diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4cfe205d71..3942db5275 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ MODULES =					\
   gnu/packages/wget.scm				\
   gnu/packages/which.scm			\
   gnu/packages/xml.scm				\
-  gnu/packages/zile.scm
+  gnu/packages/zile.scm				\
+  gnu/packages/zip.scm
 
 
 GOBJECTS = $(MODULES:%.scm=%.go) guix/config.go
diff --git a/gnu/packages/zip.scm b/gnu/packages/zip.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..934acdc316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/zip.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages zip)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses)
+                #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'license:))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python))
+
+(define-public zip
+  (package
+    (name "zip")
+    (version "3.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/infozip/Zip%203.x%20%28latest%29/3.0/zip30.tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "0sb3h3067pzf3a7mlxn1hikpcjrsvycjcnj9hl9b1c3ykcgvps7h"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs `(("bzip2" ,bzip2)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f ; no test target
+       #:make-flags '("generic_gcc")
+       #:phases
+        (alist-replace
+         'configure
+         (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+           (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+             (copy-file "unix/Makefile" "Makefile")
+             (substitute* "Makefile" (("/usr/local") out))))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html")
+    (synopsis "Zip compression and file packing utility")
+    (description
+     "Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility. Zip is useful
+for packaging a set of files for distribution, for archiving files, and for
+saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files or directories.
+Zip puts one or more compressed files into a single ZIP archive, along with
+information about the files (name, path, date, time of last modification,
+protection, and check information to verify file integrity). An entire
+directory structure can be packed into a ZIP archive with a single command.
+
+Zip has one compression method (deflation) and can also store files without
+compression. Zip automatically chooses the better of the two for each file.
+Compression ratios of 2:1 to 3:1 are common for text files.")
+  (license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
+                               "See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
+
+(define-public unzip
+  (package (inherit zip)
+    (name "unzip")
+    (version "6.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/infozip/UnZip%206.x%20%28latest%29/UnZip%206.0/unzip60.tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "0dxx11knh3nk95p2gg2ak777dd11pr7jx5das2g49l262scrcv83"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    ;; no inputs; bzip2 is not supported, since not compiled with BZ_NO_STDIO
+    (arguments
+     `(#:make-flags '("generic_gcc")
+       #:phases
+        (alist-replace
+         'configure
+         (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+           (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+             (copy-file "unix/Makefile" "Makefile")
+             (substitute* "Makefile" (("/usr/local") out))))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html")
+    (synopsis "Unzip decompression and file extraction utility")
+    (description
+     "UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format
+(also called \"zipfiles\").
+
+UnZip lists, tests, or extracts files from a .zip archive. The default
+behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory
+(and subdirectories below it) all files from the specified zipfile.
+UnZip recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
+  (license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
+                               "See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
+
+(define-public zziplib
+  (package
+    (name "zziplib")
+    (version "0.13.62")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/zziplib/zziplib13/"
+                          version "/zziplib-"
+                          version ".tar.bz2"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "0nsjqxw017hiyp524p9316283jlf5piixc1091gkimhz38zh7f51"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)     ; for the documentation
+              ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+              ("python" ,python) ; for the documentation
+              ("zip" ,zip) ; to create test files
+              ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:parallel-tests? #f)) ; since test files are created on the fly
+    (home-page "http://zziplib.sourceforge.net/")
+    (synopsis "zziplib, a library for accessing zip files")
+    (description
+     "zziplib is a library based on zlib for accessing zip files.")
+    (license license:lgpl2.0+)))