--- tools/greenbone-nvt-sync.in.orig	2015-08-03 10:14:44 UTC
+++ tools/greenbone-nvt-sync.in
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ sync_nvts(){
       log_err "rsync failed, aborting synchronization."
       exit 1
     fi
-    eval "cd \"$NVT_DIR\" ; md5sum -c --status \"$NVT_DIR/md5sums\""
+    eval "cd \"$NVT_DIR\" ; xargs -n 2 md5 -c < \"$NVT_DIR/md5sums\" > /dev/null"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]  ; then
       if [ -n "$retried" ]
       then
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ do_self_test ()
     SELFTEST_FAIL=1
     stderr_write "The rsync binary could not be found."
   fi
-  MD5SUM_AVAIL=`command -v md5sum`
+  MD5SUM_AVAIL=`command -v md5`
   if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
     SELFTEST_FAIL=1
-    stderr_write "The md5sum binary could not be found."
+    stderr_write "The md5 binary could not be found."
   fi
   if [ ! -s $ACCESS_KEY ] ; then
     SELFTEST_FAIL=1