diff --git a/runtime/Android.mk b/runtime/Android.mk
index 16f11c6..4e5afab 100644
--- a/runtime/Android.mk
+++ b/runtime/Android.mk
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@
   LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += liblog libnativehelper
   LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libbacktrace # native stack trace support
   ifeq ($$(art_target_or_host),target)
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libcutils libz libdl libselinux
+    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libcutils libdl libselinux
+    LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libziparchive libz
   else # host
-    LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libcutils
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz-host
+    LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libcutils libziparchive-host libz
     LOCAL_LDLIBS += -ldl -lpthread
     ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux)
       LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt
diff --git a/runtime/dex_file.cc b/runtime/dex_file.cc
index 517f96c..463e673 100644
--- a/runtime/dex_file.cc
+++ b/runtime/dex_file.cc
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@
       *error_msg = StringPrintf("Failed to open zip archive '%s'", filename);
       return false;
     }
-    UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find(kClassesDex));
+    UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find(kClassesDex, error_msg));
     if (zip_entry.get() == NULL) {
-      *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip archive '%s' doesn\'t contain %s", filename, kClassesDex);
+      *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip archive '%s' doesn\'t contain %s (error msg: %s)", filename,
+                                kClassesDex, error_msg->c_str());
       return false;
     }
     *checksum = zip_entry->GetCrc32();
@@ -240,9 +241,8 @@
 const DexFile* DexFile::Open(const ZipArchive& zip_archive, const std::string& location,
                              std::string* error_msg) {
   CHECK(!location.empty());
-  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive.Find(kClassesDex));
+  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive.Find(kClassesDex, error_msg));
   if (zip_entry.get() == NULL) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Failed to find classes.dex within '%s'", location.c_str());
     return nullptr;
   }
   UniquePtr<MemMap> map(zip_entry->ExtractToMemMap(kClassesDex, error_msg));
diff --git a/runtime/dex_file_verifier.cc b/runtime/dex_file_verifier.cc
index 56bf21d..dc9d337 100644
--- a/runtime/dex_file_verifier.cc
+++ b/runtime/dex_file_verifier.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "dex_file_verifier.h"
 
+#include <zlib.h>
+
 #include "base/stringprintf.h"
 #include "dex_file-inl.h"
 #include "leb128.h"
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "UniquePtr.h"
 #include "utf-inl.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-#include "zip_archive.h"
 
 namespace art {
 
diff --git a/runtime/native/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc b/runtime/native/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
index af1b548..314cdb1 100644
--- a/runtime/native/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
+++ b/runtime/native/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to open zip archive '" << location << "': " << error_msg;
     return NULL;
   }
-  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find(name.c_str()));
+  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find(name.c_str(), &error_msg));
   if (zip_entry.get() == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
diff --git a/runtime/zip_archive.cc b/runtime/zip_archive.cc
index db273ec..8cb1993 100644
--- a/runtime/zip_archive.cc
+++ b/runtime/zip_archive.cc
@@ -30,272 +30,23 @@
 
 namespace art {
 
-static const size_t kBufSize = 32 * KB;
-
-// Get 2 little-endian bytes.
-static uint32_t Le16ToHost(const byte* src) {
-  return ((src[0] <<  0) |
-          (src[1] <<  8));
-}
-
-// Get 4 little-endian bytes.
-static uint32_t Le32ToHost(const byte* src) {
-  return ((src[0] <<  0) |
-          (src[1] <<  8) |
-          (src[2] << 16) |
-          (src[3] << 24));
-}
-
-uint16_t ZipEntry::GetCompressionMethod() {
-  return Le16ToHost(ptr_ + ZipArchive::kCDEMethod);
-}
-
-uint32_t ZipEntry::GetCompressedLength() {
-  return Le32ToHost(ptr_ + ZipArchive::kCDECompLen);
-}
-
 uint32_t ZipEntry::GetUncompressedLength() {
-  return Le32ToHost(ptr_ + ZipArchive::kCDEUncompLen);
+  return zip_entry_->uncompressed_length;
 }
 
 uint32_t ZipEntry::GetCrc32() {
-  return Le32ToHost(ptr_ + ZipArchive::kCDECRC);
+  return zip_entry_->crc32;
 }
 
-off64_t ZipEntry::GetDataOffset() {
-  // All we have is the offset to the Local File Header, which is
-  // variable size, so we have to read the contents of the struct to
-  // figure out where the actual data starts.
-
-  // We also need to make sure that the lengths are not so large that
-  // somebody trying to map the compressed or uncompressed data runs
-  // off the end of the mapped region.
-
-  off64_t dir_offset = zip_archive_->dir_offset_;
-  int64_t lfh_offset = Le32ToHost(ptr_ + ZipArchive::kCDELocalOffset);
-  if (lfh_offset + ZipArchive::kLFHLen >= dir_offset) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: bad LFH offset in zip";
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  if (lseek64(zip_archive_->fd_, lfh_offset, SEEK_SET) != lfh_offset) {
-    PLOG(WARNING) << "Zip: failed seeking to LFH at offset " << lfh_offset;
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  uint8_t lfh_buf[ZipArchive::kLFHLen];
-  ssize_t actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(zip_archive_->fd_, lfh_buf, sizeof(lfh_buf)));
-  if (actual != sizeof(lfh_buf)) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: failed reading LFH from offset " << lfh_offset;
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  if (Le32ToHost(lfh_buf) != ZipArchive::kLFHSignature) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: didn't find signature at start of LFH, offset " << lfh_offset;
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  uint32_t gpbf = Le16ToHost(lfh_buf + ZipArchive::kLFHGPBFlags);
-  if ((gpbf & ZipArchive::kGPFUnsupportedMask) != 0) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Invalid General Purpose Bit Flag: " << gpbf;
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  off64_t data_offset = (lfh_offset + ZipArchive::kLFHLen
-                       + Le16ToHost(lfh_buf + ZipArchive::kLFHNameLen)
-                       + Le16ToHost(lfh_buf + ZipArchive::kLFHExtraLen));
-  if (data_offset >= dir_offset) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: bad data offset " << data_offset << " in zip";
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  // check lengths
-
-  if (static_cast<off64_t>(data_offset + GetCompressedLength()) > dir_offset) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: bad compressed length in zip "
-                 << "(" << data_offset << " + " << GetCompressedLength()
-                 << " > " << dir_offset << ")";
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  if (GetCompressionMethod() == kCompressStored
-      && static_cast<off64_t>(data_offset + GetUncompressedLength()) > dir_offset) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: bad uncompressed length in zip "
-                 << "(" << data_offset << " + " << GetUncompressedLength()
-                 << " > " << dir_offset << ")";
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  return data_offset;
-}
-
-static bool CopyFdToMemory(uint8_t* begin, size_t size, int in, size_t count) {
-  uint8_t* dst = begin;
-  std::vector<uint8_t> buf(kBufSize);
-  while (count != 0) {
-    size_t bytes_to_read = (count > kBufSize) ? kBufSize : count;
-    ssize_t actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(in, &buf[0], bytes_to_read));
-    if (actual != static_cast<ssize_t>(bytes_to_read)) {
-      PLOG(WARNING) << "Zip: short read";
-      return false;
-    }
-    memcpy(dst, &buf[0], bytes_to_read);
-    dst += bytes_to_read;
-    count -= bytes_to_read;
-  }
-  DCHECK_EQ(dst, begin + size);
-  return true;
-}
-
-class ZStream {
- public:
-  ZStream(byte* write_buf, size_t write_buf_size) {
-    // Initialize the zlib stream struct.
-    memset(&zstream_, 0, sizeof(zstream_));
-    zstream_.zalloc = Z_NULL;
-    zstream_.zfree = Z_NULL;
-    zstream_.opaque = Z_NULL;
-    zstream_.next_in = NULL;
-    zstream_.avail_in = 0;
-    zstream_.next_out = reinterpret_cast<Bytef*>(write_buf);
-    zstream_.avail_out = write_buf_size;
-    zstream_.data_type = Z_UNKNOWN;
-  }
-
-  z_stream& Get() {
-    return zstream_;
-  }
-
-  ~ZStream() {
-    inflateEnd(&zstream_);
-  }
- private:
-  z_stream zstream_;
-};
-
-static bool InflateToMemory(uint8_t* begin, size_t size,
-                            int in, size_t uncompressed_length, size_t compressed_length) {
-  uint8_t* dst = begin;
-  UniquePtr<uint8_t[]> read_buf(new uint8_t[kBufSize]);
-  UniquePtr<uint8_t[]> write_buf(new uint8_t[kBufSize]);
-  if (read_buf.get() == NULL || write_buf.get() == NULL) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: failed to allocate buffer to inflate";
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  UniquePtr<ZStream> zstream(new ZStream(write_buf.get(), kBufSize));
-
-  // Use the undocumented "negative window bits" feature to tell zlib
-  // that there's no zlib header waiting for it.
-  int zerr = inflateInit2(&zstream->Get(), -MAX_WBITS);
-  if (zerr != Z_OK) {
-    if (zerr == Z_VERSION_ERROR) {
-      LOG(ERROR) << "Installed zlib is not compatible with linked version (" << ZLIB_VERSION << ")";
-    } else {
-      LOG(WARNING) << "Call to inflateInit2 failed (zerr=" << zerr << ")";
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  size_t remaining = compressed_length;
-  do {
-    // read as much as we can
-    if (zstream->Get().avail_in == 0) {
-      size_t bytes_to_read = (remaining > kBufSize) ? kBufSize : remaining;
-
-        ssize_t actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(in, read_buf.get(), bytes_to_read));
-        if (actual != static_cast<ssize_t>(bytes_to_read)) {
-          LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: inflate read failed (" << actual << " vs " << bytes_to_read << ")";
-          return false;
-        }
-        remaining -= bytes_to_read;
-        zstream->Get().next_in = read_buf.get();
-        zstream->Get().avail_in = bytes_to_read;
-    }
-
-    // uncompress the data
-    zerr = inflate(&zstream->Get(), Z_NO_FLUSH);
-    if (zerr != Z_OK && zerr != Z_STREAM_END) {
-      LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: inflate zerr=" << zerr
-                   << " (next_in=" << zstream->Get().next_in
-                   << " avail_in=" << zstream->Get().avail_in
-                   << " next_out=" << zstream->Get().next_out
-                   << " avail_out=" << zstream->Get().avail_out
-                   << ")";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // write when we're full or when we're done
-    if (zstream->Get().avail_out == 0 ||
-        (zerr == Z_STREAM_END && zstream->Get().avail_out != kBufSize)) {
-      size_t bytes_to_write = zstream->Get().next_out - write_buf.get();
-      memcpy(dst, write_buf.get(), bytes_to_write);
-      dst += bytes_to_write;
-      zstream->Get().next_out = write_buf.get();
-      zstream->Get().avail_out = kBufSize;
-    }
-  } while (zerr == Z_OK);
-
-  DCHECK_EQ(zerr, Z_STREAM_END);  // other errors should've been caught
-
-  // paranoia
-  if (zstream->Get().total_out != uncompressed_length) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Zip: size mismatch on inflated file ("
-                 << zstream->Get().total_out << " vs " << uncompressed_length << ")";
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  DCHECK_EQ(dst, begin + size);
-  return true;
-}
 
 bool ZipEntry::ExtractToFile(File& file, std::string* error_msg) {
-  uint32_t length = GetUncompressedLength();
-  int result = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ftruncate(file.Fd(), length));
-  if (result == -1) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: failed to ftruncate '%s' to length %ud", file.GetPath().c_str(),
-                              length);
+  const int32_t error = ExtractEntryToFile(handle_, zip_entry_, file.Fd());
+  if (error) {
+    *error_msg = std::string(ErrorCodeString(error));
     return false;
   }
 
-  UniquePtr<MemMap> map(MemMap::MapFile(length, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, file.Fd(), 0,
-                                        file.GetPath().c_str(), error_msg));
-  if (map.get() == NULL) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: failed to mmap space for '%s': %s", file.GetPath().c_str(),
-                              error_msg->c_str());
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return ExtractToMemory(map->Begin(), map->Size(), error_msg);
-}
-
-bool ZipEntry::ExtractToMemory(uint8_t* begin, size_t size, std::string* error_msg) {
-  // If size is zero, data offset will be meaningless, so bail out early.
-  if (size == 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  off64_t data_offset = GetDataOffset();
-  if (data_offset == -1) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: data_offset=%lld", data_offset);
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (lseek64(zip_archive_->fd_, data_offset, SEEK_SET) != data_offset) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: lseek to data at %lld failed", data_offset);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // TODO: this doesn't verify the data's CRC, but probably should (especially
-  // for uncompressed data).
-  switch (GetCompressionMethod()) {
-    case kCompressStored:
-      return CopyFdToMemory(begin, size, zip_archive_->fd_, GetUncompressedLength());
-    case kCompressDeflated:
-      return InflateToMemory(begin, size, zip_archive_->fd_,
-                             GetUncompressedLength(), GetCompressedLength());
-    default:
-      *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: unknown compression method 0x%x", GetCompressionMethod());
-      return false;
-  }
+  return true;
 }
 
 MemMap* ZipEntry::ExtractToMemMap(const char* entry_filename, std::string* error_msg) {
@@ -303,18 +54,18 @@
   name += " extracted in memory from ";
   name += entry_filename;
   UniquePtr<MemMap> map(MemMap::MapAnonymous(name.c_str(),
-                                             NULL,
-                                             GetUncompressedLength(),
+                                             NULL, GetUncompressedLength(),
                                              PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, error_msg));
   if (map.get() == nullptr) {
     DCHECK(!error_msg->empty());
-    return NULL;
+    return nullptr;
   }
 
-  bool success = ExtractToMemory(map->Begin(), map->Size(), error_msg);
-  if (!success) {
-    LOG(ERROR) << "Zip: Failed to extract '" << entry_filename << "' to memory";
-    return NULL;
+  const int32_t error = ExtractToMemory(handle_, zip_entry_,
+                                        map->Begin(), map->Size());
+  if (error) {
+    *error_msg = std::string(ErrorCodeString(error));
+    return nullptr;
   }
 
   return map.release();
@@ -336,238 +87,47 @@
 
 ZipArchive* ZipArchive::Open(const char* filename, std::string* error_msg) {
   DCHECK(filename != nullptr);
-  int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0);
-  if (fd == -1) {
-    *error_msg = StringPrintf("Zip: unable to open '%s': %s", filename, strerror(errno));
-    return NULL;
+
+  ZipArchiveHandle handle;
+  const int32_t error = OpenArchive(filename, &handle);
+  if (error) {
+    *error_msg = std::string(ErrorCodeString(error));
+    CloseArchive(handle);
+    return nullptr;
   }
-  return OpenFromFd(fd, filename, error_msg);
+
+  SetCloseOnExec(GetFileDescriptor(handle));
+  return new ZipArchive(handle);
 }
 
 ZipArchive* ZipArchive::OpenFromFd(int fd, const char* filename, std::string* error_msg) {
-  SetCloseOnExec(fd);
-  UniquePtr<ZipArchive> zip_archive(new ZipArchive(fd, filename));
-  CHECK(zip_archive.get() != nullptr);
-  if (!zip_archive->MapCentralDirectory(error_msg)) {
-      zip_archive->Close();
-      return NULL;
+  DCHECK(filename != nullptr);
+  DCHECK_GT(fd, 0);
+
+  ZipArchiveHandle handle;
+  const int32_t error = OpenArchiveFd(fd, filename, &handle);
+  if (error) {
+    *error_msg = std::string(ErrorCodeString(error));
+    CloseArchive(handle);
+    return nullptr;
   }
-  if (!zip_archive->Parse(error_msg)) {
-      zip_archive->Close();
-      return NULL;
-  }
-  return zip_archive.release();
+
+  SetCloseOnExec(GetFileDescriptor(handle));
+  return new ZipArchive(handle);
 }
 
-ZipEntry* ZipArchive::Find(const char* name) const {
-  DCHECK(name != NULL);
-  DirEntries::const_iterator it = dir_entries_.find(name);
-  if (it == dir_entries_.end()) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  return new ZipEntry(this, (*it).second);
-}
+ZipEntry* ZipArchive::Find(const char* name, std::string* error_msg) const {
+  DCHECK(name != nullptr);
 
-void ZipArchive::Close() {
-  if (fd_ != -1) {
-    close(fd_);
-  }
-  fd_ = -1;
-  num_entries_ = 0;
-  dir_offset_ = 0;
-}
-
-std::string ZipArchive::ErrorStringPrintf(const char* fmt, ...) {
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start(ap, fmt);
-  std::string result(StringPrintf("Zip '%s' : ", filename_.c_str()));
-  StringAppendV(&result, fmt, ap);
-  va_end(ap);
-  return result;
-}
-
-// Find the zip Central Directory and memory-map it.
-//
-// On success, returns true after populating fields from the EOCD area:
-//   num_entries_
-//   dir_offset_
-//   dir_map_
-bool ZipArchive::MapCentralDirectory(std::string* error_msg) {
-  /*
-   * Get and test file length.
-   */
-  off64_t file_length = lseek64(fd_, 0, SEEK_END);
-  if (file_length < kEOCDLen) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("length %lld is too small to be zip", file_length);
-    return false;
+  // Resist the urge to delete the space. <: is a bigraph sequence.
+  UniquePtr< ::ZipEntry> zip_entry(new ::ZipEntry);
+  const int32_t error = FindEntry(handle_, name, zip_entry.get());
+  if (error) {
+    *error_msg = std::string(ErrorCodeString(error));
+    return nullptr;
   }
 
-  size_t read_amount = kMaxEOCDSearch;
-  if (file_length < off64_t(read_amount)) {
-    read_amount = file_length;
-  }
-
-  UniquePtr<uint8_t[]> scan_buf(new uint8_t[read_amount]);
-  CHECK(scan_buf.get() != nullptr);
-
-  /*
-   * Make sure this is a Zip archive.
-   */
-  if (lseek64(fd_, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("seek to start failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  ssize_t actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd_, scan_buf.get(), sizeof(int32_t)));
-  if (actual != static_cast<ssize_t>(sizeof(int32_t))) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("couldn\'t read first signature from zip archive: %s",
-                                   strerror(errno));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  unsigned int header = Le32ToHost(scan_buf.get());
-  if (header != kLFHSignature) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("not a zip archive (found 0x%x)", header);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Perform the traditional EOCD snipe hunt.
-  //
-  // We're searching for the End of Central Directory magic number,
-  // which appears at the start of the EOCD block.  It's followed by
-  // 18 bytes of EOCD stuff and up to 64KB of archive comment.  We
-  // need to read the last part of the file into a buffer, dig through
-  // it to find the magic number, parse some values out, and use those
-  // to determine the extent of the CD.
-  //
-  // We start by pulling in the last part of the file.
-  off64_t search_start = file_length - read_amount;
-
-  if (lseek64(fd_, search_start, SEEK_SET) != search_start) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("seek %lld failed: %s", search_start, strerror(errno));
-    return false;
-  }
-  actual = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd_, scan_buf.get(), read_amount));
-  if (actual != static_cast<ssize_t>(read_amount)) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("read %lld, expected %zd. %s", search_start, read_amount,
-                                   strerror(errno));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-
-  // Scan backward for the EOCD magic.  In an archive without a trailing
-  // comment, we'll find it on the first try.  (We may want to consider
-  // doing an initial minimal read; if we don't find it, retry with a
-  // second read as above.)
-  int i;
-  for (i = read_amount - kEOCDLen; i >= 0; i--) {
-    if (scan_buf.get()[i] == 0x50 && Le32ToHost(&(scan_buf.get())[i]) == kEOCDSignature) {
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  if (i < 0) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("EOCD not found, not a zip file");
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  off64_t eocd_offset = search_start + i;
-  const byte* eocd_ptr = scan_buf.get() + i;
-
-  CHECK(eocd_offset < file_length);
-
-  // Grab the CD offset and size, and the number of entries in the
-  // archive.  Verify that they look reasonable.
-  uint16_t disk_number = Le16ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDDiskNumber);
-  uint16_t disk_with_central_dir = Le16ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDDiskNumberForCD);
-  uint16_t num_entries = Le16ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDNumEntries);
-  uint16_t total_num_entries = Le16ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDTotalNumEntries);
-  uint32_t dir_size = Le32ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDSize);
-  uint32_t dir_offset = Le32ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDFileOffset);
-  uint16_t comment_size = Le16ToHost(eocd_ptr + kEOCDCommentSize);
-
-  if ((uint64_t) dir_offset + (uint64_t) dir_size > (uint64_t) eocd_offset) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("bad offsets (dir=%ud, size=%ud, eocd=%lld)",
-                                   dir_offset, dir_size, eocd_offset);
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (num_entries == 0) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("empty archive?");
-    return false;
-  } else if (num_entries != total_num_entries || disk_number != 0 || disk_with_central_dir != 0) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("spanned archives not supported");
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Check to see if comment is a sane size
-  if ((comment_size > (file_length - kEOCDLen))
-      || (eocd_offset > (file_length - kEOCDLen) - comment_size)) {
-    *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("comment size runs off end of file");
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // It all looks good.  Create a mapping for the CD.
-  dir_map_.reset(MemMap::MapFile(dir_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd_, dir_offset,
-                                 filename_.c_str(), error_msg));
-  if (dir_map_.get() == NULL) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  num_entries_ = num_entries;
-  dir_offset_ = dir_offset;
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool ZipArchive::Parse(std::string* error_msg) {
-  const byte* cd_ptr = dir_map_->Begin();
-  size_t cd_length = dir_map_->Size();
-
-  // Walk through the central directory, adding entries to the hash
-  // table and verifying values.
-  const byte* ptr = cd_ptr;
-  for (int i = 0; i < num_entries_; i++) {
-    if (Le32ToHost(ptr) != kCDESignature) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("missed a central dir sig (at %d)", i);
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (ptr + kCDELen > cd_ptr + cd_length) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("ran off the end (at %d)", i);
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    int64_t local_hdr_offset = Le32ToHost(ptr + kCDELocalOffset);
-    if (local_hdr_offset >= dir_offset_) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("bad LFH offset %lld at entry %d", local_hdr_offset, i);
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    uint16_t gpbf = Le16ToHost(ptr + kCDEGPBFlags);
-    if ((gpbf & kGPFUnsupportedMask) != 0) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("invalid general purpose bit flag %x", gpbf);
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    uint16_t name_len = Le16ToHost(ptr + kCDENameLen);
-    uint16_t extra_len = Le16ToHost(ptr + kCDEExtraLen);
-    uint16_t comment_len = Le16ToHost(ptr + kCDECommentLen);
-
-    // add the CDE filename to the hash table
-    const char* name = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(ptr + kCDELen);
-
-    // Check name for NULL characters
-    if (memchr(name, 0, name_len) != NULL) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("filename contains NUL byte");
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    dir_entries_.Put(StringPiece(name, name_len), ptr);
-    ptr += kCDELen + name_len + extra_len + comment_len;
-    if (ptr > cd_ptr + cd_length) {
-      *error_msg = ErrorStringPrintf("bad CD advance (%p vs %p) at entry %d",
-                                     ptr, cd_ptr + cd_length, i);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
+  return new ZipEntry(handle_, zip_entry.release());
 }
 
 }  // namespace art
diff --git a/runtime/zip_archive.h b/runtime/zip_archive.h
index 8ff952b..1f48e0a 100644
--- a/runtime/zip_archive.h
+++ b/runtime/zip_archive.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 #define ART_RUNTIME_ZIP_ARCHIVE_H_
 
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <zlib.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <ziparchive/zip_archive.h>
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/stringpiece.h"
@@ -38,33 +38,17 @@
 class ZipEntry {
  public:
   bool ExtractToFile(File& file, std::string* error_msg);
-  bool ExtractToMemory(uint8_t* begin, size_t size, std::string* error_msg);
   MemMap* ExtractToMemMap(const char* entry_filename, std::string* error_msg);
 
   uint32_t GetUncompressedLength();
   uint32_t GetCrc32();
 
  private:
-  ZipEntry(const ZipArchive* zip_archive, const byte* ptr) : zip_archive_(zip_archive), ptr_(ptr) {}
+  ZipEntry(ZipArchiveHandle handle,
+           ::ZipEntry* zip_entry) : handle_(handle), zip_entry_(zip_entry) {}
 
-  // Zip compression methods
-  enum {
-    kCompressStored     = 0,        // no compression
-    kCompressDeflated   = 8,        // standard deflate
-  };
-
-  // kCompressStored, kCompressDeflated, ...
-  uint16_t GetCompressionMethod();
-
-  uint32_t GetCompressedLength();
-
-  // returns -1 on error
-  off64_t GetDataOffset();
-
-  const ZipArchive* zip_archive_;
-
-  // pointer to zip entry within central directory
-  const byte* ptr_;
+  ZipArchiveHandle handle_;
+  ::ZipEntry* const zip_entry_;
 
   friend class ZipArchive;
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ZipEntry);
@@ -72,74 +56,23 @@
 
 class ZipArchive {
  public:
-  // Zip file constants.
-  static const uint32_t kEOCDSignature      = 0x06054b50;
-  static const int32_t kEOCDLen             = 22;
-  static const int32_t kEOCDDiskNumber      =  4;              // number of the current disk
-  static const int32_t kEOCDDiskNumberForCD =  6;              // disk number with the Central Directory
-  static const int32_t kEOCDNumEntries      =  8;              // offset to #of entries in file
-  static const int32_t kEOCDTotalNumEntries = 10;              // offset to total #of entries in spanned archives
-  static const int32_t kEOCDSize            = 12;              // size of the central directory
-  static const int32_t kEOCDFileOffset      = 16;              // offset to central directory
-  static const int32_t kEOCDCommentSize     = 20;              // offset to the length of the file comment
-
-  static const int32_t kMaxCommentLen = 65535;  // longest possible in uint16_t
-  static const int32_t kMaxEOCDSearch = (kMaxCommentLen + kEOCDLen);
-
-  static const uint32_t kLFHSignature = 0x04034b50;
-  static const int32_t kLFHLen        = 30;  // excluding variable-len fields
-  static const int32_t kLFHGPBFlags   = 6;   // offset to GPB flags
-  static const int32_t kLFHNameLen    = 26;  // offset to filename length
-  static const int32_t kLFHExtraLen   = 28;  // offset to extra length
-
-  static const uint32_t kCDESignature   = 0x02014b50;
-  static const int32_t kCDELen          = 46;  // excluding variable-len fields
-  static const int32_t kCDEGPBFlags     = 8;   // offset to GPB flags
-  static const int32_t kCDEMethod       = 10;  // offset to compression method
-  static const int32_t kCDEModWhen      = 12;  // offset to modification timestamp
-  static const int32_t kCDECRC          = 16;  // offset to entry CRC
-  static const int32_t kCDECompLen      = 20;  // offset to compressed length
-  static const int32_t kCDEUncompLen    = 24;  // offset to uncompressed length
-  static const int32_t kCDENameLen      = 28;  // offset to filename length
-  static const int32_t kCDEExtraLen     = 30;  // offset to extra length
-  static const int32_t kCDECommentLen   = 32;  // offset to comment length
-  static const int32_t kCDELocalOffset  = 42;  // offset to local hdr
-
-  // General Purpose Bit Flag
-  static const int32_t kGPFEncryptedFlag   = (1 << 0);
-  static const int32_t kGPFUnsupportedMask = (kGPFEncryptedFlag);
-
   // return new ZipArchive instance on success, NULL on error.
   static ZipArchive* Open(const char* filename, std::string* error_msg);
   static ZipArchive* OpenFromFd(int fd, const char* filename, std::string* error_msg);
 
-  ZipEntry* Find(const char* name) const;
+  ZipEntry* Find(const char* name, std::string* error_msg) const;
 
   ~ZipArchive() {
-    Close();
+    CloseArchive(handle_);
   }
 
  private:
-  explicit ZipArchive(int fd, const char* filename)
-      : fd_(fd), num_entries_(0), dir_offset_(0), filename_(filename) {}
-
-  bool MapCentralDirectory(std::string* error_msg);
-  bool Parse(std::string* error_msg);
-  void Close();
-  std::string ErrorStringPrintf(const char* fmt, ...)
-          __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, 2, 3))) COLD_ATTR;
-
-  int fd_;
-  uint16_t num_entries_;
-  off64_t dir_offset_;
-  UniquePtr<MemMap> dir_map_;
-  typedef SafeMap<StringPiece, const byte*> DirEntries;
-  DirEntries dir_entries_;
-  // Containing file for error reporting.
-  const std::string filename_;
+  explicit ZipArchive(ZipArchiveHandle handle) : handle_(handle) {}
 
   friend class ZipEntry;
 
+  ZipArchiveHandle handle_;
+
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ZipArchive);
 };
 
diff --git a/runtime/zip_archive_test.cc b/runtime/zip_archive_test.cc
index 622dc89..16394b0 100644
--- a/runtime/zip_archive_test.cc
+++ b/runtime/zip_archive_test.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 #include "UniquePtr.h"
 #include "common_test.h"
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
   UniquePtr<ZipArchive> zip_archive(ZipArchive::Open(GetLibCoreDexFileName().c_str(), &error_msg));
   ASSERT_TRUE(zip_archive.get() != false) << error_msg;
   ASSERT_TRUE(error_msg.empty());
-  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find("classes.dex"));
+  UniquePtr<ZipEntry> zip_entry(zip_archive->Find("classes.dex", &error_msg));
   ASSERT_TRUE(zip_entry.get() != false);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(error_msg.empty());
 
   ScratchFile tmp;
   ASSERT_NE(-1, tmp.GetFd());