diff --git a/util/deephash/deephash.go b/util/deephash/deephash.go
index 6112c6ff2..b6a9bc40b 100644
--- a/util/deephash/deephash.go
+++ b/util/deephash/deephash.go
@@ -106,9 +106,20 @@ func (s1 *Sum) xor(s2 Sum) {
 }
 
 func (s Sum) String() string {
+	// Note: if we change this, keep in sync with AppendTo
 	return hex.EncodeToString(s.sum[:])
 }
 
+// AppendTo appends the string encoding of this sum (as returned by the String
+// method) to the provided byte slice and returns the extended buffer.
+func (s Sum) AppendTo(b []byte) []byte {
+	// TODO: switch to upstream implementation if accepted:
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/53693
+	var lb [len(s.sum) * 2]byte
+	hex.Encode(lb[:], s.sum[:])
+	return append(b, lb[:]...)
+}
+
 var (
 	seedOnce sync.Once
 	seed     uint64
diff --git a/util/deephash/deephash_test.go b/util/deephash/deephash_test.go
index 303327f75..5869fe7fa 100644
--- a/util/deephash/deephash_test.go
+++ b/util/deephash/deephash_test.go
@@ -1050,3 +1050,25 @@ func FuzzAddr(f *testing.F) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestAppendTo(t *testing.T) {
+	v := getVal()
+	h := Hash(v)
+	sum := h.AppendTo(nil)
+
+	if s := h.String(); s != string(sum) {
+		t.Errorf("hash sum mismatch; h.String()=%q h.AppendTo()=%q", s, string(sum))
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAppendTo(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	v := getVal()
+	h := Hash(v)
+
+	hashBuf := make([]byte, 0, 100)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		hashBuf = h.AppendTo(hashBuf[:0])
+	}
+}