diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b11e0ae4..c6bd89cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Library to support the reading and writing of zip files.
 """
 
 [dependencies]
+flate2 = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 podio = "0.1"
 bzip2 = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-libflate = { version = ">=0.1.21", optional = true }
 crc32fast = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ rand = "0.4"
 walkdir = "1.0"
 
 [features]
-deflate = ["libflate"]
+deflate = ["flate2/rust_backend"]
+deflate-miniz = ["flate2/default"]
+deflate-zlib = ["flate2/zlib"]
 default = ["bzip2", "deflate", "time"]
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ef2fd049..cfe4a598 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 extern crate bzip2;
 extern crate crc32fast;
 #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-extern crate libflate;
+extern crate flate2;
 extern crate podio;
 #[cfg(feature = "time")]
 extern crate time;
diff --git a/src/read.rs b/src/read.rs
index e01e1edc..2eb3d83b 100644
--- a/src/read.rs
+++ b/src/read.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ use types::{ZipFileData, System, DateTime};
 use cp437::FromCp437;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-use libflate;
+use flate2;
+#[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
+use flate2::read::DeflateDecoder;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
 use bzip2::read::BzDecoder;
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ enum ZipFileReader<'a> {
     NoReader,
     Stored(Crc32Reader<io::Take<&'a mut Read>>),
     #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-    Deflated(Crc32Reader<libflate::deflate::Decoder<io::Take<&'a mut Read>>>),
+    Deflated(Crc32Reader<flate2::read::DeflateDecoder<io::Take<&'a mut Read>>>),
     #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
     Bzip2(Crc32Reader<BzDecoder<io::Take<&'a mut Read>>>),
 }
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ fn make_reader<'a>(
         #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
         CompressionMethod::Deflated =>
         {
-            let deflate_reader = libflate::deflate::Decoder::new(reader);
+            let deflate_reader = DeflateDecoder::new(reader);
             Ok(ZipFileReader::Deflated(Crc32Reader::new(
                 deflate_reader,
                 crc32)))
diff --git a/src/write.rs b/src/write.rs
index 1c4888a8..5e4c223f 100644
--- a/src/write.rs
+++ b/src/write.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ use time;
 use podio::{WritePodExt, LittleEndian};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-use libflate;
+use flate2;
+#[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
+use flate2::write::DeflateEncoder;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
 use bzip2;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ enum GenericZipWriter<W: Write + io::Seek>
     Closed,
     Storer(W),
     #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-    Deflater(libflate::deflate::Encoder<W>),
+    Deflater(DeflateEncoder<W>),
     #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
     Bzip2(BzEncoder<W>),
 }
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ impl<W: Write+io::Seek> GenericZipWriter<W>
         {
             GenericZipWriter::Storer(w) => w,
             #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-            GenericZipWriter::Deflater(w) =>  w.finish().into_result()?,
+            GenericZipWriter::Deflater(w) => w.finish()?,
             #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
             GenericZipWriter::Bzip2(w) => w.finish()?,
             GenericZipWriter::Closed => Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "ZipWriter was already closed"))?,
@@ -384,7 +386,7 @@ impl<W: Write+io::Seek> GenericZipWriter<W>
         {
             CompressionMethod::Stored => GenericZipWriter::Storer(bare),
             #[cfg(feature = "deflate")]
-            CompressionMethod::Deflated => GenericZipWriter::Deflater(libflate::deflate::Encoder::new(bare)),
+            CompressionMethod::Deflated => GenericZipWriter::Deflater(DeflateEncoder::new(bare, flate2::Compression::default())),
             #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
             CompressionMethod::Bzip2 => GenericZipWriter::Bzip2(BzEncoder::new(bare, bzip2::Compression::Default)),
             CompressionMethod::Unsupported(..) => return Err(ZipError::UnsupportedArchive("Unsupported compression")),