diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e137fadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/webassets/utils.py b/src/webassets/utils.py
index 985f5cec..4d53b829 100644
--- a/src/webassets/utils.py
+++ b/src/webassets/utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 if sys.version_info >= (2, 5):
     import hashlib
-    md5_constructor = hashlib.md5
+    try:
+        from functools import partial
+        # Include the usedforsecurity parameter so the call will
+        # succeed on systems that enforce compliance with the 
+        # Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and thus
+        # don't allow md5 for encryption.
+        md5_constructor = partial(hashlib.md5,usedforsecurity=False)
+    except (ImportError,TypeError):
+        md5_constructor = hashlib.md5
 else:
     import md5
     md5_constructor = md5.new