diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
index dcf8f74..80d45f5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
@@ -828,6 +828,16 @@
             b'\x00\x00\x00\x00'),
     }
 
+    def test_unsupported_version(self):
+        # File has an extract_version of 120
+        data = (b'PK\x03\x04x\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00!p\xa1@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
+        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00xPK\x01\x02x\x03x\x00\x00\x00\x00'
+        b'\x00!p\xa1@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00'
+        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x80\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00xPK\x05\x06'
+        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00/\x00\x00\x00\x1f\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00')
+        self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, zipfile.ZipFile,
+                          io.BytesIO(data), 'r')
+
     def test_unicode_filenames(self):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, "w") as zf:
             zf.writestr("foo.txt", "Test for unicode filename")
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile.py b/Lib/zipfile.py
index f5564da..c53b127 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 DEFAULT_VERSION = 20
 ZIP64_VERSION = 45
 BZIP2_VERSION = 46
+# we recognize (but not necessarily support) all features up to that version
+MAX_EXTRACT_VERSION = 46
 
 # Below are some formats and associated data for reading/writing headers using
 # the struct module.  The names and structures of headers/records are those used
@@ -920,6 +922,9 @@
             (x.create_version, x.create_system, x.extract_version, x.reserved,
                 x.flag_bits, x.compress_type, t, d,
                 x.CRC, x.compress_size, x.file_size) = centdir[1:12]
+            if x.extract_version > MAX_EXTRACT_VERSION:
+                raise NotImplementedError("zip file version %.1f" %
+                                          (x.extract_version / 10))
             x.volume, x.internal_attr, x.external_attr = centdir[15:18]
             # Convert date/time code to (year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
             x._raw_time = t