--- a/core/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Thu Jul 14 20:03:01 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Thu Jul 14 21:09:55 2016 -0600
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
@@ -331,11 +332,21 @@
 			return binaryWriter(new BufferedOutputStream(outputStream()));
 		}
 
-		public void zip(LuanState luan,String basePath,String... filePaths) throws LuanException, IOException {
-			if( filePaths.length == 0 ) {
+		public void zip(LuanState luan,String basePath,LuanTable filePathList) throws LuanException, IOException {
+			String[] filePaths;
+			if( filePathList==null ) {
 				File file = new File(basePath).getCanonicalFile();
 				filePaths = new String[]{file.toString()};
 				basePath = file.getParent();
+			} else {
+				List list = filePathList.asList();
+				filePaths = new String[list.size()];
+				for( int i=0; i<filePaths.length; i++ ) {
+					Object obj = list.get(i);
+					if( !(obj instanceof String) )
+						throw new LuanException("file paths must be strings");
+					filePaths[i] = (String)obj;
+				}
 			}
 			if( !basePath.endsWith("/") )
 				basePath += '/';
@@ -379,7 +390,7 @@
 					LuanIO.class.getMethod( "binary_writer" ), this
 				) );
 				tbl.rawPut( "zip", new LuanJavaFunction(
-					LuanIO.class.getMethod( "zip", LuanState.class, String.class, new String[0].getClass() ), this
+					LuanIO.class.getMethod( "zip", LuanState.class, String.class, LuanTable.class ), this
 				) );
 			} catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
 				throw new RuntimeException(e);