diff -r 52ecb629a634 -r 30c87c859277 core/src/luan/modules/Io.luan
--- a/core/src/luan/modules/Io.luan	Tue May 17 16:42:47 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/modules/Io.luan	Tue May 17 19:00:25 2016 -0600
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 M.read_console_line = IoLuan.read_console_line
 M.schemes = IoLuan.newSchemes()
 M.uri = IoLuan.uri
+M.zip = IoLuan.zip
 M.stdin = IoLuan.defaultStdin.table()
 M.socket_server = IoLuan.socket_server
 M.stdout = IoLuan.textWriter(System.out)

diff -r 52ecb629a634 -r 30c87c859277 core/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java
--- a/core/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Tue May 17 16:42:47 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Tue May 17 19:00:25 2016 -0600
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import luan.Luan;
 import luan.LuanState;
 import luan.LuanTable;
@@ -712,6 +715,36 @@
 	}
 
 
+	// files maps zip name to uri
+	public static void zip(LuanState luan,String zipUri,LuanTable files) throws LuanException, IOException {
+		Object obj = uri(luan,zipUri).rawGet("java");
+		if( !(obj instanceof LuanIO) )
+			throw new LuanException("invalid uri for zip");
+		LuanIO zipIo = (LuanIO)obj;
+		ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(zipIo.outputStream());
+		for( Map.Entry<Object,Object> entry : files.iterable(luan) ) {
+			obj = entry.getKey();
+			if( !(obj instanceof String) )
+				throw new LuanException("zip file table keys must be strings");
+			String fileName = (String)obj;
+			obj = entry.getValue();
+			if( !(obj instanceof String) )
+				throw new LuanException("zip file table values must be strings");
+			String uriStr = (String)obj;
+			out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(fileName));
+			obj = uri(luan,uriStr).rawGet("java");
+			if( !(obj instanceof LuanIn) )
+				throw new LuanException("invalid uri for zip");
+			LuanIn zipIn = (LuanIn)obj;
+			InputStream in = zipIn.inputStream();
+			Utils.copyAll(in,out);
+			in.close();
+			out.closeEntry();
+		}
+		out.close();
+	}
+
+
 	// security
 
 	public interface Security {