diff --git a/oscar/zip.cpp b/oscar/zip.cpp
index 3586d824..6a26fc10 100644
--- a/oscar/zip.cpp
+++ b/oscar/zip.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,34 @@ bool ZipFile::Add(const QDir & root)
 }
 
 bool ZipFile::Add(const QDir & inDir, const QString & prefix)
+{
+    bool ok;
+    FileQueue queue;
+    queue.Add(inDir, prefix);
+    ok = Add(queue);
+    return ok;
+}
+
+bool ZipFile::Add(const FileQueue & queue)
+{
+    bool ok;
+    
+    // TODO: add progress bar
+    qDebug() << "Adding" << queue.toString();
+    for (auto & entry : queue.files()) {
+        ok = Add(entry.path, entry.name);
+        if (!ok) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
+
+// ==================================================================================================
+
+bool FileQueue::Add(const QDir & inDir, const QString & prefix)
 {
     QDir dir(inDir);
     
@@ -124,6 +152,32 @@ bool ZipFile::Add(const QString & path, const QString & prefix)
     return ok;
 }
 
+bool FileQueue::Add(const QString & path, const QString & prefix)
+{
+    QFileInfo fi(path);
+    QString archive_name = prefix;
+    quint64 size;
+
+    if (fi.isDir()) {
+        m_dir_count++;
+        size = 0;
+    } else if (fi.exists()) {
+        m_file_count++;
+        size = fi.size();
+    } else {
+        qWarning() << "file doesn't exist" << path;
+        return false;
+    }
+    m_byte_count += size;
+    Entry entry = { path, archive_name };
+    m_files.append(entry);
+    return true;
+}
+
+const QString FileQueue::toString() const
+{
+    return QString("%1 directories, %2 files, %3 bytes").arg(m_dir_count).arg(m_file_count).arg(m_byte_count);
+}
 
 
 // ==================================================================================================
diff --git a/oscar/zip.h b/oscar/zip.h
index 96021004..8e830ae4 100644
--- a/oscar/zip.h
+++ b/oscar/zip.h
@@ -11,6 +11,36 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 
+class FileQueue
+{
+    struct Entry
+    {
+        QString path;
+        QString name;
+    };
+    QList<Entry> m_files;
+    int m_dir_count;
+    int m_file_count;
+    quint64 m_byte_count;
+
+public:
+    FileQueue() : m_dir_count(0), m_file_count(0), m_byte_count(0) {}
+    ~FileQueue() = default;
+
+    //!brief Recursively add a directory and its contents to the queue along with the prefix to be used in an archive.
+    bool Add(const QDir & dir, const QString & prefix="");
+    
+    //!brief Add a file to the queue along with the name to be used in an archive.
+    bool Add(const QString & path, const QString & archive_name="");
+
+    inline int dirCount() const { return m_dir_count; }
+    inline int fileCount() const { return m_file_count; }
+    inline quint64 byteCount() const { return m_byte_count; }
+    const QList<Entry> & files() const { return m_files; }
+    const QString toString() const;
+};
+
+
 class ZipFile
 {
 public:
@@ -20,7 +50,8 @@ public:
     bool Open(const QString & filepath);
     bool Add(const QDir & root);
     bool Add(const QDir & dir, const QString & archive_name);  // add a directory and recurse
-    bool Add(const QString & path, const QString & archive_name);  // add a file and recurse
+    bool Add(const QString & path, const QString & archive_name);  // add a single file
+    bool Add(const FileQueue & queue);  // add a fixed list of files
     void Close();
 
 protected: