diff --git a/include/wally_descriptor.h b/include/wally_descriptor.h
index 80eca4f8a..d182700dc 100644
--- a/include/wally_descriptor.h
+++ b/include/wally_descriptor.h
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ struct wally_map;
 /** An opaque type holding a parsed minscript/descriptor expression */
 struct wally_descriptor;
 
-/* Miniscript type flag */
-#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_WITNESS_SCRIPT 0x00 /** Witness script */
-#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_TAPSCRIPT      0x01 /** Tapscript */
-#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_ONLY           0x02 /** Only allow miniscript (not descriptor) expressions */
+/* Flags for parsing miniscript/descriptors */
+#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_WITNESS_SCRIPT   0x00 /** Witness script */
+#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_TAPSCRIPT        0x01 /** Tapscript */
+#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_ONLY             0x02 /** Only allow miniscript (not descriptor) expressions */
+#define WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM 0x04 /** Require a checksum to be present */
 
 #define WALLY_MS_IS_RANGED 0x01 /** Allows key ranges via '*' */
 
diff --git a/src/ctest/test_descriptor.c b/src/ctest/test_descriptor.c
index b813fe8e3..299f29b80 100644
--- a/src/ctest/test_descriptor.c
+++ b/src/ctest/test_descriptor.c
@@ -831,6 +831,12 @@ static const struct descriptor_test {
         WALLY_NETWORK_BITCOIN_MAINNET, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0,
         NULL,
         ""
+    },{
+        "descriptor errchk - missing required checksum",
+        "wpkh(02f9308a019258c31049344f85f89d5229b531c845836f99b08601f113bce036f9)",
+        WALLY_NETWORK_BITCOIN_MAINNET, 0, 0, 0, NULL, WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM,
+        NULL,
+        ""
     },{
         "descriptor errchk - upper case hardened indicator",
         "pkh(xprvA2YKGLieCs6cWCiczALiH1jzk3VCCS5M1pGQfWPkamCdR9UpBgE2Gb8AKAyVjKHkz8v37avcfRjdcnP19dVAmZrvZQfvTcXXSAiFNQ6tTtU/1H/2)",
diff --git a/src/descriptor.c b/src/descriptor.c
index 7dd70a3df..561df657d 100644
--- a/src/descriptor.c
+++ b/src/descriptor.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 #define NUM_ELEMS(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
 #define MS_FLAGS_ALL (WALLY_MINISCRIPT_WITNESS_SCRIPT | \
-        WALLY_MINISCRIPT_TAPSCRIPT | WALLY_MINISCRIPT_ONLY)
+        WALLY_MINISCRIPT_TAPSCRIPT | WALLY_MINISCRIPT_ONLY | \
+        WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM)
 
 /* Properties and expressions definition */
 #define TYPE_NONE  0x00
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ static int canonicalize(const char *descriptor,
     if (output)
         *output = NULL;
 
-    if (!descriptor || flags || !output)
+    if (!descriptor || (flags & ~WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM) || !output)
         return WALLY_EINVAL;
 
     /* First, find the length of the canonicalized descriptor */
@@ -400,6 +401,9 @@ static int canonicalize(const char *descriptor,
         }
     }
 
+    if (!*p && (flags & WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM))
+        return WALLY_EINVAL; /* Checksum required but not present */
+
     if (!(*output = wally_malloc(required_len + 1 + DESCRIPTOR_CHECKSUM_LENGTH + 1)))
         return WALLY_ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2387,7 +2391,9 @@ int wally_descriptor_parse(const char *miniscript,
         return WALLY_ENOMEM;
     ctx = *output;
     ctx->addr_ver = addr_ver;
-    ret = canonicalize(miniscript, vars_in, 0, &ctx->src);
+    ret = canonicalize(miniscript, vars_in,
+                       flags & WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM,
+                       &ctx->src);
     if (ret == WALLY_OK) {
         ctx->src_len = strlen(ctx->src);
         ret = analyze_miniscript(ctx, ctx->src, ctx->src_len, kind,
diff --git a/src/wasm_package/src/const.js b/src/wasm_package/src/const.js
index bd0efd6b0..902f6a7b7 100755
--- a/src/wasm_package/src/const.js
+++ b/src/wasm_package/src/const.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export const WALLY_ERROR = -1; /** General error */
 export const WALLY_HOST_COMMITMENT_LEN = 32;
 export const WALLY_MAX_OP_RETURN_LEN = 80; /* Maximum length of OP_RETURN data push */
 export const WALLY_MINISCRIPT_ONLY = 0x02; /** Only allow miniscript (not descriptor) expressions */
+export const WALLY_MINISCRIPT_REQUIRE_CHECKSUM = 0x04; /** Require a checksum to be present */
 export const WALLY_MINISCRIPT_TAPSCRIPT = 0x01; /** Tapscript */
 export const WALLY_MINISCRIPT_WITNESS_SCRIPT = 0x00; /** Witness script */
 export const WALLY_MS_IS_RANGED = 0x01; /** Allows key ranges via '*' */