diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f4432ae57..2b19fdf6ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ THIRD_PARTY_SOURCES += sha1collisiondetection/%
 THIRD_PARTY_SOURCES += sha1dc/%
 
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-ctype
+UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-hash
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-mem-pool
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-prio-queue
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-strbuf
diff --git a/t/t0015-hash.sh b/t/t0015-hash.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0a087a1983..0000000000
--- a/t/t0015-hash.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-test_description='test basic hash implementation'
-
-TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
-. ./test-lib.sh
-
-test_expect_success 'test basic SHA-1 hash values' '
-	test-tool sha1 </dev/null >actual &&
-	grep da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 actual &&
-	printf "a" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep 86f7e437faa5a7fce15d1ddcb9eaeaea377667b8 actual &&
-	printf "abc" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep a9993e364706816aba3e25717850c26c9cd0d89d actual &&
-	printf "message digest" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep c12252ceda8be8994d5fa0290a47231c1d16aae3 actual &&
-	printf "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep 32d10c7b8cf96570ca04ce37f2a19d84240d3a89 actual &&
-	perl -e "$| = 1; print q{aaaaaaaaaa} for 1..100000;" |
-		test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep 34aa973cd4c4daa4f61eeb2bdbad27316534016f actual &&
-	printf "blob 0\0" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 actual &&
-	printf "blob 3\0abc" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep f2ba8f84ab5c1bce84a7b441cb1959cfc7093b7f actual &&
-	printf "tree 0\0" | test-tool sha1 >actual &&
-	grep 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'test basic SHA-256 hash values' '
-	test-tool sha256 </dev/null >actual &&
-	grep e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 actual &&
-	printf "a" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep ca978112ca1bbdcafac231b39a23dc4da786eff8147c4e72b9807785afee48bb actual &&
-	printf "abc" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad actual &&
-	printf "message digest" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep f7846f55cf23e14eebeab5b4e1550cad5b509e3348fbc4efa3a1413d393cb650 actual &&
-	printf "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep 71c480df93d6ae2f1efad1447c66c9525e316218cf51fc8d9ed832f2daf18b73 actual &&
-	# Try to exercise the chunking code by turning autoflush on.
-	perl -e "$| = 1; print q{aaaaaaaaaa} for 1..100000;" |
-		test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep cdc76e5c9914fb9281a1c7e284d73e67f1809a48a497200e046d39ccc7112cd0 actual &&
-	perl -e "$| = 1; print q{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} for 1..100000;" |
-		test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep e406ba321ca712ad35a698bf0af8d61fc4dc40eca6bdcea4697962724ccbde35 actual &&
-	printf "blob 0\0" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep 473a0f4c3be8a93681a267e3b1e9a7dcda1185436fe141f7749120a303721813 actual &&
-	printf "blob 3\0abc" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep c1cf6e465077930e88dc5136641d402f72a229ddd996f627d60e9639eaba35a6 actual &&
-	printf "tree 0\0" | test-tool sha256 >actual &&
-	grep 6ef19b41225c5369f1c104d45d8d85efa9b057b53b14b4b9b939dd74decc5321 actual
-'
-
-test_done
diff --git a/t/unit-tests/t-hash.c b/t/unit-tests/t-hash.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba785e2d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/unit-tests/t-hash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#include "test-lib.h"
+#include "hex.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+static void check_hash_data(const void *data, size_t data_length,
+			    const char *expected_hashes[])
+{
+	if (!check(data != NULL)) {
+		test_msg("BUG: NULL data pointer provided");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (size_t i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hash_algos); i++) {
+		git_hash_ctx ctx;
+		unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ];
+		const struct git_hash_algo *algop = &hash_algos[i];
+
+		algop->init_fn(&ctx);
+		algop->update_fn(&ctx, data, data_length);
+		algop->final_fn(hash, &ctx);
+
+		if (!check_str(hash_to_hex_algop(hash, algop), expected_hashes[i - 1]))
+			test_msg("result does not match with the expected for %s\n", hash_algos[i].name);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Works with a NUL terminated string. Doesn't work if it should contain a NUL character. */
+#define TEST_HASH_STR(data, expected_sha1, expected_sha256) \
+	do { \
+		const char *expected_hashes[] = { expected_sha1, expected_sha256 }; \
+		TEST(check_hash_data(data, strlen(data), expected_hashes), \
+		     "SHA1 and SHA256 (%s) works", #data); \
+	} while (0)
+
+/* Only works with a literal string, useful when it contains a NUL character. */
+#define TEST_HASH_LITERAL(literal, expected_sha1, expected_sha256) \
+	do { \
+		const char *expected_hashes[] = { expected_sha1, expected_sha256 }; \
+		TEST(check_hash_data(literal, (sizeof(literal) - 1), expected_hashes), \
+		     "SHA1 and SHA256 (%s) works", #literal); \
+	} while (0)
+
+int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct strbuf aaaaaaaaaa_100000 = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf alphabet_100000 = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addstrings(&aaaaaaaaaa_100000, "aaaaaaaaaa", 100000);
+	strbuf_addstrings(&alphabet_100000, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 100000);
+
+	TEST_HASH_STR("",
+		"da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709",
+		"e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855");
+	TEST_HASH_STR("a",
+		"86f7e437faa5a7fce15d1ddcb9eaeaea377667b8",
+		"ca978112ca1bbdcafac231b39a23dc4da786eff8147c4e72b9807785afee48bb");
+	TEST_HASH_STR("abc",
+		"a9993e364706816aba3e25717850c26c9cd0d89d",
+		"ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad");
+	TEST_HASH_STR("message digest",
+		"c12252ceda8be8994d5fa0290a47231c1d16aae3",
+		"f7846f55cf23e14eebeab5b4e1550cad5b509e3348fbc4efa3a1413d393cb650");
+	TEST_HASH_STR("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",
+		"32d10c7b8cf96570ca04ce37f2a19d84240d3a89",
+		"71c480df93d6ae2f1efad1447c66c9525e316218cf51fc8d9ed832f2daf18b73");
+	TEST_HASH_STR(aaaaaaaaaa_100000.buf,
+		"34aa973cd4c4daa4f61eeb2bdbad27316534016f",
+		"cdc76e5c9914fb9281a1c7e284d73e67f1809a48a497200e046d39ccc7112cd0");
+	TEST_HASH_STR(alphabet_100000.buf,
+		"e7da7c55b3484fdf52aebec9cbe7b85a98f02fd4",
+		"e406ba321ca712ad35a698bf0af8d61fc4dc40eca6bdcea4697962724ccbde35");
+	TEST_HASH_LITERAL("blob 0\0",
+		"e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391",
+		"473a0f4c3be8a93681a267e3b1e9a7dcda1185436fe141f7749120a303721813");
+	TEST_HASH_LITERAL("blob 3\0abc",
+		"f2ba8f84ab5c1bce84a7b441cb1959cfc7093b7f",
+		"c1cf6e465077930e88dc5136641d402f72a229ddd996f627d60e9639eaba35a6");
+	TEST_HASH_LITERAL("tree 0\0",
+		"4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904",
+		"6ef19b41225c5369f1c104d45d8d85efa9b057b53b14b4b9b939dd74decc5321");
+
+	strbuf_release(&aaaaaaaaaa_100000);
+	strbuf_release(&alphabet_100000);
+
+	return test_done();
+}
