diff --git a/ext/misc/zipfile.c b/ext/misc/zipfile.c
index bcee873044..cf9666a7ae 100644
--- a/ext/misc/zipfile.c
+++ b/ext/misc/zipfile.c
@@ -680,6 +680,54 @@ static int zipfileRegister(sqlite3 *db){
 # define zipfileRegister(x) SQLITE_OK
 #endif
 
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+/*
+** zipfile_uncompress(DATA, SZ, METHOD)
+*/
+static void zipfileUncompressFunc(
+  sqlite3_context *context,
+  int argc,
+  sqlite3_value **argv
+){
+  int iMethod;
+
+  iMethod = sqlite3_value_int(argv[2]);
+  if( iMethod==0 ){
+    sqlite3_result_value(context, argv[0]);
+  }else if( iMethod==8 ){
+    Byte *res;
+    int sz = sqlite3_value_int(argv[1]);
+    z_stream str;
+    memset(&str, 0, sizeof(str));
+    str.next_in = (Byte*)sqlite3_value_blob(argv[0]);
+    str.avail_in = sqlite3_value_bytes(argv[0]);
+    res = str.next_out = (Byte*)sqlite3_malloc(sz);
+    if( res==0 ){
+      sqlite3_result_error_nomem(context);
+    }else{
+      int err;
+      str.avail_out = sz;
+
+      err = inflateInit2(&str, -15);
+      if( err!=Z_OK ){
+        zipfileCtxErrorMsg(context, "inflateInit2() failed (%d)", err);
+      }else{
+        err = inflate(&str, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+        if( err!=Z_STREAM_END ){
+          zipfileCtxErrorMsg(context, "inflate() failed (%d)", err);
+        }else{
+          sqlite3_result_blob(context, res, sz, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+        }
+      }
+      sqlite3_free(res);
+      inflateEnd(&str);
+    }
+  }else{
+    zipfileCtxErrorMsg(context, "unrecognized compression method: %d", iMethod);
+  }
+}
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 __declspec(dllexport)
 #endif
@@ -691,6 +739,10 @@ int sqlite3_zipfile_init(
   int rc = SQLITE_OK;
   SQLITE_EXTENSION_INIT2(pApi);
   (void)pzErrMsg;  /* Unused parameter */
+  rc = sqlite3_create_function(db, "zipfile_uncompress", 3,
+      SQLITE_UTF8, 0, zipfileUncompressFunc, 0, 0
+  );
+  if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) return rc;
   return zipfileRegister(db);
 }
 
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index a788cbbd26..0cc3ca2bdd 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Add\snew\sfile\sext/misc/zipfile.c,\scontaining\sa\svirtual\stable\sfor\sread-only\naccess\sto\ssimple\szip\sarchives.
-D 2017-12-26T20:39:58.777
+C Have\sthe\sshell\stool\s".ar\s--list"\sand\s".ar\s--extract"\scommands\ssupport\szip\nfiles.\sCurrently\sthe\s"-zip"\sswitch\sis\srequired.
+D 2017-12-27T18:54:11.166
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in ceb40bfcb30ebba8e1202b34c56ff7e13e112f9809e2381d99be32c2726058f5
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ F ext/misc/vfsstat.c bf10ef0bc51e1ad6756629e1edb142f7a8db1178
 F ext/misc/vtablog.c 31d0d8f4406795679dcd3a67917c213d3a2a5fb3ea5de35f6e773491ed7e13c9
 F ext/misc/vtshim.c 1976e6dd68dd0d64508c91a6dfab8e75f8aaf6cd
 F ext/misc/wholenumber.c 784b12543d60702ebdd47da936e278aa03076212
-F ext/misc/zipfile.c 9736694a5eb029397e769f06517250be8b8e3836f4869246bfb60942a4047227
+F ext/misc/zipfile.c 96148b78b56664fe82f774e50dcdf6c83d693a1449b88011eba00cd6c697fedf
 F ext/rbu/rbu.c ea7d1b7eb44c123a2a619332e19fe5313500705c4a58aaa1887905c0d83ffc2e
 F ext/rbu/rbu1.test 43836fac8c7179a358eaf38a8a1ef3d6e6285842
 F ext/rbu/rbu10.test 1846519a438697f45e9dcb246908af81b551c29e1078d0304fae83f1fed7e9ee
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ F src/random.c 80f5d666f23feb3e6665a6ce04c7197212a88384
 F src/resolve.c bbee7e31d369a18a2f4836644769882e9c5d40ef4a3af911db06410b65cb3730
 F src/rowset.c 7b7e7e479212e65b723bf40128c7b36dc5afdfac
 F src/select.c 8b22abe193e4d8243befa2038e4ae2405802fed1c446e5e502d11f652e09ba74
-F src/shell.c.in 1c927f9407fa4e58ed114577971525209ea12a293d25fe689d1973d9fef17f74
+F src/shell.c.in d1be3030ee7afbbfb67972e4614b6d08dcae2e76460114d6b200fd28d0f008fb
 F src/sqlite.h.in 2126192945019d4cdce335cb236b440a05ec75c93e4cd94c9c6d6e7fcc654cc4
 F src/sqlite3.rc 5121c9e10c3964d5755191c80dd1180c122fc3a8
 F src/sqlite3ext.h c02d628cca67f3889c689d82d25c3eb45e2c155db08e4c6089b5840d64687d34
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 150f07fec1e6d1fc0601820d717d8712fc513fe0d4bed67c8679eb51bca30d53
-R ab04bfd243997fb0b46867b0347c7799
+P 8e366b99b13d765d8bf000a7ec5919e582702e51dc07c27a746b6002898a2302
+R 0d0cb33644ad535bd9f83812fd2ec78d
 U dan
-Z 06eecfc1ea586319973b447240342e1d
+Z 54715bdb695d1dc399a9b1cd512f6d24
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 85c9e9cdf5..6167e93eb4 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8e366b99b13d765d8bf000a7ec5919e582702e51dc07c27a746b6002898a2302
\ No newline at end of file
+a532a0f6fd59e81086d46f09151ba7fb26725198231d902c71d0f95cb01dbe91
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index b3ef375c0b..15a018bb9c 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -4238,7 +4238,13 @@ static void shellReset(
   sqlite3_stmt *pStmt
 ){
   int rc = sqlite3_reset(pStmt);
-  if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK ) *pRc = rc;
+  if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK ){
+    if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
+      sqlite3 *db = sqlite3_db_handle(pStmt);
+      raw_printf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+    }
+    *pRc = rc;
+  }
 }
 
 /* 
@@ -4250,6 +4256,7 @@ struct ArCommand {
   const char *zFile;              /* --file argument, or NULL */
   const char *zDir;               /* --directory argument, or NULL */
   int bVerbose;                   /* True if --verbose */
+  int bZip;                       /* True if --zip */
   int nArg;                       /* Number of command arguments */
   char **azArg;                   /* Array of command arguments */
 };
@@ -4315,6 +4322,7 @@ static int arErrorMsg(const char *zFmt, ...){
 #define AR_SWITCH_VERBOSE   6
 #define AR_SWITCH_FILE      7
 #define AR_SWITCH_DIRECTORY 8
+#define AR_SWITCH_ZIP       9
 
 static int arProcessSwitch(ArCommand *pAr, int eSwitch, const char *zArg){
   switch( eSwitch ){
@@ -4332,6 +4340,9 @@ static int arProcessSwitch(ArCommand *pAr, int eSwitch, const char *zArg){
     case AR_SWITCH_VERBOSE:
       pAr->bVerbose = 1;
       break;
+    case AR_SWITCH_ZIP:
+      pAr->bZip = 1;
+      break;
 
     case AR_SWITCH_FILE:
       pAr->zFile = zArg;
@@ -4368,7 +4379,8 @@ static int arParseCommand(
     { 'h', "help",      AR_CMD_HELP, 0 },
     { 'v', "verbose",   AR_SWITCH_VERBOSE, 0 },
     { 'f', "file",      AR_SWITCH_FILE, 1 },
-    { 'C', "directory", AR_SWITCH_DIRECTORY, 1 }
+    { 'C', "directory", AR_SWITCH_DIRECTORY, 1 },
+    { 'z', "zip",       AR_SWITCH_ZIP, 0 }
   };
   int nSwitch = sizeof(aSwitch) / sizeof(struct ArSwitch);
   struct ArSwitch *pEnd = &aSwitch[nSwitch];
@@ -4501,7 +4513,12 @@ static int arCheckEntries(sqlite3 *db, ArCommand *pAr){
     int i;
     sqlite3_stmt *pTest = 0;
 
-    shellPrepare(db, &rc, "SELECT name FROM sqlar WHERE name=?", &pTest);
+    shellPreparePrintf(db, &rc, &pTest, "SELECT name FROM %s WHERE name=?1", 
+        pAr->bZip ? "zipfile(?2)" : "sqlar"
+    );
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pAr->bZip ){
+      sqlite3_bind_text(pTest, 2, pAr->zFile, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+    }
     for(i=0; i<pAr->nArg && rc==SQLITE_OK; i++){
       char *z = pAr->azArg[i];
       int n = strlen(z);
@@ -4564,7 +4581,9 @@ static void arWhereClause(
 ** Implementation of .ar "lisT" command. 
 */
 static int arListCommand(ShellState *p, sqlite3 *db, ArCommand *pAr){
-  const char *zSql = "SELECT name FROM sqlar WHERE %s"; 
+  const char *zSql = "SELECT name FROM %s WHERE %s"; 
+  const char *zTbl = (pAr->bZip ? "zipfile(?)" : "sqlar");
+
   char *zWhere = 0;
   sqlite3_stmt *pSql = 0;
   int rc;
@@ -4572,10 +4591,15 @@ static int arListCommand(ShellState *p, sqlite3 *db, ArCommand *pAr){
   rc = arCheckEntries(db, pAr);
   arWhereClause(&rc, pAr, &zWhere);
 
-  shellPreparePrintf(db, &rc, &pSql, zSql, zWhere);
+  shellPreparePrintf(db, &rc, &pSql, zSql, zTbl, zWhere);
+  if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pAr->bZip ){
+    sqlite3_bind_text(pSql, 1, pAr->zFile, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+  }
   while( rc==SQLITE_OK && SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pSql) ){
     raw_printf(p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0));
   }
+
+  shellFinalize(&rc, pSql);
   return rc;
 }
 
@@ -4587,8 +4611,18 @@ static int arExtractCommand(ShellState *p, sqlite3 *db, ArCommand *pAr){
   const char *zSql1 = 
     "SELECT "
     "  :1 || name, "
-    "  writefile(:1 || name, sqlar_uncompress(data, sz), mode, mtime) "
-    "FROM sqlar WHERE (%s) AND (data IS NULL OR :2 = 0)";
+    "  writefile(?1 || name, %s, mode, mtime) "
+    "FROM %s WHERE (%s) AND (data IS NULL OR ?2 = 0)";
+
+  const char *azExtraArg[] = { 
+    "sqlar_uncompress(data, sz)",
+    "zipfile_uncompress(data, sz, method)"
+  };
+  const char *azSource[] = {
+    "sqlar", "zipfile(?3)"
+  };
+
+
 
   struct timespec times[2];
   sqlite3_stmt *pSql = 0;
@@ -4615,9 +4649,15 @@ static int arExtractCommand(ShellState *p, sqlite3 *db, ArCommand *pAr){
   memset(times, 0, sizeof(times));
   times[0].tv_sec = time(0);
 
-  shellPreparePrintf(db, &rc, &pSql, zSql1, zWhere);
+  shellPreparePrintf(db, &rc, &pSql, zSql1, 
+      azExtraArg[pAr->bZip], azSource[pAr->bZip], zWhere
+  );
+
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
     sqlite3_bind_text(pSql, 1, zDir, -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
+    if( pAr->bZip ){
+      sqlite3_bind_text(pSql, 3, pAr->zFile, -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
+    }
 
     /* Run the SELECT statement twice. The first time, writefile() is called
     ** for all archive members that should be extracted. The second time,
@@ -4676,6 +4716,8 @@ static int arCreateUpdate(
   int i;                          /* For iterating through azFile[] */
   int rc;                         /* Return code */
 
+  assert( pAr->bZip==0 );
+
   rc = sqlite3_exec(db, "SAVEPOINT ar;", 0, 0, 0);
   if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) return rc;
 
@@ -4772,7 +4814,17 @@ static int arDotCommand(
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
     sqlite3 *db = 0;              /* Database handle to use as archive */
 
-    if( cmd.zFile ){
+    if( cmd.bZip ){
+      if( cmd.zFile==0 ){
+        raw_printf(stderr, "zip format requires a --file switch\n");
+        return SQLITE_ERROR;
+      }else
+      if( cmd.eCmd==AR_CMD_CREATE || cmd.eCmd==AR_CMD_UPDATE ){
+        raw_printf(stderr, "zip archives are read-only\n");
+        return SQLITE_ERROR;
+      }
+      db = pState->db;
+    }else if( cmd.zFile ){
       int flags;
       if( cmd.eCmd==AR_CMD_CREATE || cmd.eCmd==AR_CMD_UPDATE ){
         flags = SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE;