diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
    - *bztar*: bzip2'ed tar-file (if the :mod:`bz2` module is available.)
    - *tar*: uncompressed tar file
    - *zip*: ZIP file
+   - *zip64*: ZIP64 file
 
    You can register new formats or provide your own archiver for any existing
    formats, by using :func:`register_archive_format`.
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@
    - *bztar*: bzip2'ed tar-file (if the :mod:`bz2` module is available.)
    - *tar*: uncompressed tar file
    - *zip*: ZIP file
+   - *zip64*: ZIP64 file
 
    You can register new formats or provide your own unpacker for any existing
    formats, by using :func:`register_unpack_format`.
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@
             "could neither import the 'zipfile' module nor "
             "find a standalone zip utility") % zip_filename
 
-def _make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir, verbose=0, dry_run=0, logger=None):
+def _make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir, zip64=False, verbose=0, dry_run=0,
+                  logger=None):
     """Create a zip file from all the files under 'base_dir'.
 
     The output zip file will be named 'base_name' + ".zip".  Uses either the
@@ -680,7 +681,8 @@
 
         if not dry_run:
             zip = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, "w",
-                                  compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+                                  compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,
+                                  allowZip64=zip64)
 
             for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(base_dir):
                 for name in filenames:
@@ -696,7 +698,8 @@
 _ARCHIVE_FORMATS = {
     'gztar': (_make_tarball, [('compress', 'gzip')], "gzip'ed tar-file"),
     'tar':   (_make_tarball, [('compress', None)], "uncompressed tar file"),
-    'zip':   (_make_zipfile, [], "ZIP file")
+    'zip':   (_make_zipfile, [('zip64', False)], "ZIP file"),
+    'zip64': (_make_zipfile, [('zip64', True)], "ZIP64 file")
     }
 
 if _BZ2_SUPPORTED:
@@ -777,7 +780,7 @@
     for arg, val in format_info[1]:
         kwargs[arg] = val
 
-    if format != 'zip':
+    if func != _make_zipfile:
         kwargs['owner'] = owner
         kwargs['group'] = group
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -1046,6 +1046,13 @@
         res = make_archive(base_name, 'zip', root_dir, base_dir)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(res))
 
+        res = make_archive(base_name, 'zip64', root_dir, base_dir,
+                           owner=owner, group=group)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(res))
+
+        res = make_archive(base_name, 'zip64', root_dir, base_dir)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(res))
+
         res = make_archive(base_name, 'tar', root_dir, base_dir,
                            owner=owner, group=group)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(res))
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@
 Steve Majewski
 Grzegorz Makarewicz
 David Malcolm
+William Mallard
 Ken Manheimer
 Vladimir Marangozov
 Colin Marc