diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0562b3aceb..38edd5c15e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module code.gitea.io/gitea
 go 1.12
 
 require (
-	code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190416172854-7d954d775498
+	code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190419065346-2858b80da5f7
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v0.0.0-20170324135448-ed7d758e9a34
 	github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring v0.4.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4b3076e13d..3b7061f84c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.30.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
-code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190416172854-7d954d775498 h1:rcjwXMYIjYts88akPiyy/GB+imecpf159jojChciEEw=
-code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190416172854-7d954d775498/go.mod h1:5bZt0dRznpn2JysytQnV0yCru3FwDv9O5G91jo+lDAk=
+code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190419065346-2858b80da5f7 h1:YggbbCVgggcOjKYmcB2wVOsEtJHgHUNFFJZDB6QcYTg=
+code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190419065346-2858b80da5f7/go.mod h1:5bZt0dRznpn2JysytQnV0yCru3FwDv9O5G91jo+lDAk=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v0.0.0-20170324135448-ed7d758e9a34 h1:UsHpWO0Elp6NaWVARdZHjiYwkhrspHVEGsyIKPb9OI8=
diff --git a/integrations/api_token_test.go b/integrations/api_token_test.go
index 2520f356b7..5768d3b48e 100644
--- a/integrations/api_token_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_token_test.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ func TestAPICreateAndDeleteToken(t *testing.T) {
 	var newAccessToken api.AccessToken
 	DecodeJSON(t, resp, &newAccessToken)
 	models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.AccessToken{
-		ID:   newAccessToken.ID,
-		Name: newAccessToken.Name,
-		Sha1: newAccessToken.Sha1,
-		UID:  user.ID,
+		ID:    newAccessToken.ID,
+		Name:  newAccessToken.Name,
+		Token: newAccessToken.Token,
+		UID:   user.ID,
 	})
 
 	req = NewRequestf(t, "DELETE", "/api/v1/users/user1/tokens/%d", newAccessToken.ID)
diff --git a/models/error.go b/models/error.go
index c3495b28d7..fe0f05d36b 100644
--- a/models/error.go
+++ b/models/error.go
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func (err ErrDeployKeyNameAlreadyUsed) Error() string {
 
 // ErrAccessTokenNotExist represents a "AccessTokenNotExist" kind of error.
 type ErrAccessTokenNotExist struct {
-	SHA string
+	Token string
 }
 
 // IsErrAccessTokenNotExist checks if an error is a ErrAccessTokenNotExist.
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func IsErrAccessTokenNotExist(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func (err ErrAccessTokenNotExist) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("access token does not exist [sha: %s]", err.SHA)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("access token does not exist [sha: %s]", err.Token)
 }
 
 // ErrAccessTokenEmpty represents a "AccessTokenEmpty" kind of error.
diff --git a/models/fixtures/access_token.yml b/models/fixtures/access_token.yml
index 9572709dd9..5ff5d66f66 100644
--- a/models/fixtures/access_token.yml
+++ b/models/fixtures/access_token.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   id: 1
   uid: 1
   name: Token A
-  sha1: hash1
+  #token: d2c6c1ba3890b309189a8e618c72a162e4efbf36
+  token_hash: 2b3668e11cb82d3af8c6e4524fc7841297668f5008d1626f0ad3417e9fa39af84c268248b78c481daa7e5dc437784003494f
+  token_salt: QuSiZr1byZ
+  token_last_eight: e4efbf36
   created_unix: 946687980
   updated_unix: 946687980
 
@@ -10,7 +13,10 @@
   id: 2
   uid: 1
   name: Token B
-  sha1: hash2
+  #token: 4c6f36e6cf498e2a448662f915d932c09c5a146c
+  token_hash: 1a0e32a231ebbd582dc626c1543a42d3c63d4fa76c07c72862721467c55e8f81c923d60700f0528b5f5f443f055559d3a279
+  token_salt: Lfwopukrq5
+  token_last_eight: 9c5a146c
   created_unix: 946687980
   updated_unix: 946687980
 
@@ -18,6 +24,10 @@
   id: 3
   uid: 2
   name: Token A
-  sha1: hash3
+  #token: 90a18faa671dc43924b795806ffe4fd169d28c91
+  token_hash: d6d404048048812d9e911d93aefbe94fc768d4876fdf75e3bef0bdc67828e0af422846d3056f2f25ec35c51dc92075685ec5
+  token_salt: 99ArgXKlQQ
+  token_last_eight: 69d28c91
   created_unix: 946687980
   updated_unix: 946687980
+#commented out tokens so you can see what they are in plaintext
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models/migrations/migrations.go b/models/migrations/migrations.go
index 62c41fb906..1d8cf65785 100644
--- a/models/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/models/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("add uploader id for table attachment", addUploaderIDForAttachment),
 	// v84 -> v85
 	NewMigration("add table to store original imported gpg keys", addGPGKeyImport),
+	// v85 -> v86
+	NewMigration("hash application token", hashAppToken),
 }
 
 // Migrate database to current version
diff --git a/models/migrations/v85.go b/models/migrations/v85.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f6ac146d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/migrations/v85.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package migrations
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-xorm/core"
+	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/generate"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+)
+
+func hashAppToken(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	// AccessToken see models/token.go
+	type AccessToken struct {
+		ID             int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+		UID            int64 `xorm:"INDEX"`
+		Name           string
+		Sha1           string
+		Token          string `xorm:"-"`
+		TokenHash      string `xorm:"UNIQUE"` // sha256 of token
+		TokenSalt      string
+		TokenLastEight string `xorm:"token_last_eight"`
+
+		CreatedUnix       util.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX created"`
+		UpdatedUnix       util.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
+		HasRecentActivity bool           `xorm:"-"`
+		HasUsed           bool           `xorm:"-"`
+	}
+
+	// First remove the index
+	sess := x.NewSession()
+	defer sess.Close()
+	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	if models.DbCfg.Type == core.POSTGRES || models.DbCfg.Type == core.SQLITE {
+		_, err = sess.Exec("DROP INDEX IF EXISTS UQE_access_token_sha1")
+	} else if models.DbCfg.Type == core.MSSQL {
+		_, err = sess.Exec(`DECLARE @ConstraintName VARCHAR(256)
+		DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(256)
+		SELECT @ConstraintName = obj.name FROM sys.columns col LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.objects obj ON obj.object_id = col.default_object_id AND obj.type = 'D' WHERE col.object_id = OBJECT_ID('access_token') AND obj.name IS NOT NULL AND col.name = 'sha1'
+		SET @SQL = N'ALTER TABLE [access_token] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + @ConstraintName + N']'
+		EXEC sp_executesql @SQL`)
+	} else if models.DbCfg.Type == core.MYSQL {
+		indexes, err := sess.QueryString(`SHOW INDEX FROM access_token WHERE KEY_NAME = 'UQE_access_token_sha1'`)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(indexes) >= 1 {
+			_, err = sess.Exec("DROP INDEX UQE_access_token_sha1 ON access_token")
+		}
+	} else {
+		_, err = sess.Exec("DROP INDEX UQE_access_token_sha1 ON access_token")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Drop index failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = sess.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := x.Sync2(new(AccessToken)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Sync2: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = sess.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// transform all tokens to hashes
+	const batchSize = 100
+	for start := 0; ; start += batchSize {
+		tokens := make([]*AccessToken, 0, batchSize)
+		if err := sess.Limit(batchSize, start).Find(&tokens); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(tokens) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		for _, token := range tokens {
+			// generate salt
+			salt, err := generate.GetRandomString(10)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			token.TokenSalt = salt
+			token.TokenHash = hashToken(token.Sha1, salt)
+			if len(token.Sha1) < 8 {
+				log.Warn("Unable to transform token %s with name %s belonging to user ID %d, skipping transformation", token.Sha1, token.Name, token.UID)
+				continue
+			}
+			token.TokenLastEight = token.Sha1[len(token.Sha1)-8:]
+			token.Sha1 = "" // ensure to blank out column in case drop column doesn't work
+
+			if _, err := sess.ID(token.ID).Cols("token_hash, token_salt, token_last_eight, sha1").Update(token); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("couldn't add in sha1, token_hash, token_salt and token_last_eight: %v", err)
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Commit and begin new transaction for dropping columns
+	if err := sess.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := dropTableColumns(sess, "access_token", "sha1"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return sess.Commit()
+
+}
diff --git a/models/token.go b/models/token.go
index 8393a7cf11..030bff8e1b 100644
--- a/models/token.go
+++ b/models/token.go
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 // Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package models
 
 import (
+	"crypto/subtle"
 	"time"
 
 	gouuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/generate"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 )
 
 // AccessToken represents a personal access token.
 type AccessToken struct {
-	ID   int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
-	UID  int64 `xorm:"INDEX"`
-	Name string
-	Sha1 string `xorm:"UNIQUE VARCHAR(40)"`
+	ID             int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+	UID            int64 `xorm:"INDEX"`
+	Name           string
+	Token          string `xorm:"-"`
+	TokenHash      string `xorm:"UNIQUE"` // sha256 of token
+	TokenSalt      string
+	TokenLastEight string `xorm:"token_last_eight"`
 
 	CreatedUnix       util.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX created"`
 	UpdatedUnix       util.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
@@ -34,24 +40,41 @@ func (t *AccessToken) AfterLoad() {
 
 // NewAccessToken creates new access token.
 func NewAccessToken(t *AccessToken) error {
-	t.Sha1 = base.EncodeSha1(gouuid.NewV4().String())
-	_, err := x.Insert(t)
+	salt, err := generate.GetRandomString(10)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	t.TokenSalt = salt
+	t.Token = base.EncodeSha1(gouuid.NewV4().String())
+	t.TokenHash = hashToken(t.Token, t.TokenSalt)
+	t.TokenLastEight = t.Token[len(t.Token)-8:]
+	_, err = x.Insert(t)
 	return err
 }
 
-// GetAccessTokenBySHA returns access token by given sha1.
-func GetAccessTokenBySHA(sha string) (*AccessToken, error) {
-	if sha == "" {
+// GetAccessTokenBySHA returns access token by given token value
+func GetAccessTokenBySHA(token string) (*AccessToken, error) {
+	if token == "" {
 		return nil, ErrAccessTokenEmpty{}
 	}
-	t := &AccessToken{Sha1: sha}
-	has, err := x.Get(t)
+	if len(token) < 8 {
+		return nil, ErrAccessTokenNotExist{token}
+	}
+	var tokens []AccessToken
+	lastEight := token[len(token)-8:]
+	err := x.Table(&AccessToken{}).Where("token_last_eight = ?", lastEight).Find(&tokens)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if !has {
-		return nil, ErrAccessTokenNotExist{sha}
+	} else if len(tokens) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrAccessTokenNotExist{token}
 	}
-	return t, nil
+	for _, t := range tokens {
+		tempHash := hashToken(token, t.TokenSalt)
+		if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(t.TokenHash), []byte(tempHash)) == 1 {
+			return &t, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, ErrAccessTokenNotExist{token}
 }
 
 // ListAccessTokens returns a list of access tokens belongs to given user.
diff --git a/models/token_test.go b/models/token_test.go
index 540bd40deb..9f2699a168 100644
--- a/models/token_test.go
+++ b/models/token_test.go
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ func TestNewAccessToken(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetAccessTokenBySHA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, PrepareTestDatabase())
-	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("hash1")
+	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("d2c6c1ba3890b309189a8e618c72a162e4efbf36")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), token.UID)
 	assert.Equal(t, "Token A", token.Name)
-	assert.Equal(t, "hash1", token.Sha1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "2b3668e11cb82d3af8c6e4524fc7841297668f5008d1626f0ad3417e9fa39af84c268248b78c481daa7e5dc437784003494f", token.TokenHash)
+	assert.Equal(t, "e4efbf36", token.TokenLastEight)
 
 	token, err = GetAccessTokenBySHA("notahash")
 	assert.Error(t, err)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func TestListAccessTokens(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestUpdateAccessToken(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, PrepareTestDatabase())
-	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("hash2")
+	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("4c6f36e6cf498e2a448662f915d932c09c5a146c")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	token.Name = "Token Z"
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func TestUpdateAccessToken(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDeleteAccessTokenByID(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, PrepareTestDatabase())
 
-	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("hash2")
+	token, err := GetAccessTokenBySHA("4c6f36e6cf498e2a448662f915d932c09c5a146c")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), token.UID)
 
diff --git a/modules/base/tool.go b/modules/base/tool.go
index d99ed2bab4..3a6e28a885 100644
--- a/modules/base/tool.go
+++ b/modules/base/tool.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha1"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ func EncodeSha1(str string) string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 }
 
+// EncodeSha256 string to sha1 hex value.
+func EncodeSha256(str string) string {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	h.Write([]byte(str))
+	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+}
+
 // ShortSha is basically just truncating.
 // It is DEPRECATED and will be removed in the future.
 func ShortSha(sha1 string) string {
diff --git a/modules/base/tool_test.go b/modules/base/tool_test.go
index 04cd682907..dcaf2fcbb0 100644
--- a/modules/base/tool_test.go
+++ b/modules/base/tool_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ func TestEncodeSha1(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestEncodeSha256(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"c3ab8ff13720e8ad9047dd39466b3c8974e592c2fa383d4a3960714caef0c4f2",
+		EncodeSha256("foobar"),
+	)
+}
+
 func TestShortSha(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "veryverylo", ShortSha("veryverylong"))
 }
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/user/app.go b/routers/api/v1/user/app.go
index ef53e95d8b..d9716f419a 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/user/app.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/user/app.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ func ListAccessTokens(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	apiTokens := make([]*api.AccessToken, len(tokens))
 	for i := range tokens {
 		apiTokens[i] = &api.AccessToken{
-			ID:   tokens[i].ID,
-			Name: tokens[i].Name,
-			Sha1: tokens[i].Sha1,
+			ID:             tokens[i].ID,
+			Name:           tokens[i].Name,
+			TokenLastEight: tokens[i].TokenLastEight,
 		}
 	}
 	ctx.JSON(200, &apiTokens)
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ func CreateAccessToken(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreateAccessTokenOption
 		return
 	}
 	ctx.JSON(201, &api.AccessToken{
-		Name: t.Name,
-		Sha1: t.Sha1,
-		ID:   t.ID,
+		Name:  t.Name,
+		Token: t.Token,
+		ID:    t.ID,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/routers/user/setting/applications.go b/routers/user/setting/applications.go
index 90e34d9e1a..d93684bcc0 100644
--- a/routers/user/setting/applications.go
+++ b/routers/user/setting/applications.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func ApplicationsPost(ctx *context.Context, form auth.NewAccessTokenForm) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("settings.generate_token_success"))
-	ctx.Flash.Info(t.Sha1)
+	ctx.Flash.Info(t.Token)
 
 	ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + "/user/settings/applications")
 }
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index b6160fc84d..134b9051b2 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -9458,8 +9458,11 @@
   },
   "responses": {
     "AccessToken": {
-      "description": "AccessToken represents a API access token.",
+      "description": "AccessToken represents an API access token.",
       "headers": {
+        "hashed_token": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "id": {
           "type": "integer",
           "format": "int64"
@@ -9467,7 +9470,10 @@
         "name": {
           "type": "string"
         },
-        "sha1": {
+        "token": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "token_last_eight": {
           "type": "string"
         }
       }
diff --git a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/user_app.go b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/user_app.go
index d3bfce971b..023837f83b 100644
--- a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/user_app.go
+++ b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/user_app.go
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -17,12 +18,14 @@ func BasicAuthEncode(user, pass string) string {
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(user + ":" + pass))
 }
 
-// AccessToken represents a API access token.
+// AccessToken represents an API access token.
 // swagger:response AccessToken
 type AccessToken struct {
-	ID   int64  `json:"id"`
-	Name string `json:"name"`
-	Sha1 string `json:"sha1"`
+	ID             int64  `json:"id"`
+	Name           string `json:"name"`
+	Token          string `json:"token"`
+	HashedToken    string `json:"hashed_token"`
+	TokenLastEight string `json:"token_last_eight"`
 }
 
 // AccessTokenList represents a list of API access token.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d8ac723d90..41edf76a92 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190416172854-7d954d775498
+# code.gitea.io/sdk v0.0.0-20190419065346-2858b80da5f7
 code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea
 # github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml