diff --git a/actions/archive.action.inc b/actions/archive.action.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4731590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/archive.action.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @todo
+ * Make this work with 'aggregate' => FALSE, so that it can handle a
+ * larger number of files.
+ */
+
+function views_bulk_operations_archive_action_info() {
+  return array('views_bulk_operations_archive_action' => array(
+    'type' => 'file',
+    'label' => t('Download archive of selected files'),
+    'configurable' => FALSE,
+    'aggregate' => TRUE,
+  ));
+}
+
+function views_bulk_operations_archive_action($files, $context) {
+  // Create zip file.
+  $zipfile = tempnam(file_directory_temp(), 'zip');
+  $zip = new ZipArchive();
+  if (!$zip->open($zipfile, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE | ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  foreach ($files as $file) {
+  $zip->addFile(drupal_realpath($file->uri),$file->filename);
+  }
+  $zip->close();
+
+  // Download zip file.
+  $zipname = 'files-'. date('Ymd-His') .'.zip';
+  header('Content-Type: application/zip');
+  header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='. $zipname);
+  header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
+  header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
+  header('Pragma: public');
+  header('Expires: 0');
+  header('Content-Length: '. filesize($zipfile));
+  readfile($zipfile);
+  unlink($zipfile);
+  exit;
+}
diff --git a/views_bulk_operations.module b/views_bulk_operations.module
index be9c24a..2512e0a 100644
--- a/views_bulk_operations.module
+++ b/views_bulk_operations.module
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function views_bulk_operations_load_action_includes() {
   // caching the result has its cost).
   $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'views_bulk_operations') . '/actions/';
   $files = array(
+    'archive.action.inc',
     'argument_selector.action.inc',
     'delete.action.inc',
     'script.action.inc',