diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index b93f048..6ca0fa2 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ OffsetArrays = "6fe1bfb0-de20-5000-8ca7-80f57d26f881"
 OpenSSL = "4d8831e6-92b7-49fb-bdf8-b643e874388c"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 URIs = "5c2747f8-b7ea-4ff2-ba2e-563bfd36b1d4"
+ZipArchives = "49080126-0e18-4c2a-b176-c102e4b3760c"
 
 [compat]
 AWSS3 = "0.10"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ LRUCache = "1"
 OffsetArrays = "0.11, 1.0"
 OpenSSL = "1"
 URIs = "1"
+ZipArchives = "1"
 julia = "1.2"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/src/Storage/Storage.jl b/src/Storage/Storage.jl
index d1c6914..e6355b6 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Storage.jl
+++ b/src/Storage/Storage.jl
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ abstract type AbstractStore end
 
 #Define the interface
 """
-  storagesize(d::AbstractStore)
+  storagesize(d::AbstractStore, p::AbstractString)
 
-This function shall return the size of all data files in a store.
+This function shall return the size of all data files in a store at path `p`.
 """
 function storagesize end
 
@@ -168,3 +168,4 @@ include("s3store.jl")
 include("gcstore.jl")
 include("consolidated.jl")
 include("http.jl")
+include("zipstore.jl")
diff --git a/src/Storage/zipstore.jl b/src/Storage/zipstore.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e8bbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Storage/zipstore.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import ZipArchives
+
+"""
+    ZipStore
+
+A read only store that wraps an `AbstractVector{UInt8}` that contains a zip file.
+"""
+struct ZipStore{T <: AbstractVector{UInt8}} <: AbstractStore
+    r::ZipArchives.ZipBufferReader{T}
+end
+
+
+ZipStore(data::AbstractVector{UInt8}) = ZipStore(ZipArchives.ZipBufferReader(data))
+
+Base.show(io::IO,::ZipStore) = print(io,"Read Only Zip Storage")
+
+function Base.getindex(d::ZipStore, k::AbstractString)::Union{Nothing, Vector{UInt8}}
+    i = ZipArchives.zip_findlast_entry(d.r, k)
+    if isnothing(i)
+        nothing
+    else
+        ZipArchives.zip_readentry(d.r, i)
+    end
+end
+
+_make_prefix(p)::String =(isempty(p) || endswith(p,'/')) ? p : p*'/'
+
+function storagesize(d::ZipStore, p)::Int64
+    prefix::String = _make_prefix(p)
+    s::Int128 = Int128(0)
+    for i in 1:ZipArchives.zip_nentries(d.r)
+        name = ZipArchives.zip_name(d.r, i)
+        if startswith(name, prefix)
+            filename = last(split(name, '/'))
+            if !in(filename,(".zattrs",".zarray",".zgroup"))
+                s += ZipArchives.zip_uncompressed_size(d.r, i)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    s
+end
+
+function subdirs(d::ZipStore, p)::Vector{String}
+    prefix::String = _make_prefix(p)
+    o = Set{String}()
+    for i in 1:ZipArchives.zip_nentries(d.r)
+        name = ZipArchives.zip_name(d.r, i)
+        if startswith(name, prefix) && !endswith(name, '/')
+            chopped_name = SubString(name, 1+ncodeunits(prefix))
+            if '/' ∈ chopped_name
+                push!(o, first(split(chopped_name, '/')))
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    collect(o)
+end
+function subkeys(d::ZipStore, p)::Vector{String}
+    prefix::String = _make_prefix(p)
+    o = Set{String}()
+    for i in 1:ZipArchives.zip_nentries(d.r)
+        name = ZipArchives.zip_name(d.r, i)
+        if startswith(name, prefix) && !endswith(name, '/')
+            chopped_name = SubString(name, 1+ncodeunits(prefix))
+            if '/' ∉ chopped_name
+                push!(o, chopped_name)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    collect(o)
+end
+
+# Zip archives are generally append only
+# so it doesn't quite work to make ZipStore writable. 
+# The idea is if you want a zipfile, you should first use one of the 
+# regular mutable stores, then save it to a zip archive.
+"""
+    writezip(io::IO, s::AbstractStore, p)
+
+Write an AbstractStore to an IO as a zip archive.
+"""
+function writezip(io::IO, s::AbstractStore, p=""; kwargs...)
+    ZipArchives.ZipWriter(io; kwargs...) do w
+        _writezip(w, s, String(p))
+    end
+end
+function _writezip(w::ZipArchives.ZipWriter, s::AbstractStore, p::String)
+    for subkey in subkeys(s, p)
+        fullname = _make_prefix(p)*subkey
+        data = getindex(s, fullname)
+        if !isnothing(data)
+            ZipArchives.zip_writefile(w, fullname, data)
+        end
+    end
+    for subdir in subdirs(s, p)
+        _writezip(w, s, _make_prefix(p)*subdir)
+    end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ZGroup.jl b/src/ZGroup.jl
index 8bc54be..acecf2b 100644
--- a/src/ZGroup.jl
+++ b/src/ZGroup.jl
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ function zcreate(::Type{T},g::ZGroup, name::AbstractString, addargs...; kwargs..
 end
 
 HTTP.serve(s::Union{ZArray,ZGroup}, args...; kwargs...) = HTTP.serve(s.storage, s.path, args...; kwargs...)
+writezip(io::IO, s::Union{ZArray,ZGroup}; kwargs...) = writezip(io, s.storage, s.path; kwargs...)
 function consolidate_metadata(z::Union{ZArray,ZGroup}) 
   z.writeable || throw(Base.IOError("Zarr group is not writeable. Please re-open in write mode to create an array",0))
   consolidate_metadata(z.storage,z.path)
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 352bb8c..008ae2a 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Conda = "8f4d0f93-b110-5947-807f-2305c1781a2d"
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
 JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 Minio = "4281f0d9-7ae0-406e-9172-b7277c1efa20"
+Mmap = "a63ad114-7e13-5084-954f-fe012c677804"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 PyCall = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
diff --git a/test/python.jl b/test/python.jl
index 8124e6e..86a72ca 100644
--- a/test/python.jl
+++ b/test/python.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ###
 @testset "Python zarr implementation" begin
 
+import Mmap
 using PyCall
 import PyCall: @py_str
 #If we are on conda, import zarr
@@ -48,10 +49,16 @@ for t in dtypes, co in compressors
     a = zcreate(t, g,string("azerodim",t,compstr), compressor=comp)
     a[] = testzerodimarrays[t]
 end
+#Also save as zip file.
+open(pjulia*".zip";write=true) do io
+    Zarr.writezip(io, g)
+end
+
 # Test reading in python
+for julia_path in (pjulia, pjulia*".zip")
 py"""
 import zarr
-g = zarr.open_group($pjulia)
+g = zarr.open_group($julia_path)
 gatts = g.attrs
 """
 
@@ -111,6 +118,10 @@ for i=1:length(dtypes), co in compressors
     @test py"ar.shape" == ()
     @test convert(t, py"ar[()]") == testzerodimarrays[t]
 end
+py"""
+g.store.close()
+"""
+end
 
 ## Now the other way around, we create a zarr array using the python lib and read back into julia
 data = rand(Int32,2,6,10)
@@ -160,6 +171,37 @@ a1[:,1,1] = 1:10
 @test a1[:,1,1] == 1:10
 # Test reading the string array
 @test String(g["a2"][:])=="hallo"
+
+
+# Test zip file can be read
+ppythonzip = ppython*".zip"
+py"""
+import numcodecs
+import numpy as np
+store = zarr.ZipStore($ppythonzip, mode="w")
+g = zarr.group(store=store)
+g.attrs["groupatt"] = "Hi"
+z1 = g.create_dataset("a1", shape=(2,6,10),chunks=(1,2,3), dtype='i4')
+z1[:,:,:]=$data
+z1.attrs["test"]={"b": 6}
+z2 = g.create_dataset("a2", shape=(5,),chunks=(5,), dtype='S1', compressor=numcodecs.Zlib())
+z2[:]=[k for k in 'hallo']
+z3 = g.create_dataset('a3', shape=(2,), dtype=str)
+z3[:]=np.asarray(['test1', 'test234'], dtype='O')
+store.close()
+"""
+
+g = zopen(Zarr.ZipStore(Mmap.mmap(ppythonzip)))
+@test g isa Zarr.ZGroup
+@test g.attrs["groupatt"] == "Hi"
+a1 = g["a1"]
+@test a1 isa ZArray
+@test a1[:,:,:]==permutedims(data,(3,2,1))
+@test a1.attrs["test"]==Dict("b"=>6)
+# Test reading the string array
+@test String(g["a2"][:])=="hallo"
+@test g["a3"] == ["test1", "test234"]
+
 end
 
 @testset "Python datetime types" begin
diff --git a/test/storage.jl b/test/storage.jl
index 1dde7b8..0fd9d0c 100644
--- a/test/storage.jl
+++ b/test/storage.jl
@@ -49,6 +49,77 @@ function test_store_common(ds)
   @test !Zarr.isemptysub(ds,"bar/")
 end
 
+"""
+Function to test the interface of a read only AbstractStore. Every complete implementation should pass this test.
+
+`converter` is a function that takes a Zarr.DictStore, and converts it to a read only store.
+
+`closer` is a function that gets called to close the read only store.
+"""
+function test_read_only_store_common(converter, closer=Returns(nothing))
+  ds = Zarr.DictStore()
+  rs = converter(ds)
+  @test !Zarr.is_zgroup(rs,"")
+
+  closer(rs)
+  ds[".zgroup"]=rand(UInt8,50)
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  @test haskey(rs,".zgroup")
+
+  @test Zarr.is_zgroup(rs,"")
+  @test !Zarr.is_zarray(rs,"")
+
+  @test isempty(Zarr.subdirs(rs,""))
+  @test sort(collect(Zarr.subkeys(rs,"")))==[".zgroup"]
+
+  #Create a subgroup
+  @test !Zarr.is_zarray(rs,"bar")
+
+  closer(rs)
+  ds["bar/.zarray"] = rand(UInt8,50)
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  @test Zarr.is_zarray(rs,"bar")
+  @test Zarr.subdirs(rs,"") == ["bar"]
+  @test Zarr.subdirs(rs,"bar") == String[]
+  #Test getindex and setindex
+  data = rand(UInt8,50)
+
+  closer(rs)
+  ds["bar/0.0.0"] = data
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  @test rs["bar/0.0.0"]==data
+  @test Zarr.storagesize(rs,"bar")==50
+  @test Zarr.isinitialized(rs,"bar/0.0.0")
+  @test !Zarr.isinitialized(rs,"bar/0.0.1")
+
+  closer(rs)
+  Zarr.writeattrs(ds,"bar",Dict("a"=>"b"))
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  @test Zarr.getattrs(rs,"bar")==Dict("a"=>"b")
+
+  closer(rs)
+  delete!(ds,"bar/0.0.0")
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  @test !Zarr.isinitialized(rs,"bar",CartesianIndex((0,0,0)))
+  @test !Zarr.isinitialized(rs,"bar/0.0.0")
+
+  closer(rs)
+  ds["bar/0.0.0"] = data
+  rs = converter(ds)
+
+  #Add tests for empty storage
+  @test Zarr.isemptysub(rs,"ba")
+  @test Zarr.isemptysub(rs,"ba/")
+  @test !Zarr.isemptysub(rs,"bar")
+  @test !Zarr.isemptysub(rs,"bar/")
+  closer(rs)
+end
+
 @testset "DirectoryStore" begin
   A = fill(1.0, 30, 20)
   chunks = (5,10)
@@ -145,5 +216,35 @@ end
   @test g2.attrs == Dict("groupatt"=>5)
   @test g2["a1"].attrs == Dict("arratt"=>2.5)
   @test g2["a1"][:,:] == reshape(1:200,10,20)
+  
+  # The following test doesn't pass, but maybe should?
+  # test_read_only_store_common() do ds
+  #   # This converts a DictStore to a read only ConsolidatedStore HTTPStore
+  #   @async HTTP.serve(ds,"",ip,port,server=server)
+  #   Zarr.ConsolidatedStore(Zarr.HTTPStore("http://$ip:$port"),"")
+  # end
   close(server)
 end
+
+@testset "Zip Storage" begin
+  s = Zarr.DictStore()
+  g = zgroup(s, attrs = Dict("groupatt"=>5))
+  a = zcreate(Int,g,"a1",10,20,chunks=(5,5),attrs=Dict("arratt"=>2.5))
+  a .= reshape(1:200,10,20)
+  io = IOBuffer()
+  Zarr.writezip(io, g)
+  data = take!(io)
+  ds = Zarr.ZipStore(data)
+  @test sprint(show, ds) == "Read Only Zip Storage"
+  g2 = zopen(ds)
+  @test g2.attrs == Dict("groupatt"=>5)
+  @test g2["a1"].attrs == Dict("arratt"=>2.5)
+  @test g2["a1"][:,:] == reshape(1:200,10,20)
+
+  test_read_only_store_common() do ds
+    # This converts a DictStore to a read only ZipStore
+    io = IOBuffer()
+    Zarr.writezip(io, ds)
+    Zarr.ZipStore(take!(io))
+  end
+end