diff --git a/conf.example.yml b/conf.example.yml
index f4cf528..37717c7 100644
--- a/conf.example.yml
+++ b/conf.example.yml
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ destination:
      bucket: your-bucket-name
      accesskey: your-access-key # can be an environment variable, just don't add a $ in front of it
      secretkey: your-secret-key # can be an environment variable, just don't add a $ in front of it
+     token: your-token # can be an environment variable, just don't add a $ in front of it
+     zip: false # if true, will zip the entire git repo into a single zip file and upload that instead
      usessl: true # wheter to use ssl or not
 cron: 0 22 * * * # optional - when cron is not provided, the program runs once and exits.
 # Otherwise, it runs according to the cron schedule.
diff --git a/gickup_spec.json b/gickup_spec.json
index ba07a9c..40c0e03 100644
--- a/gickup_spec.json
+++ b/gickup_spec.json
@@ -542,6 +542,10 @@
                             "token": {
                                 "type": "string",
                                 "description": "The token to authenticate against the S3 server"
+                            },
+                            "zip": {
+                                "type": "boolean",
+                                "description": "If true, zip the entire Git repo into a single zip file and upload that instead"
                             }
                         },
                         "additionalProperties": false
@@ -1107,4 +1111,4 @@
             "additionalProperties": false
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6dc67c0..3fabb43 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/metrics/prometheus"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/types"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/whatever"
+	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/zip"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -189,10 +190,14 @@ func backup(repos []types.Repo, conf *types.Conf) {
 			repotime := time.Now()
 			status := 0
 
+			logOp := "pushing"
+			if d.Zip {
+				logOp = "zipping and pushing"
+			}
 			log.Info().
 				Str("stage", "s3").
 				Str("url", d.Endpoint).
-				Msgf("pushing %s to %s", types.Blue(r.Name), d.Bucket)
+				Msgf("%s %s to %s", logOp, types.Blue(r.Name), d.Bucket)
 
 			if !cli.Dry {
 				tempname := fmt.Sprintf("s3-%x", repotime)
@@ -210,7 +215,8 @@ func backup(repos []types.Repo, conf *types.Conf) {
 				}
 
 				defer os.RemoveAll(tempdir)
-				_, err = local.TempClone(r, path.Join(tempdir, r.Name))
+				tempClonePath := path.Join(tempdir, r.Name)
+				_, err = local.TempClone(r, tempClonePath)
 				if err != nil {
 					if err == git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate {
 						log.Info().
@@ -241,6 +247,21 @@ func backup(repos []types.Repo, conf *types.Conf) {
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error().Str("stage", "s3").Str("endpoint", d.Endpoint).Str("bucket", d.Bucket).Msg(err.Error())
 				}
+
+				if d.Zip {
+					log.Info().
+						Msgf("zipping %s", types.Green(r.Name))
+					err := zip.Zip(tempClonePath, []string{tempClonePath})
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Error().
+							Str("stage", "zip").
+							Str("url", r.URL).
+							Str("repo", r.Name).
+							Msg(err.Error())
+						log.Error().Msgf("Skipping backup of %s due to error while zipping", r.Name)
+						continue
+					}
+				}
 				err = s3.UploadDirToS3(tempdir, d)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error().Str("stage", "s3").Str("endpoint", d.Endpoint).Str("bucket", d.Bucket).Msg(err.Error())
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index fefb75d..1a7285a 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ type S3Repo struct {
 	Region     string `yaml:"region"`
 	UseSSL     bool   `yaml:"usessl"`
 	Structured bool   `yaml:"structured"`
+	Zip        bool   `yaml:"zip"`
 }
 
 func (s3 S3Repo) GetKey(accessString string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/zip/zip.go b/zip/zip.go
index 320f8a6..a876508 100644
--- a/zip/zip.go
+++ b/zip/zip.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+// Create a Zip file `{repository}.zip` and recursively add the contents of all paths in the `tozip` array to it.
+// Deletes the original contents of `repository` such that only the newly created Zip file remains.
 func Zip(repository string, tozip []string) error {
 	file, err := os.Create(fmt.Sprintf("%s.zip", repository))
 	if err != nil {