diff --git a/Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.hs b/Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.hs
--- a/Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.hs
+++ b/Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, ForeignFunctionInterface, MultiParamTypeClasses, CPP #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --
 -- Module      : Data.Digest.Pure.MD5
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         , md5Finalize
         ) where
 
+import Data.ByteString.Unsafe (unsafeUseAsCString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import Data.ByteString.Internal
@@ -49,15 +50,17 @@
 import qualified Data.Serialize.Get as G
 import qualified Data.Serialize.Put as P
 import qualified Data.Serialize as S
+import Crypto.Classes
+import Data.Tagged
 import Numeric
 
 -- | Block size in bits
-blockSize :: Int
-blockSize = 512
+md5BlockSize :: Int
+md5BlockSize = 512
 
-blockSizeBytes = blockSize `div` 8
+blockSizeBytes = md5BlockSize `div` 8
 blockSizeBytesI64 = (fromIntegral blockSizeBytes) :: Int64
-blockSizeBits = (fromIntegral blockSize) :: Word64
+blockSizeBits = (fromIntegral md5BlockSize) :: Word64
 
 -- | The type for intermediate results (from md5Update)
 data MD5Partial = MD5Par !Word32 !Word32 !Word32 !Word32
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@
 
 -- | The type for final results.
 data MD5Context = MD5Ctx { mdPartial  :: !MD5Partial,
-                           mdLeftOver :: !ByteString,
                            mdTotalLen :: !Word64 }
 
 -- |After finalizing a context, using md5Finalize, a new type
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
 
 -- | The initial context to use when calling md5Update for the first time
 md5InitialContext :: MD5Context
-md5InitialContext = MD5Ctx (MD5Par h0 h1 h2 h3) B.empty 0
+md5InitialContext = MD5Ctx (MD5Par h0 h1 h2 h3) 0
 h0 = 0x67452301
 h1 = 0xEFCDAB89
 h2 = 0x98BADCFE
@@ -83,51 +85,50 @@
 -- | Processes a lazy ByteString and returns the md5 digest.
 --   This is probably what you want.
 md5 :: L.ByteString -> MD5Digest
-md5 bs = md5Finalize $ md5Update md5InitialContext bs
+md5 = hash
 
 -- | Closes an MD5 context, thus producing the digest.
-md5Finalize :: MD5Context -> MD5Digest
-md5Finalize !ctx@(MD5Ctx (MD5Par a b c d) rem !totLen) =
-        let totLen' = (totLen + 8*fromIntegral l) :: Word64
-            padBS = L.toChunks $ runPut ( do
-                        putWord8 0x80
-                        mapM_ putWord8 (replicate lenZeroPad 0)
-                        putWord64le totLen' )
-        in MD5Digest $ mdPartial $ md5Update ctx (L.fromChunks padBS)
+md5Finalize :: MD5Context -> B.ByteString -> MD5Digest
+md5Finalize !ctx@(MD5Ctx par@(MD5Par a b c d) !totLen) end =
+        let totLen' = 8*(totLen + fromIntegral l) :: Word64
+            padBS = P.runPut ( do
+			P.putByteString end
+                        P.putWord8 0x80
+                        mapM_ P.putWord8 (replicate lenZeroPad 0)
+                        P.putWord64le totLen' )
+        in MD5Digest $ blockAndDo par padBS
     where
-    l = B.length rem
+    l = B.length end
     lenZeroPad = if (l + 1) <= blockSizeBytes - 8
                      then (blockSizeBytes - 8) - (l + 1)
                      else (2 * blockSizeBytes - 8) - (l + 1)
 
 -- | Alters the MD5Context with a partial digest of the data.
-md5Update :: MD5Context -> L.ByteString -> MD5Context
-md5Update !ctx@(MD5Ctx _ !leftover _) bsLazy =
-    let bs = L.fromChunks (leftover:L.toChunks bsLazy)
-    in blockAndDo ctx bs --foldl' performMD5Update ctx blks
+--
+-- The input bytestring MUST be a multiple of the blockSize
+-- or bad things can happen (incorrect digest results)!
+md5Update :: MD5Context -> B.ByteString -> MD5Context
+md5Update ctx bs
+  | B.length bs `rem` blockSizeBytes /= 0 = error "Invalid use of hash update routine (see crypto-api Hash class semantics)"
+  | otherwise = 
+	let bs' = if isAligned bs then bs else B.copy bs -- copying has been measured as a net win on my x86 system
+	    new =  blockAndDo (mdPartial ctx) bs'
+	in ctx { mdPartial = new, mdTotalLen = mdTotalLen ctx + fromIntegral (B.length bs) }
 
-blockAndDo :: MD5Context -> L.ByteString -> MD5Context
-blockAndDo !ctx bs =
-    if B.length blk == blockSizeBytes
-        then let !newCtx = performMD5Update ctx blk
-             in blockAndDo newCtx rest
-        else ctx { mdLeftOver = blk }
-  where
-  blk = if isAligned blk' then blk' else B.copy blk'
-  blk' = B.concat $ L.toChunks top
-  (top,rest) = L.splitAt blockSizeBytesI64 bs
+blockAndDo :: MD5Partial -> B.ByteString -> MD5Partial
+blockAndDo !ctx bs
+  | B.length bs == 0 = ctx
+  | otherwise = 
+	let !new = performMD5Update ctx bs
+	in blockAndDo new (B.drop blockSizeBytes bs)
 {-# INLINE blockAndDo #-}
 
 -- Assumes ByteString length == blockSizeBytes, will fold the 
 -- context across calls to applyMD5Rounds.
-performMD5Update :: MD5Context -> ByteString -> MD5Context
-performMD5Update !ctx@(MD5Ctx !par@(MD5Par !a !b !c !d) _ !len) !bs = {-# SCC "performMD5Update" #-}
+performMD5Update :: MD5Partial -> B.ByteString -> MD5Partial
+performMD5Update !par@(MD5Par !a !b !c !d) !bs =
         let MD5Par a' b' c' d' = applyMD5Rounds par bs
-        in MD5Ctx {
-                        mdPartial = MD5Par (a' + a) (b' + b) (c' + c) (d' + d),
-                        mdLeftOver = B.empty,
-                        mdTotalLen = len + blockSizeBits
-                        }
+	in MD5Par (a' + a) (b' + b) (c' + c) (d' + d)
 {-# INLINE performMD5Update #-}
 
 isAligned (PS _ off _) = off `rem` 4 == 0
@@ -236,12 +237,14 @@
         {-# INLINE (!!) #-}
 {-# INLINE applyMD5Rounds #-}
 
+#ifdef LittleEndian
+getNthWord n b = inlinePerformIO (unsafeUseAsCString b (flip peekElemOff n . castPtr))
+#else
 getNthWord :: Int -> B.ByteString -> Word32
-getNthWord n = right . G.runGet (do
-                G.uncheckedSkip (n * sizeOf (undefined :: Word32))
-                G.getWord32le)
+getNthWord n = right . G.runGet G.getWord32le . B.drop (n * sizeOf (undefined :: Word32))
   where
   right x = case x of Right y -> y
+#endif
 {-# INLINE getNthWord #-}
 
 infix 9 .<.
@@ -268,13 +271,10 @@
         return $ MD5Digest p
 
 instance Binary MD5Context where
-        put (MD5Ctx p r l) = put p >> putWord8 (fromIntegral (B.length r)) >> 
-                             putByteString r >> putWord64be l
+        put (MD5Ctx p l) = put p >> putWord64be l
         get = do p <- get
-                 s <- getWord8
-                 r <- getByteString (fromIntegral s)
                  l <- getWord64be
-                 return $ MD5Ctx p r l
+                 return $ MD5Ctx p l
 
 instance Binary MD5Partial where
         put (MD5Par a b c d) = putWord32le a >> putWord32le b >> putWord32le c >> putWord32le d
@@ -291,13 +291,11 @@
         return $ MD5Digest p
 
 instance S.Serialize MD5Context where
-        put (MD5Ctx p r l) = S.put p >> P.putWord8 (fromIntegral (B.length r)) >>
-                             P.putByteString r >> P.putWord64be l
+        put (MD5Ctx p l) = S.put p >>
+                             P.putWord64be l
         get = do p <- S.get
-                 s <- G.getWord8
-                 r <- G.getByteString (fromIntegral s)
                  l <- G.getWord64be
-                 return $ MD5Ctx p r l
+                 return $ MD5Ctx p l
 
 instance S.Serialize MD5Partial where
 	put (MD5Par a b c d) = P.putWord32le a >> P.putWord32le b >> P.putWord32le c >> P.putWord32le d
@@ -306,3 +304,10 @@
 		 c <- G.getWord32le
 		 d <- G.getWord32le
 		 return $ MD5Par a b c d
+
+instance Hash MD5Context MD5Digest where
+	outputLength = Tagged 128
+	blockLength  = Tagged 512
+	initialCtx   = md5InitialContext
+	updateCtx    = md5Update
+	finalize     = md5Finalize
diff --git a/Test/MD5.hs b/Test/MD5.hs
--- a/Test/MD5.hs
+++ b/Test/MD5.hs
@@ -2,69 +2,7 @@
 module Test.MD5 where
 
 import Test.QuickCheck
+import Test.Crypto
 import Data.Digest.Pure.MD5
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
-import qualified Data.ByteString as S
-import Control.Monad (forM)
-import Data.Word (Word8)
-import Data.Binary
 
-instance Arbitrary Word8 where
-    arbitrary = (arbitrary :: Gen Int) >>= return . fromIntegral
-
-instance Arbitrary S.ByteString where
-    arbitrary = do
-        len <- choose (0,4096) :: Gen Int
-        words <- forM [0..len] (\_ -> arbitrary)
-        return $ S.pack words
-
-instance Arbitrary L.ByteString where
-    arbitrary = do
-        len <- choose (0,10) :: Gen Int
-        chunks <- vector len
-        return $ L.fromChunks chunks
-
-prop_PartsEqWhole lps =
-    let lpsChunks   = map (L.fromChunks . (:[])) (L.toChunks lps)
-        incremental = foldl md5Update md5InitialContext lpsChunks
-        final = md5Finalize incremental
-    in md5 lps == final
-
-prop_ShowLen bs = 32 == (length $ show (md5 bs))
-
-prop_BinaryLen bs = 16 == (L.length $ encode (md5 bs))
-
-prop_GetPut bs =
-    let dg = md5 bs
-    in decode (encode dg) == dg
-
-prop_ShowElem bs =
-    let digest = md5 bs
-        valids = \c -> (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
-    in [] == filter (not . valids) (show digest)
-
-prop_KnownAnswers =
-  let mds = show . md5 . pk
-      pk  = L.pack . (map (fromIntegral . fromEnum))
-  in mds ("") == "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e" &&
-     mds ("a") == "0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661" &&
-     mds ("abc") == "900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72" &&
-     mds ("message digest") == "f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0" &&
-     mds ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") == "c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b" &&
-     mds ("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789") ==
-       "d174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f" &&
-     mds ("12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890") == "57edf4a22be3c955ac49da2e2107b67a"
-
-tests = [ T prop_PartsEqWhole "PartsEqWhole"
-        , T prop_ShowLen "ShowLen"
-        , T prop_BinaryLen "BinaryLen"
-        , T prop_GetPut "GetPut"
-        , T prop_ShowElem "ShowElem"
-        , T prop_KnownAnswers "KnownAnswers"]
-
-data Test = forall a. Testable a => T a String
-runTest (T a s) = do
-    putStr ("prop_" ++ s ++ ": ")
-    quickCheck a
-
-runTests = mapM_ runTest tests
+test = runTests (makeMD5Tests (undefined :: MD5Digest))
diff --git a/Test/main.hs b/Test/main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Test.MD5
+
+main = test
diff --git a/pureMD5.cabal b/pureMD5.cabal
--- a/pureMD5.cabal
+++ b/pureMD5.cabal
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 name:		pureMD5
-version:	1.1.0.0
+version:	2.0.0.0
 license:	BSD3
 license-file:	LICENSE
 author:		Thomas DuBuisson <thomas.dubuisson@gmail.com>
 maintainer:	Thomas DuBuisson
-description:	An unrolled implementation of MD5 purely in Haskell.
-synopsis:	MD5 implementations that should become part of a ByteString Crypto package.
+description:	A Haskell-only implementation of the MD5 digest (hash) algorithm.  This now supports
+                the crypto-api class interface.
+synopsis:	A Haskell-only implementation of the MD5 digest (hash) algorithm.
 category:	Data, Cryptography
 stability:	stable
 build-type:	Simple
 cabal-version:	>= 1.6
-tested-with:	GHC == 6.10.1
+tested-with:	GHC == 6.12.1
 extra-source-files: Test/MD5.hs Test/md5test.hs
 
+flag LittleEndian
+  description: Set to true if the architecture is little endian (uses native Word32 loads instead of bytes + shifts, overall 40% speed-up)
+  default: False
+
+flag test
+  description: Build a test program
+  default: False
+
 Library
-  Build-Depends: base == 4.*, bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10, binary >= 0.4.0 && < 0.6.0, cereal >= 0.2
+  Build-Depends: base == 4.*, bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10, binary >= 0.4.0 && < 0.6.0, cereal >= 0.2, crypto-api >= 0.0.0.1, tagged
   ghc-options:	-O2 -funfolding-use-threshold66 -funfolding-creation-threshold66 -fexcess-precision -funbox-strict-fields
   hs-source-dirs:
   exposed-modules: Data.Digest.Pure.MD5
+  if flag(LittleEndian)
+    cpp-options: -DLittleEndian
+
+Executable md5Test
+  main-is: Test/main.hs
+  Build-Depends: base, QuickCheck, crypto-api, bytestring, cereal
+  if !flag(test)
+    buildable: False
