diff --git a/fs/hash.go b/fs/hash.go
index faf50176d..4fda65acd 100644
--- a/fs/hash.go
+++ b/fs/hash.go
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ const (
 // HashStream and MultiHasher.
 var SupportedHashes = NewHashSet(HashMD5, HashSHA1)
 
+// HashWidth returns the width in characters for any HashType
+var HashWidth = map[HashType]int{
+	HashMD5:  32,
+	HashSHA1: 40,
+}
+
 // HashStream will calculate hashes of all supported hash types.
 func HashStream(r io.Reader) (map[HashType]string, error) {
 	return HashStreamTypes(r, SupportedHashes)
diff --git a/fs/operations.go b/fs/operations.go
index ba8464022..43ae2ef35 100644
--- a/fs/operations.go
+++ b/fs/operations.go
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ func hashLister(ht HashType, f Fs, w io.Writer) error {
 			Debug(o, "Failed to read %v: %v", ht, err)
 			sum = "ERROR"
 		}
-		syncFprintf(w, "%32s  %s\n", sum, o.Remote())
+		syncFprintf(w, "%*s  %s\n", HashWidth[ht], sum, o.Remote())
 	})
 }