diff --git a/docs/modules.md b/docs/modules.md
index d7e95f9781..38c608e7b4 100644
--- a/docs/modules.md
+++ b/docs/modules.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ individual modules, please refer to the Starlib documentation.
 | Module | Description |
 | --- | --- |
 | [`compress/gzip.star`](https://github.com/qri-io/starlib/blob/master/compress/gzip) | gzip decompressing |
+| [`compress/zipfile.star`](https://github.com/qri-io/starlib/blob/master/zipfile) | zip decompressing |
 | [`encoding/base64.star`](https://github.com/qri-io/starlib/tree/master/encoding/base64) | Base 64 encoding and decoding |
 | [`encoding/csv.star`](https://github.com/qri-io/starlib/tree/master/encoding/csv) | CSV decoding |
 | [`encoding/json.star`](https://github.com/qri-io/starlib/tree/master/encoding/json) | JSON encoding and decoding |
diff --git a/runtime/applet.go b/runtime/applet.go
index 6a78aa8566..9b750dbc41 100644
--- a/runtime/applet.go
+++ b/runtime/applet.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	starlibhash "github.com/qri-io/starlib/hash"
 	starlibhtml "github.com/qri-io/starlib/html"
 	starlibre "github.com/qri-io/starlib/re"
+	starlibzip "github.com/qri-io/starlib/zipfile"
 	starlibjson "go.starlark.net/lib/json"
 	starlibmath "go.starlark.net/lib/math"
 	starlibtime "go.starlark.net/lib/time"
@@ -320,6 +321,19 @@ func (a *Applet) loadModule(thread *starlark.Thread, module string) (starlark.St
 			starlibgzip.Module.Name: starlibgzip.Module,
 		}, nil
 
+	case "compress/zipfile.star":
+		// Starlib expects you to load the ZipFile function directly, rather than having it be part of a namespace.
+		// Wraps this to be more consistent with other pixlet modules, as follows:
+		//   load("compress/zipfile.star", "zipfile")
+		//   archive = zipfile.ZipFile("/tmp/foo.zip")
+		m, _ := starlibzip.LoadModule()
+		return starlark.StringDict{
+			"zipfile": &starlarkstruct.Module{
+				Name: "zipfile",
+				Members: m,
+			},
+		}, nil
+
 	case "encoding/base64.star":
 		return starlibbase64.LoadModule()
 
diff --git a/runtime/applet_test.go b/runtime/applet_test.go
index 1ae0040a51..e48f97e3ab 100644
--- a/runtime/applet_test.go
+++ b/runtime/applet_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package runtime
 
 import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ def main():
 }
 
 func TestTimezoneDatabase(t *testing.T) {
-	src:= `
+	src := `
 load("render.star", "render")
 load("time.star", "time")
 def main():
@@ -279,4 +281,56 @@ def main():
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestZipModule(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a new zip file to read from starlark
+	// https://go.dev/src/archive/zip/example_test.go
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	w := zip.NewWriter(buf)
+	var files = []struct {
+		Name, Body string
+	}{
+		{"readme.txt", "This archive contains some text files."},
+		{"gopher.txt", "Gopher names:\nGeorge\nGeoffrey\nGonzo"},
+		{"todo.txt", "Get animal handling licence.\nWrite more examples."},
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		f, err := w.Create(file.Name)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = f.Write([]byte(file.Body))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	err := w.Close()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// override the print function of the thread so we can check we got correct
+	// values from the zip module.
+	var printedText []string
+	initializer := func(thread *starlark.Thread) *starlark.Thread {
+		thread.Print = func(thread *starlark.Thread, msg string) {
+			printedText = append(printedText, msg)
+		}
+		return thread
+	}
+
+	src := `
+load("compress/zipfile.star", "zipfile")
+def main(config):
+    z = zipfile.ZipFile(config.get("ZIP_BYTES"))
+    print(z.namelist())
+    zf = z.open("readme.txt")
+    print(zf.read())
+    return []
+`
+
+	app := &Applet{}
+	err = app.Load("test.star", []byte(src), nil)
+	_, err = app.Run(map[string]string{"ZIP_BYTES": buf.String()}, initializer)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{
+		"[\"readme.txt\", \"gopher.txt\", \"todo.txt\"]",
+		"This archive contains some text files.",
+	}, printedText)
+}
+
 // TODO: test Screens, especially Screens.Render()