diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/ZipFile.py b/product/ERP5Type/ZipFile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa71ce6a3464ce87b0a799f9b57f561f7f312e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/ZipFile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Nexedi SARL and Contributors. All Rights Reserved.
+#                    Vincent Pelletier <vincent@nexedi.com>
+#
+# WARNING: This program as such is intended to be used by professional
+# programmers who take the whole responsability of assessing all potential
+# consequences resulting from its eventual inadequacies and bugs
+# End users who are looking for a ready-to-use solution with commercial
+# garantees and support are strongly adviced to contract a Free Software
+# Service Company
+#
+# This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+#
+##############################################################################
+"""
+Restricted zipfile module.
+
+From restricted python, use "import zipfile" (see patches/Restricted.py).
+"""
+from AccessControl import allow_class as _allow_class
+from zExceptions import Unauthorized
+import zipfile as _zipfile
+
+BadZipfile = _zipfile.BadZipfile
+_allow_class(BadZipfile)
+LargeZipFile = _zipfile.LargeZipFile
+_allow_class(LargeZipFile)
+
+ZIP64_LIMIT = _zipfile.ZIP64_LIMIT
+ZIP_FILECOUNT_LIMIT = _zipfile.ZIP_FILECOUNT_LIMIT
+ZIP_MAX_COMMENT = _zipfile.ZIP_MAX_COMMENT
+
+ZIP_STORED = _zipfile.ZIP_STORED
+ZIP_DEFLATED = _zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
+
+ZipInfo = _zipfile.ZipInfo
+_allow_class(ZipInfo)
+ZipExtFile = _zipfile.ZipExtFile
+_allow_class(ZipExtFile)
+
+def _disallowed(*args, **kw):
+  raise Unauthorized
+
+def _zipfile__init__(self, file, mode="r", compression=ZIP_STORED, allowZip64=False):
+  if isinstance(file, basestring):
+    raise ValueError('"file" must be a file-like object')
+  super(self.__class__, self).__init__(file, mode=mode, compression=compression, allowZip64=allowZip64)
+
+_zipfile_dict = {
+  '__init__': _zipfile__init__,
+  'write': _disallowed,
+  'extract': _disallowed,
+  'extractall': _disallowed,
+  'printdir': lambda self: None,
+}
+
+ZipFile = type('ZipFile', (_zipfile.ZipFile, object), _zipfile_dict)
+_allow_class(ZipFile)
+PyZipFile = type('PyZipFile', (_zipfile.PyZipFile, object), _zipfile_dict)
+_allow_class(PyZipFile)
diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/patches/Restricted.py b/product/ERP5Type/patches/Restricted.py
index 094b3d9c36c42794590215a777795641d4068ba6..cde1e7f72a555d62d8aa979607bf4fc3ce73b3ce 100644
--- a/product/ERP5Type/patches/Restricted.py
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/patches/Restricted.py
@@ -185,3 +185,22 @@ ModuleSecurityInfo('os.path').declarePublic(
 # Also allow some handy data properties.
   'sep', 'pardir', 'curdir', 'extsep',
 )
+
+# Alias modules - only applied to restricted python.
+MNAME_MAP = {
+  'zipfile': 'Products.ERP5Type.ZipFile',
+}
+for alias, real in MNAME_MAP.items():
+  assert '.' not in alias, alias # TODO: support this
+  allow_module(real)
+del alias, real
+orig_guarded_import = safe_builtins['__import__']
+def guarded_import(mname, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None,
+    level=-1):
+  if mname in MNAME_MAP:
+    mname = MNAME_MAP[mname]
+    if not fromlist:
+      # fromlist value is meaningless but required. See __import__ doc.
+      fromlist = ['__name__']
+  return orig_guarded_import(mname, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
+safe_builtins['__import__'] = guarded_import