diff --git a/cryptography/bindings/openssl/api.py b/cryptography/bindings/openssl/api.py
index 2ad6c05..5eefcdb 100644
--- a/cryptography/bindings/openssl/api.py
+++ b/cryptography/bindings/openssl/api.py
@@ -141,5 +141,35 @@
         assert res != 0
         return self.ffi.buffer(buf)[:outlen[0]]
 
+    def supports_hash(self, hash_cls):
+        return (self.ffi.NULL !=
+                self.lib.EVP_get_digestbyname(hash_cls.name.encode("ascii")))
+
+    def create_hash_context(self, hashobject):
+        ctx = self.lib.EVP_MD_CTX_create()
+        ctx = self.ffi.gc(ctx, self.lib.EVP_MD_CTX_destroy)
+        evp_md = self.lib.EVP_get_digestbyname(hashobject.name.encode("ascii"))
+        assert evp_md != self.ffi.NULL
+        res = self.lib.EVP_DigestInit_ex(ctx, evp_md, self.ffi.NULL)
+        assert res != 0
+        return ctx
+
+    def update_hash_context(self, ctx, data):
+        res = self.lib.EVP_DigestUpdate(ctx, data, len(data))
+        assert res != 0
+
+    def finalize_hash_context(self, ctx, digest_size):
+        buf = self.ffi.new("unsigned char[]", digest_size)
+        res = self.lib.EVP_DigestFinal_ex(ctx, buf, self.ffi.NULL)
+        assert res != 0
+        return self.ffi.buffer(buf)[:digest_size]
+
+    def copy_hash_context(self, ctx):
+        copied_ctx = self.lib.EVP_MD_CTX_create()
+        copied_ctx = self.ffi.gc(copied_ctx, self.lib.EVP_MD_CTX_destroy)
+        res = self.lib.EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex(copied_ctx, ctx)
+        assert res != 0
+        return copied_ctx
+
 
 api = API()
diff --git a/cryptography/primitives/hashes.py b/cryptography/primitives/hashes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d74287f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cryptography/primitives/hashes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+import binascii
+
+from cryptography.bindings import _default_api
+
+
+class BaseHash(object):
+    def __init__(self, api=None, ctx=None):
+        if api is None:
+            api = _default_api
+        self._api = api
+        self._ctx = self._api.create_hash_context(self) if ctx is None else ctx
+
+    def update(self, string):
+        self._api.update_hash_context(self._ctx, string)
+
+    def copy(self):
+        return self.__class__(ctx=self._copy_ctx())
+
+    def digest(self):
+        return self._api.finalize_hash_context(self._copy_ctx(),
+                                               self.digest_size)
+
+    def hexdigest(self):
+        return binascii.hexlify(self.digest()).decode("ascii")
+
+    def _copy_ctx(self):
+        return self._api.copy_hash_context(self._ctx)
+
+
+class SHA1(BaseHash):
+    name = "sha1"
+    digest_size = 20
+    block_size = 64
diff --git a/tests/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py b/tests/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a925e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+import os
+
+from cryptography.primitives import hashes
+
+from .utils import generate_hash_test
+from ..utils import load_hash_vectors_from_file
+
+
+class TestSHA1(object):
+    test_SHA1 = generate_hash_test(
+        load_hash_vectors_from_file,
+        os.path.join("NIST", "SHABYTE"),
+        [
+            "SHA1LongMsg.rsp",
+            "SHA1ShortMsg.rsp",
+        ],
+        hashes.SHA1,
+        only_if=lambda api: api.supports_hash(hashes.SHA1),
+        skip_message="Does not support SHA1",
+    )
diff --git a/tests/primitives/test_hashes.py b/tests/primitives/test_hashes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad5c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/primitives/test_hashes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+from cryptography.primitives import hashes
+
+from .utils import generate_base_hash_test
+
+
+class TestSHA1(object):
+    test_SHA1 = generate_base_hash_test(
+        hashes.SHA1,
+        digest_size=20,
+        block_size=64,
+        only_if=lambda api: api.supports_hash(hashes.SHA1),
+        skip_message="Does not support SHA1",
+    )
diff --git a/tests/primitives/test_utils.py b/tests/primitives/test_utils.py
index 4666ece..43ec8a7 100644
--- a/tests/primitives/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/primitives/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from .utils import encrypt_test
+from .utils import encrypt_test, hash_test, base_hash_test
 
 
 class TestEncryptTest(object):
@@ -12,3 +12,25 @@
                 skip_message="message!"
             )
         assert exc_info.value.args[0] == "message!"
+
+
+class TestHashTest(object):
+    def test_skips_if_only_if_returns_false(self):
+        with pytest.raises(pytest.skip.Exception) as exc_info:
+            hash_test(
+                None, None, None,
+                only_if=lambda api: False,
+                skip_message="message!"
+            )
+        assert exc_info.value.args[0] == "message!"
+
+
+class TestBaseHashTest(object):
+    def test_skips_if_only_if_returns_false(self):
+        with pytest.raises(pytest.skip.Exception) as exc_info:
+            base_hash_test(
+                None, None, None, None,
+                only_if=lambda api: False,
+                skip_message="message!"
+            )
+        assert exc_info.value.args[0] == "message!"
diff --git a/tests/primitives/utils.py b/tests/primitives/utils.py
index 3cf08c2..0d4c0eb 100644
--- a/tests/primitives/utils.py
+++ b/tests/primitives/utils.py
@@ -40,3 +40,58 @@
     actual_ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(binascii.unhexlify(plaintext))
     actual_ciphertext += cipher.finalize()
     assert actual_ciphertext == binascii.unhexlify(ciphertext)
+
+
+def generate_hash_test(param_loader, path, file_names, hash_cls,
+                       only_if=lambda api: True, skip_message=None):
+    def test_hash(self):
+        for api in _ALL_APIS:
+            for file_name in file_names:
+                for params in param_loader(os.path.join(path, file_name)):
+                    yield (
+                        hash_test,
+                        api,
+                        hash_cls,
+                        params,
+                        only_if,
+                        skip_message
+                    )
+    return test_hash
+
+
+def hash_test(api, hash_cls, params, only_if, skip_message):
+    if not only_if(api):
+        pytest.skip(skip_message)
+    msg = params[0]
+    md = params[1]
+    m = hash_cls(api=api)
+    m.update(binascii.unhexlify(msg))
+    assert m.hexdigest() == md.replace(" ", "").lower()
+
+
+def generate_base_hash_test(hash_cls, digest_size, block_size,
+                            only_if=lambda api: True, skip_message=None):
+    def test_base_hash(self):
+        for api in _ALL_APIS:
+            yield (
+                base_hash_test,
+                api,
+                hash_cls,
+                digest_size,
+                block_size,
+                only_if,
+                skip_message,
+            )
+    return test_base_hash
+
+
+def base_hash_test(api, hash_cls, digest_size, block_size, only_if,
+                   skip_message):
+    if not only_if(api):
+        pytest.skip(skip_message)
+    m = hash_cls(api=api)
+    assert m.digest_size == digest_size
+    assert m.block_size == block_size
+    m_copy = m.copy()
+    assert m != m_copy
+    assert m._ctx != m_copy._ctx