diff --git a/daemon/core/api/tlv/broker.py b/daemon/core/api/tlv/broker.py
index 2021bb4c..b7b24746 100644
--- a/daemon/core/api/tlv/broker.py
+++ b/daemon/core/api/tlv/broker.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import select
 import socket
 import threading
 
+from core import utils
 from core.api.tlv import coreapi
 from core.nodes.base import CoreNodeBase, CoreNetworkBase
 from core.emulator.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
@@ -387,12 +388,13 @@ class CoreBroker(object):
         :return: tunnel key for the node pair
         :rtype: int
         """
+        logging.debug("creating tunnel key for: %s, %s", n1num, n2num)
         sid = self.session_id_master
         if sid is None:
             # this is the master session
             sid = self.session.id
 
-        key = (sid << 16) ^ hash(n1num) ^ (hash(n2num) << 8)
+        key = (sid << 16) ^ utils.hash(n1num) ^ (utils.hash(n2num) << 8)
         return key & 0xFFFFFFFF
 
     def addtunnel(self, remoteip, n1num, n2num, localnum):
diff --git a/daemon/core/utils.py b/daemon/core/utils.py
index ac76e693..89c8aa71 100644
--- a/daemon/core/utils.py
+++ b/daemon/core/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Miscellaneous utility functions, wrappers around some subprocess procedures.
 """
 
 import fcntl
+import hashlib
 import importlib
 import inspect
 import logging
@@ -17,6 +18,22 @@ from core import CoreCommandError
 DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, "wb")
 
 
+def hash(value):
+    """
+    Provide a consistent hash that can be used in place
+    of the builtin hash, that no longer behaves consistently
+    in python3.
+
+    :param str/int value: value to hash
+    :return: hash value
+    :rtype: int
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, int):
+        value = str(value)
+    value = value.encode("utf-8")
+    return int(hashlib.sha256(value).hexdigest(), 16)
+
+
 def _detach_init():
     """
     Fork a child process and exit.