        printf ("Error getting sync lock.\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+  ret = manage_option_setup (log_config, database);
+  if (ret)
+    {
+      feed_lockfile_unlock (&lockfile);
+      return ret;
+    }
+
+  verification_str = sql_string ("SELECT vts_verification_str ();");
+  printf ("%s\n", verification_str);
+
+  feed_lockfile_unlock (&lockfile);
+  manage_option_cleanup ();
+
+  return 0;
+}
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