diff --git a/desmume/configure.ac b/desmume/configure.ac
index 3f079040f..301ae90a1 100644
--- a/desmume/configure.ac
+++ b/desmume/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ dnl --- Other prerequisites ---
 dnl - Check for zlib
 AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzopen)
 
+dnl - Check for zziplib
+AC_CHECK_LIB(zzip, zzip_open)
+
 dnl - Check for SDL
 AC_PATH_PROGS(SDLCONFIG, [sdl-config sdl11-config])
 if test ! "x$SDLCONFIG" = "x" ; then
diff --git a/desmume/src/ROMReader.c b/desmume/src/ROMReader.c
index 15ff3744e..27072e484 100644
--- a/desmume/src/ROMReader.c
+++ b/desmume/src/ROMReader.c
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 #include "ROMReader.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZZIP
+#include <zzip/zzip.h>
+#endif
 
-ROMReader_struct * ROMReaderInit(const char ** filename)
+ROMReader_struct * ROMReaderInit(char ** filename)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 	if(!strcasecmp(".gz", *filename + (strlen(*filename) - 3)))
 	{
-		*filename -= 3;
+		(*filename)[strlen(*filename) - 3] = '\0';
 		return &GZIPROMReader;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		return &STDROMReader;
-	}
-#else
-	return &STDROMReader;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZZIP
+	if (!strcasecmp(".zip", *filename + (strlen(*filename) - 4)))
+	{
+		(*filename)[strlen(*filename) - 4] = '\0';
+		return &ZIPROMReader;
+	}
+#endif
+	return &STDROMReader;
 }
 
 void * STDROMReaderInit(const char * filename);
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ void GZIPROMReaderDeInit(void * file)
 u32 GZIPROMReaderSize(void * file)
 {
 	char useless[1024];
-	u32 size;
+	u32 size = 0;
 
 	/* FIXME this function should first save the current
 	 * position and restore it after size calculation */
@@ -125,3 +130,65 @@ int GZIPROMReaderRead(void * file, void * buffer, u32 size)
 	return gzread(file, buffer, size);
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZZIP
+void * ZIPROMReaderInit(const char * filename);
+void ZIPROMReaderDeInit(void *);
+u32 ZIPROMReaderSize(void *);
+int ZIPROMReaderSeek(void *, int, int);
+int ZIPROMReaderRead(void *, void *, u32);
+
+ROMReader_struct ZIPROMReader =
+{
+	ROMREADER_ZIP,
+	"Zip ROM Reader",
+	ZIPROMReaderInit,
+	ZIPROMReaderDeInit,
+	ZIPROMReaderSize,
+	ZIPROMReaderSeek,
+	ZIPROMReaderRead
+};
+
+void * ZIPROMReaderInit(const char * filename)
+{
+	ZZIP_DIRENT * dir = zzip_opendir(filename);
+	dir = zzip_readdir(dir);
+	if (dir != NULL)
+	{
+		char tmp1[1024];
+		char tmp2[1024];
+		strncpy(tmp1, filename, strlen(filename) - 4);
+		sprintf(tmp2, "%s/%s", tmp1, dir->d_name);
+		return zzip_fopen(tmp2, "rb");
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void ZIPROMReaderDeInit(void * file)
+{
+	zzip_close(file);
+}
+
+u32 ZIPROMReaderSize(void * file)
+{
+	char useless[1024];
+	u32 tmp;
+	u32 size = 0;
+
+	zzip_seek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+	size = zzip_tell(file);
+	zzip_seek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+int ZIPROMReaderSeek(void * file, int offset, int whence)
+{
+	return zzip_seek(file, offset, whence);
+}
+
+int ZIPROMReaderRead(void * file, void * buffer, u32 size)
+{
+	return zzip_read(file, buffer, size);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/desmume/src/ROMReader.h b/desmume/src/ROMReader.h
index 4ad867d5a..3db399504 100644
--- a/desmume/src/ROMReader.h
+++ b/desmume/src/ROMReader.h
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "types.h"
 
 #define ROMREADER_DEFAULT -1
-#define ROMREADER_STD 0
-#define ROMREADER_GZIP 1
+#define ROMREADER_STD	0
+#define ROMREADER_GZIP	1
+#define ROMREADER_ZIP	2
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -19,5 +20,8 @@ extern ROMReader_struct STDROMReader;
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 extern ROMReader_struct GZIPROMReader;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZZIP
+extern ROMReader_struct ZIPROMReader;
+#endif
 
-ROMReader_struct * ROMReaderInit(const char ** filename);
+ROMReader_struct * ROMReaderInit(char ** filename);
diff --git a/desmume/src/gtk/main.c b/desmume/src/gtk/main.c
index bf37c7d31..694c18b4f 100644
--- a/desmume/src/gtk/main.c
+++ b/desmume/src/gtk/main.c
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ static void *Open_Select(GtkWidget* widget, gpointer data)
 	gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(pFilter_nds, "*.nds");
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 	gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(pFilter_nds, "*.nds.gz");
-	gtk_file_filter_set_name(pFilter_nds, "Nds binary (.nds/.nds.gz)");
-#else
-	gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(pFilter_nds, "*.nds");
-	gtk_file_filter_set_name(pFilter_nds, "Nds binary (.nds)");
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZZIP
+	gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(pFilter_nds, "*.nds.zip");
+#endif
+	gtk_file_filter_set_name(pFilter_nds, "Nds binary (.nds)");
 	
 	pFilter_dsgba = gtk_file_filter_new();
 	gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(pFilter_dsgba, "*.ds.gba");