diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index df026e02c..57b59afbc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
-Import-Package: org.eclipse.jgit.api;version="[2.2.0,2.3.0)",
+Import-Package: org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip;version="[1.3,2.0)",
+ org.eclipse.jgit.api;version="[2.2.0,2.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors;version="[2.2.0,2.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.awtui;version="[2.2.0,2.3.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.blame;version="[2.2.0,2.3.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
index 02d346365..5cf108420 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
       <artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Archive.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Archive.java
index 786524eca..ec937a3cc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Archive.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Archive.java
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 import java.lang.String;
 import java.lang.System;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveEntry;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ protected void run() throws Exception {
 		final TreeWalk walk = new TreeWalk(db);
 		final ObjectReader reader = walk.getObjectReader();
 		final MutableObjectId idBuf = new MutableObjectId();
-		final ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(outs);
+		final ZipArchiveOutputStream out = new ZipArchiveOutputStream(outs);
 
 		if (tree == null)
 			throw die(CLIText.get().treeIsRequired);
@@ -87,11 +87,12 @@ protected void run() throws Exception {
 				continue;
 
 			walk.getObjectId(idBuf, 0);
-			final ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(name);
+			final ZipArchiveEntry entry = new ZipArchiveEntry(name);
 			final ObjectLoader loader = reader.open(idBuf);
 			entry.setSize(loader.getSize());
-			out.putNextEntry(entry);
+			out.putArchiveEntry(entry);
 			loader.copyTo(out);
+			out.closeArchiveEntry();
 
 			if (mode != FileMode.REGULAR_FILE)
 				System.err.println(MessageFormat.format( //
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 891a023c0..085e00fef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
     <jsch-version>0.1.44-1</jsch-version>
     <junit-version>4.5</junit-version>
     <args4j-version>2.0.12</args4j-version>
+    <commons-compress-version>1.3</commons-compress-version>
     <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
     <jetty-version>7.6.0.v20120127</jetty-version>
     <clirr-version>2.4</clirr-version>
@@ -415,6 +416,12 @@
         <version>${servlet-api-version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons-compress-version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>