diff --git a/lib/browser/app.js b/lib/browser/app.js
index 897345c2..6e9cef30 100644
--- a/lib/browser/app.js
+++ b/lib/browser/app.js
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ app.controller('AppController', function(
 
   this.selectImage = function() {
     return $q.when(dialog.selectImage()).then(function(image) {
+
+      // Avoid analytics and selection state changes
+      // if no file was resolved from the dialog.
+      if (!image) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       self.selection.setImage(image);
       AnalyticsService.logEvent('Select image', {
         image: image
diff --git a/lib/partials/main.html b/lib/partials/main.html
index 1c49c21c..580cd8ea 100644
--- a/lib/partials/main.html
+++ b/lib/partials/main.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <div class="space-vertical-large">
         <div ng-hide="app.selection.hasImage()">
           <hero-button ng-click="app.selectImage()">Select image</hero-button>
-          <p class="step-footer tiny">*supported files: .img, .iso</p>
+          <p class="step-footer tiny">*supported files: .img, .iso, .zip</p>
         </div>
         <div ng-show="app.selection.hasImage()">
           <span ng-bind="app.selection.getImage() | basename" ng-click="app.reselectImage()"></span>
diff --git a/lib/src/dialog.js b/lib/src/dialog.js
index 9dc088c0..4657cb1d 100644
--- a/lib/src/dialog.js
+++ b/lib/src/dialog.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 const electron = require('electron');
 const Bluebird = require('bluebird');
+const zipImage = require('resin-zip-image');
 
 /**
  * @summary Open an image selection dialog
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@ const Bluebird = require('bluebird');
  * @public
  *
  * @description
- * Notice that by image, we mean *.img/*.iso files.
+ * Notice that by image, we mean *.img/*.iso/*.zip files.
+ *
+ * If the user selects an invalid zip image, an error alert
+ * is shown, and the promise resolves `undefined`.
  *
  * @fulfil {String} - selected image
  * @returns {Promise};
@@ -41,15 +45,27 @@ exports.selectImage = function() {
       properties: [ 'openFile' ],
       filters: [
         {
-          name: 'IMG/ISO',
+          name: 'IMG/ISO/ZIP',
           extensions: [
+            'zip',
             'img',
             'iso'
           ]
         }
       ]
     }, resolve);
-  }).get(0);
+  }).get(0).then(function(file) {
+    if (zipImage.isZip(file) && !zipImage.isValidZipImage(file)) {
+      electron.dialog.showErrorBox(
+        'Invalid zip image',
+        'Etcher can only open Zip archives that contain exactly one image file inside.'
+      );
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return file;
+  });
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/src/writer.js b/lib/src/writer.js
index ac24fda1..fb9b2b49 100644
--- a/lib/src/writer.js
+++ b/lib/src/writer.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const imageWrite = require('resin-image-write');
+const zipImage = require('resin-zip-image');
 const Bluebird = require('bluebird');
 const umount = Bluebird.promisifyAll(require('umount'));
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -43,9 +44,17 @@ if (isWindows) {
  * const stream = writer.getImageStream('foo/bar/baz.img');
  */
 exports.getImageStream = function(image) {
+  if (zipImage.isZip(image)) {
+    if (!zipImage.isValidZipImage(image)) {
+      return Bluebird.reject(new Error('Invalid zip image'));
+    }
+
+    return zipImage.extractImage(image);
+  }
+
   let stream = fs.createReadStream(image);
   stream.length = fs.statSync(image).size;
-  return stream;
+  return Bluebird.resolve(stream);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -78,7 +87,8 @@ exports.getImageStream = function(image) {
  */
 exports.writeImage = function(image, drive, options, onProgress) {
   return umount.umountAsync(drive.device).then(function() {
-    let stream = exports.getImageStream(image);
+    return exports.getImageStream(image);
+  }).then(function(stream) {
     return imageWrite.write(drive.device, stream);
   }).then(function(writer) {
     return new Bluebird(function(resolve, reject) {
diff --git a/package.ignore b/package.ignore
index 15ee8571..ce775dac 100644
--- a/package.ignore
+++ b/package.ignore
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ node_modules/gulp*
 node_modules/jshint-stylish
 node_modules/mochainon
 node_modules/vinyl-*
+node_modules/rindle
+node_modules/tmp
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11317e5f..efca094a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.5.1",
     "ngstorage": "^0.3.10",
     "resin-image-write": "^2.0.5",
+    "resin-zip-image": "^1.1.1",
     "sudo-prompt": "^2.2.0",
     "trackjs": "^2.1.16",
     "umount": "^1.1.1",
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@
     "gulp-sass": "^2.0.4",
     "jshint": "^2.9.1",
     "jshint-stylish": "^2.0.1",
-    "mochainon": "^1.0.0"
+    "mochainon": "^1.0.0",
+    "rindle": "^1.3.0",
+    "tmp": "0.0.28"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/writer.spec.js b/tests/src/writer.spec.js
index 0feea72f..482bc382 100644
--- a/tests/src/writer.spec.js
+++ b/tests/src/writer.spec.js
@@ -2,27 +2,84 @@
 
 const m = require('mochainon');
 const ReadableStream = require('stream').Readable;
+const Bluebird = require('bluebird');
+const fs = Bluebird.promisifyAll(require('fs'));
 const path = require('path');
+const tmp = require('tmp');
+const rindle = require('rindle');
 const writer = require('../../lib/src/writer');
 
 describe('Writer:', function() {
 
   describe('.getImageStream()', function() {
 
-    describe('given a valid image', function() {
+    describe('given a valid image file', function() {
 
       beforeEach(function() {
         this.image = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'utils', 'data.random');
       });
 
-      it('should return a readable stream', function() {
-        const stream = writer.getImageStream(this.image);
-        m.chai.expect(stream).to.be.an.instanceof(ReadableStream);
+      it('should return a readable stream', function(done) {
+        writer.getImageStream(this.image).then(function(stream) {
+          m.chai.expect(stream).to.be.an.instanceof(ReadableStream);
+        }).nodeify(done);
       });
 
-      it('should append a .length property with the correct size', function() {
-        const stream = writer.getImageStream(this.image);
-        m.chai.expect(stream.length).to.equal(2097152);
+      it('should append a .length property with the correct size', function(done) {
+        writer.getImageStream(this.image).then(function(stream) {
+          m.chai.expect(stream.length).to.equal(2097152);
+        }).nodeify(done);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('given a valid image zip', function() {
+
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.image = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'utils', 'data.zip');
+      });
+
+      it('should return a readable stream', function(done) {
+        writer.getImageStream(this.image).then(function(stream) {
+          m.chai.expect(stream).to.be.an.instanceof(ReadableStream);
+        }).nodeify(done);
+      });
+
+      it('should append a .length property with the correct size', function(done) {
+        writer.getImageStream(this.image).then(function(stream) {
+          m.chai.expect(stream.length).to.equal(2097152);
+        }).nodeify(done);
+      });
+
+      it('should pipe the image from the zip', function(done) {
+        const tmpFile = tmp.tmpNameSync();
+        const image = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'utils', 'data.random');
+        const output = fs.createWriteStream(tmpFile);
+
+        writer.getImageStream(this.image).then(function(stream) {
+          return stream.pipe(output);
+        }).then(rindle.wait).then(function() {
+          return Bluebird.props({
+            output: fs.readFileAsync(tmpFile),
+            data: fs.readFileAsync(image)
+          });
+        }).then(function(results) {
+          m.chai.expect(results.output).to.deep.equal(results.data);
+          return fs.unlinkAsync(tmpFile);
+        }).nodeify(done);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('given an invalid image zip', function() {
+
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.image = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'utils', 'invalid.zip');
+      });
+
+      it('should be rejected with an error', function() {
+        const promise = writer.getImageStream(this.image);
+        m.chai.expect(promise).to.be.rejectedWith('Invalid zip image');
       });
 
     });
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