diff --git a/tools/recursivefiles2sha256sum.pl b/tools/recursivefiles2sha256sum.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a0fa2ec99..4166c2729
--- a/tools/recursivefiles2sha256sum.pl
+++ b/tools/recursivefiles2sha256sum.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##
 ## This script was created to be used in conjunction with Hashcat mode 29700 (Keepass in keyfile only mode).
 ## This can be useful if you have a partition and forgot which of the files was used as the keyfile.
-## 
+##
 ## Example use (if your target drive is mounted to /mnt/sda1 and (optionally) another one to /mnt/sda2):
 ##
 ## $ perl recursivefiles2sha256sum /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sda2 > wordlist.dict
@@ -16,30 +16,77 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use File::Find;
 use Digest::SHA;
+use XML::Simple;
 
 my $sha = Digest::SHA->new ("sha256");
 
 my @folders = @ARGV;
 
-if (scalar @folders == 0) 
+if (scalar @folders == 0)
 {
   die ("use: $0 folder1 folder2...\n");
 }
 
-find (\&handlefile, @folders);
+my $conf =
+{
+  wanted   => \&handlefile,
+  no_chdir => 1,
+};
 
-sub handlefile 
+find ($conf, @folders);
+
+sub handlefile
 {
   my $file = $_;
 
   return unless -f $file;
   return unless -r $file;
-  
-  my $sha_copy = $sha->clone;
 
-  $sha_copy->addfile  ($file);
+  open (my $fh, $file) or return;
 
-  my $digest = $sha_copy->hexdigest;
+  binmode $fh;
 
-  print "$digest\n";
+  my $nread = read ($fh, my $data, 5);
+
+  close ($fh);
+
+  my $xmlhash;
+
+  if (($nread == 5) && ($data eq "<?xml"))
+  {
+    my $xml = eval { XMLin ($file) or die };
+
+    if ($@)
+    {
+      # not interesting
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if (exists $xml->{"Key"} && exists $xml->{"Key"}->{"Data"})
+      {
+        chomp $xml->{"Key"}->{"Data"};
+
+        $xmlhash = $xml->{"Key"}->{"Data"};
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        # not interesting
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (defined $xmlhash)
+  {
+    print "$xmlhash\n";
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    my $sha_copy = $sha->clone;
+
+    $sha_copy->addfile  ($file);
+
+    my $digest = $sha_copy->hexdigest;
+
+    print "$digest\n";
+  }
 }