diff --git a/src/Composer/Factory.php b/src/Composer/Factory.php
index f829cb459..1514dfbc2 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Factory.php
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ class Factory
         }
 
         $am = new Archiver\ArchiveManager($dm);
+        $am->addArchiver(new Archiver\ZipArchiver);
         $am->addArchiver(new Archiver\PharArchiver);
 
         return $am;
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiver.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiver.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaf42ed56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
+
+use ZipArchive;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jan Prieser <jan@prieser.net>
+ */
+class ZipArchiver implements ArchiverInterface
+{
+    protected static $formats = array(
+        'zip' => 1
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function archive($sources, $target, $format, array $excludes = array())
+    {
+        $sources = realpath($sources);
+        $zip = new ZipArchive();
+        $res = $zip->open($target, ZipArchive::CREATE);
+        if ($res === true) {
+            $files = new ArchivableFilesFinder($sources, $excludes);
+            foreach($files as $file) {
+                /** @var $file \SplFileInfo */
+                $filepath = $file->getPath()."/".$file->getFilename();
+                $localname = str_replace($sources."/", '', $filepath);
+                $zip->addFile($filepath, $localname);
+            }
+            if ($zip->close()) {
+                return $target;
+            }
+        }
+        $message = sprintf("Could not create archive '%s' from '%s': %s",
+            $target,
+            $sources,
+            $zip->getStatusString()
+        );
+        throw new \RuntimeException($message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function supports($format, $sourceType)
+    {
+        return isset(static::$formats[$format]) && $this->compressionAvailable();
+    }
+
+    private function compressionAvailable() {
+        return class_exists('ZipArchive');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiverTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiverTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13168573a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ZipArchiverTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Test\Package\Archiver;
+
+use Composer\Package\Archiver\ZipArchiver;
+
+class ZipArchiverTest extends ArchiverTest
+{
+
+    public function testZipArchive()
+    {
+        // Set up repository
+        $this->setupDummyRepo();
+        $package = $this->setupPackage();
+        $target  = sys_get_temp_dir().'/composer_archiver_test.zip';
+
+        // Test archive
+        $archiver = new ZipArchiver();
+        $archiver->archive($package->getSourceUrl(), $target, 'zip');
+        $this->assertFileExists($target);
+
+        unlink($target);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a local dummy repository to run tests against!
+     */
+    protected function setupDummyRepo()
+    {
+        $currentWorkDir = getcwd();
+        chdir($this->testDir);
+
+        $this->writeFile('file.txt', 'content', $currentWorkDir);
+        $this->writeFile('foo/bar/baz', 'content', $currentWorkDir);
+        $this->writeFile('foo/bar/ignoreme', 'content', $currentWorkDir);
+        $this->writeFile('x/baz', 'content', $currentWorkDir);
+        $this->writeFile('x/includeme', 'content', $currentWorkDir);
+
+        chdir($currentWorkDir);
+    }
+
+    protected function writeFile($path, $content, $currentWorkDir)
+    {
+        if (!file_exists(dirname($path))) {
+            mkdir(dirname($path), 0777, true);
+        }
+
+        $result = file_put_contents($path, 'a');
+        if (false === $result) {
+            chdir($currentWorkDir);
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not save file.');
+        }
+    }
+}