diff --git a/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue b/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
index 105682f2..dce62789 100644
--- a/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
+++ b/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@
             <ui-tooltip v-if="showRssFeedBtn" :text="$strings.LabelOpenRSSFeed" direction="top">
               <ui-icon-btn icon="rss_feed" class="mx-0.5" :bg-color="rssFeed ? 'success' : 'primary'" outlined @click="clickRSSFeed" />
             </ui-tooltip>
+
+            <!-- Download -->
+            <ui-tooltip v-if="userCanDownload" :text="$strings.LabelDownload" direction="top">
+              <a :href="downloadPath" class="h-9 w-9 mx-0.5 rounded-md flex items-center justify-center relative bg-primary border border-gray-600">
+                <span class="material-icons-outlined" :style="{ fontSize: '1.4rem' }">download</span>
+              </a>
+            </ui-tooltip>
           </div>
 
           <div class="my-4 max-w-2xl">
@@ -284,6 +291,12 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   computed: {
+    userToken() {
+      return this.$store.getters['user/getToken']
+    },
+    downloadPath() {
+      return `${process.env.serverUrl}/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/download?token=${this.userToken}`
+    },
     dateFormat() {
       return this.$store.state.serverSettings.dateFormat
     },
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index 55bbe72b..b1b8cc6a 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
 
+const zipHelpers = require('../utils/zipHelpers')
 const { reqSupportsWebp, isNullOrNaN } = require('../utils/index')
 const { ScanResult } = require('../utils/constants')
 
@@ -69,6 +70,17 @@ class LibraryItemController {
     res.sendStatus(200)
   }
 
+  download(req, res) {
+    if (!req.user.canDownload) {
+      Logger.warn('User attempted to download without permission', req.user)
+      return res.sendStatus(403)
+    }
+
+    const libraryItemPath = req.libraryItem.path
+    const filename = `${req.libraryItem.media.metadata.title}.zip`
+    zipHelpers.zipDirectoryPipe(libraryItemPath, filename, res)
+  }
+
   //
   // PATCH: will create new authors & series if in payload
   //
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index 2264e175..7850adcb 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.get('/items/:id', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.findOne.bind(this))
     this.router.patch('/items/:id', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.update.bind(this))
     this.router.delete('/items/:id', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.delete.bind(this))
+    this.router.get('/items/:id/download', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.download.bind(this))
     this.router.patch('/items/:id/media', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.updateMedia.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/items/:id/cover', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.getCover.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/items/:id/cover', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.uploadCover.bind(this))
diff --git a/server/utils/zipHelpers.js b/server/utils/zipHelpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1617272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/zipHelpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const Logger = require('../Logger')
+const archiver = require('../libs/archiver')
+
+module.exports.zipDirectoryPipe = (path, filename, res) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // create a file to stream archive data to
+    res.attachment(filename)
+
+    const archive = archiver('zip', {
+      zlib: { level: 9 } // Sets the compression level.
+    })
+
+    // listen for all archive data to be written
+    // 'close' event is fired only when a file descriptor is involved
+    res.on('close', () => {
+      Logger.info(archive.pointer() + ' total bytes')
+      Logger.debug('archiver has been finalized and the output file descriptor has closed.')
+      resolve()
+    })
+
+    // This event is fired when the data source is drained no matter what was the data source.
+    // It is not part of this library but rather from the NodeJS Stream API.
+    // @see: https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_event_end
+    res.on('end', () => {
+      Logger.debug('Data has been drained')
+    })
+
+    // good practice to catch warnings (ie stat failures and other non-blocking errors)
+    archive.on('warning', function (err) {
+      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        // log warning
+        Logger.warn(`[DownloadManager] Archiver warning: ${err.message}`)
+      } else {
+        // throw error
+        Logger.error(`[DownloadManager] Archiver error: ${err.message}`)
+        // throw err
+        reject(err)
+      }
+    })
+    archive.on('error', function (err) {
+      Logger.error(`[DownloadManager] Archiver error: ${err.message}`)
+      reject(err)
+    })
+
+    // pipe archive data to the file
+    archive.pipe(res)
+
+    archive.directory(path, false)
+
+    archive.finalize()
+  })
+}
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