diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
index 23fd5e3..53c6b9e 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor) {
    * @see StreamingXXHash32#asChecksum()
    */
   public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, boolean stopOnEmptyBlock) {
-    this(in, LZ4Factory.fastestInstance().fastDecompressor(), XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum(), stopOnEmptyBlock);
+    this(in, LZ4Factory.fastestInstance().fastDecompressor(), new LZ4BlockOutputStream.Drop4BitsChecksum(XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum()), stopOnEmptyBlock);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockOutputStream.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockOutputStream.java
index 623eb1c..898adb2 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockOutputStream.java
@@ -55,6 +55,34 @@ public class LZ4BlockOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
 
   static final int DEFAULT_SEED = 0x9747b28c;
 
+  /**
+   * This class is for the backward-compatibility before https://github.com/lz4/lz4-java/pull/181.
+   */
+  static class Drop4BitsChecksum implements Checksum {
+
+    private Checksum checksum;
+
+    Drop4BitsChecksum(Checksum checksum) {
+      this.checksum = checksum;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void update(int b) {
+      checksum.update(b);
+    }
+
+    @Override public void update(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
+      checksum.update(b, off, len);
+    }
+
+    @Override public long getValue() {
+      return checksum.getValue() & 0x0FFFFFFFL;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void reset() {
+      checksum.reset();
+    }
+  }
+
   private static int compressionLevel(int blockSize) {
     if (blockSize < MIN_BLOCK_SIZE) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("blockSize must be >= " + MIN_BLOCK_SIZE + ", got " + blockSize);
@@ -122,7 +150,7 @@ public LZ4BlockOutputStream(OutputStream out, int blockSize, LZ4Compressor compr
    * @see StreamingXXHash32#asChecksum()
    */
   public LZ4BlockOutputStream(OutputStream out, int blockSize, LZ4Compressor compressor) {
-    this(out, blockSize, compressor, XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum(), false);
+    this(out, blockSize, compressor, new Drop4BitsChecksum(XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum()), false);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/xxhash/StreamingXXHash32.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/xxhash/StreamingXXHash32.java
index 8143433..eb5f608 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/xxhash/StreamingXXHash32.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/xxhash/StreamingXXHash32.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public final Checksum asChecksum() {
 
       @Override
       public long getValue() {
-        return StreamingXXHash32.this.getValue() & 0xFFFFFFFL;
+        return StreamingXXHash32.this.getValue() & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
       }
 
       @Override