diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 35131ece..683ad7ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ indexmap = "2"
 hmac = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true, features = ["reset"] }
 num_enum = "0.7.2"
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12.2", optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 sha1 = { version = "0.10.6", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.48"
 time = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
     "std",
 ] }
+zeroize = { version = "1.6.0", optional = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 zstd = { version = "0.13.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 zopfli = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 deflate64 = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 clap = { version = "=4.4.18", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [features]
-aes-crypto = ["aes", "constant_time_eq", "hmac", "pbkdf2", "sha1"]
+aes-crypto = ["aes", "constant_time_eq", "hmac", "pbkdf2", "sha1", "rand", "zeroize"]
 chrono = ["chrono/default"]
 _deflate-any = []
 deflate = ["flate2/rust_backend", "_deflate-any"]
diff --git a/src/aes.rs b/src/aes.rs
index b28df02e..772d8fb7 100644
--- a/src/aes.rs
+++ b/src/aes.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ use crate::aes_ctr::AesCipher;
 use crate::types::AesMode;
 use constant_time_eq::constant_time_eq;
 use hmac::{Hmac, Mac};
+use rand::RngCore;
 use sha1::Sha1;
-use std::io::{self, Error, ErrorKind, Read};
+use std::io::{self, Error, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
+use zeroize::{Zeroize, Zeroizing};
 
 /// The length of the password verifcation value in bytes
 const PWD_VERIFY_LENGTH: usize = 2;
@@ -204,3 +206,196 @@ impl<R: Read> AesReaderValid<R> {
         self.reader
     }
 }
+
+pub struct AesWriter<W> {
+    writer: W,
+    cipher: Cipher,
+    hmac: Hmac<Sha1>,
+    buffer: Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>,
+    encrypted_file_header: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> AesWriter<W> {
+    pub fn new(writer: W, aes_mode: AesMode, password: &[u8]) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let salt_length = aes_mode.salt_length();
+        let key_length = aes_mode.key_length();
+
+        let mut encrypted_file_header = Vec::with_capacity(salt_length + 2);
+
+        let mut salt = vec![0; salt_length];
+        rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut salt);
+        encrypted_file_header.write_all(&salt)?;
+
+        // Derive a key from the password and salt.  The length depends on the aes key length
+        let derived_key_len = 2 * key_length + PWD_VERIFY_LENGTH;
+        let mut derived_key: Zeroizing<Vec<u8>> = Zeroizing::new(vec![0; derived_key_len]);
+
+        // Use PBKDF2 with HMAC-Sha1 to derive the key.
+        pbkdf2::pbkdf2::<Hmac<Sha1>>(password, &salt, ITERATION_COUNT, &mut derived_key)
+            .map_err(|e| Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, e))?;
+        let encryption_key = &derived_key[0..key_length];
+        let hmac_key = &derived_key[key_length..key_length * 2];
+
+        let pwd_verify = derived_key[derived_key_len - 2..].to_vec();
+        encrypted_file_header.write_all(&pwd_verify)?;
+
+        let cipher = Cipher::from_mode(aes_mode, encryption_key);
+        let hmac = Hmac::<Sha1>::new_from_slice(hmac_key).unwrap();
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            writer,
+            cipher,
+            hmac,
+            buffer: Default::default(),
+            encrypted_file_header: Some(encrypted_file_header),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn finish(mut self) -> io::Result<W> {
+        self.write_encrypted_file_header()?;
+
+        // Zip uses HMAC-Sha1-80, which only uses the first half of the hash
+        // see https://www.winzip.com/win/en/aes_info.html#auth-faq
+        let computed_auth_code = &self.hmac.finalize_reset().into_bytes()[0..AUTH_CODE_LENGTH];
+        self.writer.write_all(computed_auth_code)?;
+
+        Ok(self.writer)
+    }
+
+    /// The AES encryption specification requires some metadata being written at the start of the
+    /// file data section, but this can only be done once the extra data writing has been finished
+    /// so we can't do it when the writer is constructed.
+    fn write_encrypted_file_header(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if let Some(header) = self.encrypted_file_header.take() {
+            self.writer.write_all(&header)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> Write for AesWriter<W> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.write_encrypted_file_header()?;
+
+        // Fill the internal buffer and encrypt it in-place.
+        self.buffer.extend_from_slice(buf);
+        self.cipher.crypt_in_place(&mut self.buffer[..]);
+
+        // Update the hmac with the encrypted data.
+        self.hmac.update(&self.buffer[..]);
+
+        // Write the encrypted buffer to the inner writer.  We need to use `write_all` here as if
+        // we only write parts of the data we can't easily reverse the keystream in the cipher
+        // implementation.
+        self.writer.write_all(&self.buffer[..])?;
+
+        // Zeroize the backing memory before clearing the buffer to prevent cleartext data from
+        // being left in memory.
+        self.buffer.zeroize();
+        self.buffer.clear();
+
+        Ok(buf.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.writer.flush()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+
+    use crate::{
+        aes::{AesReader, AesWriter},
+        types::AesMode,
+    };
+
+    /// Checks whether `AesReader` can successfully decrypt what `AesWriter` produces.
+    fn roundtrip(aes_mode: AesMode, password: &[u8], plaintext: &[u8]) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let mut buf = io::Cursor::new(vec![]);
+        let mut read_buffer = vec![];
+
+        {
+            let mut writer = AesWriter::new(&mut buf, aes_mode, &password)?;
+            writer.write_all(plaintext)?;
+            writer.finish()?;
+        }
+
+        // Reset cursor position to the beginning.
+        buf.set_position(0);
+
+        {
+            let compressed_length = buf.get_ref().len() as u64;
+            let mut reader =
+                match AesReader::new(&mut buf, aes_mode, compressed_length).validate(&password)? {
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(io::Error::new(
+                            io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                            "Invalid authentication code",
+                        ))
+                    }
+                    Some(r) => r,
+                };
+            reader.read_to_end(&mut read_buffer)?;
+        }
+
+        return Ok(plaintext == read_buffer);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_256_0_byte() {
+        let plaintext = &[];
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes256, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_128_5_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"asdf\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes128, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_192_5_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"asdf\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes192, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_256_5_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"asdf\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes256, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_128_40_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes128, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_192_40_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes192, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crypt_aes_256_40_byte() {
+        let plaintext = b"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur\n";
+        let password = b"some super secret password";
+
+        assert!(roundtrip(AesMode::Aes256, password, plaintext).expect("could encrypt and decrypt"));
+    }
+}