diff --git a/awscrt/checksums.py b/awscrt/checksums.py
index 2ea6a3f64..06a0005b1 100644
--- a/awscrt/checksums.py
+++ b/awscrt/checksums.py
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ def crc32c(input: bytes, previous_crc32c: int = 0) -> int:
     Returns an unsigned 32-bit integer.
     """
     return _awscrt.checksums_crc32c(input, previous_crc32c)
+
+
+def crc64nvme(input: bytes, previous_crc64nvme: int = 0) -> int:
+    """
+    Perform a CRC64 NVME computation.
+    If continuing to update a running CRC, pass its value into `previous_crc64nvme`.
+    Returns an unsigned 64-bit integer.
+    """
+    return _awscrt.checksums_crc64nvme(input, previous_crc64nvme)
diff --git a/crt/aws-c-common b/crt/aws-c-common
index 672cc0032..b9959f592 160000
--- a/crt/aws-c-common
+++ b/crt/aws-c-common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 672cc0032eb28d69fbdd22c9463253c89d7a6f30
+Subproject commit b9959f5922a4b969beab8f0b99aa0b34bc9ee55c
diff --git a/crt/aws-checksums b/crt/aws-checksums
index aac442a2d..ce04ab00b 160000
--- a/crt/aws-checksums
+++ b/crt/aws-checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aac442a2dbbb5e72d0a3eca8313cf65e7e1cac2f
+Subproject commit ce04ab00b3ecc41912f478bfedca39f8e1919d6b
diff --git a/source/checksums.h b/source/checksums.h
index 9ee27297d..824d743b2 100644
--- a/source/checksums.h
+++ b/source/checksums.h
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 
 PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc32(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc32c(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
+PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc64nvme(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 
 #endif /* AWS_CRT_PYTHON_CHECKSUMS_H */
diff --git a/source/crc.c b/source/crc.c
index 67eee879e..b02fc4759 100644
--- a/source/crc.c
+++ b/source/crc.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "aws/checksums/crc.h"
 #include "aws/common/byte_buf.h"
-PyObject *checksums_crc_common(PyObject *args, uint32_t (*checksum_fn)(const uint8_t *, int, uint32_t)) {
+PyObject *checksums_crc32_common(PyObject *args, uint32_t (*checksum_fn)(const uint8_t *, size_t, uint32_t)) {
     Py_buffer input;
     PyObject *py_previousCrc;
     PyObject *py_result = NULL;
@@ -39,18 +39,11 @@ PyObject *checksums_crc_common(PyObject *args, uint32_t (*checksum_fn)(const uin
 
         /* clang-format off */
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-            /* Avoid truncation of length for very large buffers. crc() takes
-               length as an int, which may be narrower than Py_ssize_t. */
-            while ((size_t)len > INT_MAX) {
-                val = checksum_fn(buf, INT_MAX, val);
-                buf += (size_t)INT_MAX;
-                len -= (size_t)INT_MAX;
-            }
-            val = checksum_fn(buf, (int)len, val);
+            val = checksum_fn(buf, (size_t)len, val);
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
         /* clang-format on */
     } else {
-        val = checksum_fn(input.buf, (int)input.len, val);
+        val = checksum_fn(input.buf, (size_t)input.len, val);
     }
     py_result = PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(val);
 done:
@@ -62,10 +55,52 @@ PyObject *checksums_crc_common(PyObject *args, uint32_t (*checksum_fn)(const uin
 
 PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc32(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     (void)self;
-    return checksums_crc_common(args, aws_checksums_crc32);
+    return checksums_crc32_common(args, aws_checksums_crc32_ex);
 }
 
 PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc32c(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     (void)self;
-    return checksums_crc_common(args, aws_checksums_crc32c);
+    return checksums_crc32_common(args, aws_checksums_crc32c_ex);
+}
+
+PyObject *aws_py_checksums_crc64nvme(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+    (void)self;
+    Py_buffer input;
+    PyObject *py_previousCrc64;
+    PyObject *py_result = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s*O", &input, &py_previousCrc64)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* Note: PyArg_ParseTuple() doesn't do overflow checking on unsigned values
+     * so use PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong() to get the value of the previousCrc arg */
+    uint64_t previousCrc = PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(py_previousCrc64);
+
+    if (previousCrc == (uint64_t)-1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (!PyBuffer_IsContiguous(&input, 'C')) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "input must be contiguous buffer");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /* Releasing the GIL for very small buffers is inefficient
+       and may lower performance */
+    if (input.len > 1024 * 5) {
+        /* clang-format off */
+        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+            previousCrc = aws_checksums_crc64nvme_ex(input.buf, (size_t)input.len, previousCrc);
+        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+        /* clang-format on */
+    } else {
+        previousCrc = aws_checksums_crc64nvme_ex(input.buf, (size_t)input.len, previousCrc);
+    }
+    py_result = PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(previousCrc);
+done:
+    if (input.obj) {
+        PyBuffer_Release(&input);
+    }
+    return py_result;
 }
diff --git a/source/module.c b/source/module.c
index 983054e79..4230ab6bf 100644
--- a/source/module.c
+++ b/source/module.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static PyMethodDef s_module_methods[] = {
     /* Checksum primitives */
     AWS_PY_METHOD_DEF(checksums_crc32, METH_VARARGS),
     AWS_PY_METHOD_DEF(checksums_crc32c, METH_VARARGS),
+    AWS_PY_METHOD_DEF(checksums_crc64nvme, METH_VARARGS),
 
     /* HTTP */
     AWS_PY_METHOD_DEF(http_connection_close, METH_VARARGS),
diff --git a/test/test_checksums.py b/test/test_checksums.py
index 0f4e982d7..5d46581b8 100644
--- a/test/test_checksums.py
+++ b/test/test_checksums.py
@@ -95,6 +95,48 @@ def test_crc32c_huge_buffer(self):
         val = checksums.crc32c(huge_buffer)
         self.assertEqual(0x572a7c8a, val)
 
+    def test_crc64nvme_zeros_one_shot(self):
+        output = checksums.crc64nvme(bytes(32))
+        expected = 0xcf3473434d4ecf3b
+        self.assertEqual(expected, output)
+
+    def test_crc64nvme_zeros_iterated(self):
+        output = 0
+        for i in range(32):
+            output = checksums.crc64nvme(bytes(1), output)
+        expected = 0xcf3473434d4ecf3b
+        self.assertEqual(expected, output)
+
+    def test_crc64nvme_values_one_shot(self):
+        output = checksums.crc64nvme(''.join(chr(i) for i in range(32)))
+        expected = 0xb9d9d4a8492cbd7f
+        self.assertEqual(expected, output)
+
+    def test_crc64nvme_values_iterated(self):
+        output = 0
+        for i in range(32):
+            output = checksums.crc64nvme(chr(i), output)
+        expected = 0xb9d9d4a8492cbd7f
+        self.assertEqual(expected, output)
+
+    def test_crc64nvme_large_buffer(self):
+        # stress test gil optimization for 32 bit architecture which cannot handle huge buffer
+        large_buffer = bytes(25 * 2**20)
+        val = checksums.crc64nvme(large_buffer)
+        self.assertEqual(0x5b6f5045463ca45e, val)
+
+    def test_crc64nvme_huge_buffer(self):
+        if sys.platform.startswith('freebsd'):
+            # Skip this test for freebsd, as it simply crashes instead of raising exception in this case
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('Skip this test for freebsd')
+        try:
+            INT_MAX = 2**32 - 1
+            huge_buffer = bytes(INT_MAX + 5)
+        except BaseException:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('Machine cant allocate giant buffer for giant buffer test')
+        val = checksums.crc64nvme(huge_buffer)
+        self.assertEqual(0x2645c28052b1fbb0, val)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()