diff --git a/timm/models/helpers.py b/timm/models/helpers.py
index f743f600..5c174fad 100644
--- a/timm/models/helpers.py
+++ b/timm/models/helpers.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from torch.hub import _get_torch_home as get_dir
 
-from huggingface_hub import cached_download
+from huggingface_hub import cached_download, hf_hub_url
 
 from .features import FeatureListNet, FeatureDictNet, FeatureHookNet
 from .layers import Conv2dSame, Linear
@@ -138,10 +138,17 @@ def load_custom_pretrained(model, cfg=None, load_fn=None, progress=False, check_
         return
     url = cfg['url']
 
-    # TODO, progress and check_hash are ignored.
-    cached_filed = cached_download(
-        url, library_name="timm", library_version=__version__, cache_dir=get_cache_dir()
-    )
+    model_dir = get_cache_dir()
+    parts = urlparse(url)
+    filename = os.path.basename(parts.path)
+    cached_file = os.path.join(model_dir, filename)
+    if not os.path.exists(cached_file):
+        _logger.info('Downloading: "{}" to {}\n'.format(url, cached_file))
+        hash_prefix = None
+        if check_hash:
+            r = HASH_REGEX.search(filename)  # r is Optional[Match[str]]
+            hash_prefix = r.group(1) if r else None
+        download_url_to_file(url, cached_file, hash_prefix, progress=progress)
 
     if load_fn is not None:
         load_fn(model, cached_file)
@@ -179,15 +186,19 @@ def adapt_input_conv(in_chans, conv_weight):
 def load_pretrained(model, cfg=None, num_classes=1000, in_chans=3, filter_fn=None, strict=True, progress=False):
     if cfg is None:
         cfg = getattr(model, 'default_cfg')
-    if cfg is None or 'url' not in cfg or not cfg['url']:
+    if cfg is None or 'url' not in cfg or not cfg['url'] or 'hf_checkpoint' not in cfg or not cfg['hf_checkpoint']:
         _logger.warning("No pretrained weights exist for this model. Using random initialization.")
         return
 
-    # TODO, progress is ignored.
-    cached_filed = cached_download(
-        cfg['url'], library_name="timm", library_version=__version__, cache_dir=get_cache_dir()
-    )
-    state_dict = torch.load(cached_filed, map_location='cpu')
+    if cfg.get('hf_checkpoint') is not None:
+        # TODO, progress is ignored.
+        url = hf_hub_url(cfg['hf_checkpoint'], "pytorch_model.pth", revision=cfg.get('hf_revision'))
+        cached_filed = cached_download(
+            url, library_name="timm", library_version=__version__, cache_dir=get_cache_dir()
+        )
+        state_dict = torch.load(cached_filed, map_location='cpu')
+    else:
+        state_dict = load_state_dict_from_url(cfg['url'], progress=progress, map_location='cpu')
     if filter_fn is not None:
         state_dict = filter_fn(state_dict)
 
diff --git a/timm/models/registry.py b/timm/models/registry.py
index 3317eece..8930c1ae 100644
--- a/timm/models/registry.py
+++ b/timm/models/registry.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def register_model(fn):
         # this will catch all models that have entrypoint matching cfg key, but miss any aliasing
         # entrypoints or non-matching combos
         has_pretrained = 'url' in mod.default_cfgs[model_name] and 'http' in mod.default_cfgs[model_name]['url']
+        has_pretrained = has_pretrained or 'hf_checkpoint' in mod.default_cfgs[model_name]
     if has_pretrained:
         _model_has_pretrained.add(model_name)
     return fn
diff --git a/timm/models/resnet.py b/timm/models/resnet.py
index fb1052f2..64760a6d 100644
--- a/timm/models/resnet.py
+++ b/timm/models/resnet.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ default_cfgs = {
         url='https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/releases/download/v0.1-weights/resnet50_ram-a26f946b.pth',
         interpolation='bicubic'),
     'resnet50d': _cfg(
-        url='https://huggingface.co/sgugger/resnet50d/resolve/main/pytorch_model.pth',
+        url='https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/releases/download/v0.1-weights/resnet50d_ra2-464e36ba.pth',
+        hf_revision="master", hf_model_id="sgugger/resnet50d",
         interpolation='bicubic', first_conv='conv1.0'),
     'resnet101': _cfg(url='', interpolation='bicubic'),
     'resnet101d': _cfg(