diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00ff9d90..172cd129 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,3 +88,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "read_metadata"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "merge_archive"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/merge_archive.rs b/benches/merge_archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5cb26c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/merge_archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+use bencher::{benchmark_group, benchmark_main};
+
+use std::io::{Cursor, Read, Seek, Write};
+
+use bencher::Bencher;
+use getrandom::getrandom;
+use zip::{result::ZipResult, write::SimpleFileOptions, ZipArchive, ZipWriter};
+
+fn generate_random_archive(
+    num_entries: usize,
+    entry_size: usize,
+    options: SimpleFileOptions,
+) -> ZipResult<(usize, ZipArchive<Cursor<Vec<u8>>>)> {
+    let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+
+    let mut bytes = vec![0u8; entry_size];
+    for i in 0..num_entries {
+        let name = format!("random{}.dat", i);
+        zip.start_file(name, options)?;
+        getrandom(&mut bytes).unwrap();
+        zip.write_all(&bytes)?;
+    }
+
+    let buf = zip.finish()?.into_inner();
+    let len = buf.len();
+
+    Ok((len, ZipArchive::new(Cursor::new(buf))?))
+}
+
+fn perform_merge<R: Read + Seek, W: Write + Seek>(
+    src: ZipArchive<R>,
+    mut target: ZipWriter<W>,
+) -> ZipResult<ZipWriter<W>> {
+    target.merge_archive(src)?;
+    Ok(target)
+}
+
+fn perform_raw_copy_file<R: Read + Seek, W: Write + Seek>(
+    mut src: ZipArchive<R>,
+    mut target: ZipWriter<W>,
+) -> ZipResult<ZipWriter<W>> {
+    for i in 0..src.len() {
+        let entry = src.by_index(i)?;
+        target.raw_copy_file(entry)?;
+    }
+    Ok(target)
+}
+
+const NUM_ENTRIES: usize = 100;
+const ENTRY_SIZE: usize = 1024;
+
+fn merge_archive_stored(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored);
+    let (len, src) = generate_random_archive(NUM_ENTRIES, ENTRY_SIZE, options).unwrap();
+
+    bench.bytes = len as u64;
+
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+        let zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+        let mut zip = perform_merge(src.clone(), zip).unwrap();
+        let buf = zip.finish().unwrap().into_inner();
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), len);
+    });
+}
+
+fn merge_archive_compressed(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated);
+    let (len, src) = generate_random_archive(NUM_ENTRIES, ENTRY_SIZE, options).unwrap();
+
+    bench.bytes = len as u64;
+
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+        let zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+        let mut zip = perform_merge(src.clone(), zip).unwrap();
+        let buf = zip.finish().unwrap().into_inner();
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), len);
+    });
+}
+
+fn merge_archive_raw_copy_file_stored(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored);
+    let (len, src) = generate_random_archive(NUM_ENTRIES, ENTRY_SIZE, options).unwrap();
+
+    bench.bytes = len as u64;
+
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+        let zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+        let mut zip = perform_raw_copy_file(src.clone(), zip).unwrap();
+        let buf = zip.finish().unwrap().into_inner();
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), len);
+    });
+}
+
+fn merge_archive_raw_copy_file_compressed(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated);
+    let (len, src) = generate_random_archive(NUM_ENTRIES, ENTRY_SIZE, options).unwrap();
+
+    bench.bytes = len as u64;
+
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+        let zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+        let mut zip = perform_raw_copy_file(src.clone(), zip).unwrap();
+        let buf = zip.finish().unwrap().into_inner();
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), len);
+    });
+}
+
+benchmark_group!(
+    benches,
+    merge_archive_stored,
+    merge_archive_compressed,
+    merge_archive_raw_copy_file_stored,
+    merge_archive_raw_copy_file_compressed,
+);
+benchmark_main!(benches);
diff --git a/src/read.rs b/src/read.rs
index d0184941..70b53756 100644
--- a/src/read.rs
+++ b/src/read.rs
@@ -333,6 +333,67 @@ pub(crate) struct CentralDirectoryInfo {
 }
 
 impl<R: Read + Seek> ZipArchive<R> {
+    pub(crate) fn merge_contents<W: Write + io::Seek>(
+        &mut self,
+        mut w: W,
+    ) -> ZipResult<Vec<ZipFileData>> {
+        let mut new_files = self.shared.files.clone();
+        if new_files.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(vec![]);
+        }
+        /* The first file header will probably start at the beginning of the file, but zip doesn't
+         * enforce that, and executable zips like PEX files will have a shebang line so will
+         * definitely be greater than 0.
+         *
+         * assert_eq!(0, new_files[0].header_start); // Avoid this.
+         */
+
+        let new_initial_header_start = w.stream_position()?;
+        /* Push back file header starts for all entries in the covered files. */
+        new_files.iter_mut().try_for_each(|f| {
+            /* This is probably the only really important thing to change. */
+            f.header_start = f.header_start.checked_add(new_initial_header_start).ok_or(
+                ZipError::InvalidArchive("new header start from merge would have been too large"),
+            )?;
+            /* This is only ever used internally to cache metadata lookups (it's not part of the
+             * zip spec), and 0 is the sentinel value. */
+            f.central_header_start = 0;
+            /* This is an atomic variable so it can be updated from another thread in the
+             * implementation (which is good!). */
+            if let Some(old_data_start) = f.data_start.take() {
+                let new_data_start = old_data_start.checked_add(new_initial_header_start).ok_or(
+                    ZipError::InvalidArchive("new data start from merge would have been too large"),
+                )?;
+                f.data_start.get_or_init(|| new_data_start);
+            }
+            Ok::<_, ZipError>(())
+        })?;
+
+        /* Rewind to the beginning of the file.
+         *
+         * NB: we *could* decide to start copying from new_files[0].header_start instead, which
+         * would avoid copying over e.g. any pex shebangs or other file contents that start before
+         * the first zip file entry. However, zip files actually shouldn't care about garbage data
+         * in *between* real entries, since the central directory header records the correct start
+         * location of each, and keeping track of that math is more complicated logic that will only
+         * rarely be used, since most zips that get merged together are likely to be produced
+         * specifically for that purpose (and therefore are unlikely to have a shebang or other
+         * preface). Finally, this preserves any data that might actually be useful.
+         */
+        self.reader.rewind()?;
+        /* Find the end of the file data. */
+        let length_to_read = self.shared.dir_start;
+        /* Produce a Read that reads bytes up until the start of the central directory header.
+         * This "as &mut dyn Read" trick is used elsewhere to avoid having to clone the underlying
+         * handle, which it really shouldn't need to anyway. */
+        let mut limited_raw = (&mut self.reader as &mut dyn Read).take(length_to_read);
+        /* Copy over file data from source archive directly. */
+        io::copy(&mut limited_raw, &mut w)?;
+
+        /* Return the files we've just written to the data stream. */
+        Ok(new_files.into_vec())
+    }
+
     fn get_directory_info_zip32(
         footer: &spec::CentralDirectoryEnd,
         cde_start_pos: u64,
diff --git a/src/write.rs b/src/write.rs
index 7179487f..273e5a60 100644
--- a/src/write.rs
+++ b/src/write.rs
@@ -935,6 +935,68 @@ impl<W: Write + Seek> ZipWriter<W> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /* TODO: link to/use Self::finish_into_readable() from https://github.com/zip-rs/zip/pull/400 in
+     * this docstring. */
+    /// Copy over the entire contents of another archive verbatim.
+    ///
+    /// This method extracts file metadata from the `source` archive, then simply performs a single
+    /// big [`io::copy()`](io::copy) to transfer all the actual file contents without any
+    /// decompression or decryption. This is more performant than the equivalent operation of
+    /// calling [`Self::raw_copy_file()`] for each entry from the `source` archive in sequence.
+    ///
+    ///```
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), zip::result::ZipError> {
+    /// use std::io::{Cursor, prelude::*};
+    /// use zip::{ZipArchive, ZipWriter, write::SimpleFileOptions};
+    ///
+    /// let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    /// let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+    /// zip.start_file("a.txt", SimpleFileOptions::default())?;
+    /// zip.write_all(b"hello\n")?;
+    /// let src = ZipArchive::new(zip.finish()?)?;
+    ///
+    /// let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    /// let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+    /// zip.start_file("b.txt", SimpleFileOptions::default())?;
+    /// zip.write_all(b"hey\n")?;
+    /// let src2 = ZipArchive::new(zip.finish()?)?;
+    ///
+    /// let buf = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    /// let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(buf);
+    /// zip.merge_archive(src)?;
+    /// zip.merge_archive(src2)?;
+    /// let mut result = ZipArchive::new(zip.finish()?)?;
+    ///
+    /// let mut s: String = String::new();
+    /// result.by_name("a.txt")?.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
+    /// assert_eq!(s, "hello\n");
+    /// s.clear();
+    /// result.by_name("b.txt")?.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
+    /// assert_eq!(s, "hey\n");
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    ///```
+    pub fn merge_archive<R>(&mut self, mut source: ZipArchive<R>) -> ZipResult<()>
+    where
+        R: Read + io::Seek,
+    {
+        self.finish_file()?;
+
+        /* Ensure we accept the file contents on faith (and avoid overwriting the data).
+         * See raw_copy_file_rename(). */
+        self.writing_to_file = true;
+        self.writing_raw = true;
+
+        let writer = self.inner.get_plain();
+        /* Get the file entries from the source archive. */
+        let new_files = source.merge_contents(writer)?;
+
+        /* These file entries are now ours! */
+        self.files.extend(new_files);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn normalize_options<T: FileOptionExtension>(options: &mut FileOptions<T>) {
         if options.permissions.is_none() {
             options.permissions = Some(0o644);