diff --git a/data/dp3-zip/data/countries.csv b/data/dp3-zip/data/countries.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bebe322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/dp3-zip/data/countries.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name,size
+gb,100
+us,200
+cn,300
diff --git a/data/dp3-zip/datapackage.json b/data/dp3-zip/datapackage.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f73480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/dp3-zip/datapackage.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "abc",
+  "resources": [
+    {
+      "name": "countries",
+      "format": "csv",
+      "path": "data/countries.csv",
+      "schema": {
+        "fields": [
+          {
+            "name": "name",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "size",
+            "type": "number"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 388bd51..b7cf544 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "jschardet": "^1.5.1",
     "json-pointer": "^0.6.0",
+    "jszip": "^3.1.5",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.11.0",
     "stream-to-async-iterator": "^0.2.0",
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
     "nyc": "^11.1.0",
     "sinon": "^2.1.0",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.9.0",
+    "tempy": "^0.2.1",
     "webpack": "^2.2.0",
     "webpack-bundle-size-analyzer": "^2.7.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/src/package.js b/src/package.js
index 378738a..61258e5 100644
--- a/src/package.js
+++ b/src/package.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
+const JSZip = require('jszip')
 const isEqual = require('lodash/isEqual')
 const isBoolean = require('lodash/isBoolean')
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash/cloneDeep')
@@ -177,8 +178,38 @@ class Package {
    */
   save(target) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const contents = JSON.stringify(this._currentDescriptor, null, 4)
-      fs.writeFile(target, contents, error => (!error) ? resolve() : reject(error))
+
+      // Save descriptor to json
+      if (target.endsWith('.json')) {
+        const contents = JSON.stringify(this._currentDescriptor, null, 4)
+        fs.writeFile(target, contents, error => (!error) ? resolve() : reject(error))
+
+      // Save package to zip
+      } else {
+
+        // Prepare zip
+        const zip = new JSZip()
+        const descriptor = cloneDeep(this._currentDescriptor)
+        for (const [index, resource] of this.resources.entries()) {
+          if (!resource.name) continue
+          if (!resource.local) continue
+          let path = `data/${resource.name}`
+          const format = resource.descriptor.format
+          if (format) path = `${path}.${format.toLowerCase()}`
+          descriptor.resources[index].path = path
+          zip.file(path, resource.rawRead())
+        }
+        zip.file('datapackage.json', JSON.stringify(descriptor, null, 4))
+
+        // Write zip
+        zip
+          .generateNodeStream({type: 'nodebuffer', streamFiles: true})
+          .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(target).on('error', error => reject(error)))
+          .on('error', error => reject(error))
+          .on('finish', () => resolve(true))
+
+      }
+
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/test/package.js b/test/package.js
index f53aec1..cb4a609 100644
--- a/test/package.js
+++ b/test/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
+const JSZip = require('jszip')
 const axios = require('axios')
 const sinon = require('sinon')
 const {assert} = require('chai')
+const {promisify} = require('util')
 const {catchError} = require('./helpers')
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash/cloneDeep')
 const AxiosMock = require('axios-mock-adapter')
@@ -674,4 +676,39 @@ describe('Package', () => {
 
   })
 
+  describe('#zip', () => {
+
+    it('should save package as a zip', async function() {
+      if (process.env.USER_ENV === 'browser') this.skip()
+
+      // Save as a zip
+      const dp = await Package.load('data/dp3-zip/datapackage.json')
+      const target = require('tempy').file({extension: 'zip'})
+      const result = await dp.save(target)
+      assert.ok(result)
+
+      // Assert file names
+      const zip = JSZip()
+      await zip.loadAsync(promisify(fs.readFile)(target))
+      assert.deepEqual(zip.file('datapackage.json').name, 'datapackage.json')
+      assert.deepEqual(zip.file('data/countries.csv').name, 'data/countries.csv')
+
+      // Assert contents
+      const descContents = await zip.file('datapackage.json').async('string')
+      const dataContents = await zip.file('data/countries.csv').async('string')
+      assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(descContents), dp.descriptor)
+      assert.deepEqual(dataContents, 'name,size\ngb,100\nus,200\ncn,300\n')
+
+    })
+
+    it('should raise saving package as a zip to the bad path', async function() {
+      if (process.env.USER_ENV === 'browser') this.skip()
+      const dp = await Package.load('data/dp3-zip/datapackage.json')
+      const error = await catchError(dp.save.bind(dp), 'non-existent/datapackage.zip')
+      assert.include(error.message, 'no such file or directory')
+      assert.include(error.message, 'non-existent/datapackage.zip')
+    })
+
+  })
+
 })