diff --git a/lib/Model/AbstractModel.php b/lib/Model/AbstractModel.php
index 87bf2b35..8190c13e 100644
--- a/lib/Model/AbstractModel.php
+++ b/lib/Model/AbstractModel.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ abstract class AbstractModel
         $this->_data = $data;
 
         // calculate a 64 bit checksum to avoid collisions
-        $this->setId(hash('fnv1a64', $data['ct']));
+        $this->setId(hash(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.5') > 0 ? 'fnv1a64' : 'fnv164', $data['ct']));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tst/Data/DatabaseTest.php b/tst/Data/DatabaseTest.php
index 7e62e5f4..0d48eb6a 100644
--- a/tst/Data/DatabaseTest.php
+++ b/tst/Data/DatabaseTest.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class DatabaseTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $keys    = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'x', 'y', 'z');
         $ids     = array();
         foreach ($keys as $key) {
-            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv1a64', $key);
+            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv164', $key);
             $this->_model->delete($ids[$key]);
             $this->assertFalse($this->_model->exists($ids[$key]), "paste $key does not yet exist");
             if (in_array($key, array('y', 'z'))) {
diff --git a/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php b/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
index d4d6ec06..37e03f36 100644
--- a/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class FilesystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $keys    = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'x', 'y', 'z');
         $ids     = array();
         foreach ($keys as $key) {
-            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv1a64', $key);
+            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv164', $key);
             $this->assertFalse($this->_model->exists($ids[$key]), "paste $key does not yet exist");
             if (in_array($key, array('x', 'y', 'z'))) {
                 $this->assertTrue($this->_model->create($ids[$key], $paste), "store $key paste");
diff --git a/tst/ModelTest.php b/tst/ModelTest.php
index 5a0006da..c04ea393 100644
--- a/tst/ModelTest.php
+++ b/tst/ModelTest.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class ModelTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $keys    = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'x', 'y', 'z');
         $ids     = array();
         foreach ($keys as $key) {
-            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv1a64', $key);
+            $ids[$key] = hash('fnv164', $key);
             $store->delete($ids[$key]);
             $this->assertFalse($store->exists($ids[$key]), "paste $key does not yet exist");
             if (in_array($key, array('x', 'y', 'z'))) {