diff --git a/packages/ui5-task-zipper/lib/zipper.js b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/lib/zipper.js
index 1acb3aa4e..dc1713a39 100644
--- a/packages/ui5-task-zipper/lib/zipper.js
+++ b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/lib/zipper.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const absoluteToRelativePaths = (buffer, zip) => {
  * @param {object} [parameters.options.configuration] Task configuration if given in ui5.yaml
  * @param {string} [parameters.options.configuration.archiveName] ZIP archive name (defaults to project namespace)
  * @param {string} [parameters.options.configuration.additionalFiles] List of additional files to be included
+ * @param {string} [parameters.options.configuration.additionalDirectories] List of additional directories to be included
  * @param {object} parameters.taskUtil the task utilities
  * @returns {Promise<undefined>} Promise resolving with undefined once data has been written
  */
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ module.exports = async function ({ log, workspace, dependencies, options, taskUt
 						: dependencies._readers.filter((reader) => {
 								const projectName = determineProjectName(reader);
 								return includeDependencies.indexOf(projectName) !== -1;
-						  }),
+							}),
 					name: "Filtered reader collection of ui5-task-zipper",
-			  });
+				});
 
 	// retrieve the resource path prefix (to get all application resources)
 	const prefixPath = `/resources/${options.projectNamespace}/`;
@@ -93,7 +94,12 @@ module.exports = async function ({ log, workspace, dependencies, options, taskUt
 	try {
 		const wsResources = await workspace.byGlob(`/resources/**`);
 		const depResources = await deps.byGlob(`**`);
-		allResources = [...wsResources, ...depResources];
+		let additionalDirResources = [];
+		const additionalDirectories = options?.configuration?.additionalDirectories ?? [];
+		for (let dir of additionalDirectories) {
+			additionalDirResources = [...additionalDirResources, ...(await deps.byGlob(`${dir}/**`, { nodir: false }))];
+		}
+		allResources = [...wsResources, ...depResources, ...additionalDirResources];
 	} catch (e) {
 		log.error(`Couldn't read resources: ${e}`);
 	}
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ module.exports = async function ({ log, workspace, dependencies, options, taskUt
 				} else {
 					log.warn(`Duplicate resource path found: ${resourcePath}! Skipping...`);
 				}
-			})
+			}),
 		);
 		// include the additional files from the project
 		const additionalFiles = options?.configuration?.additionalFiles;
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ module.exports = async function ({ log, workspace, dependencies, options, taskUt
 			for (const [filePathSource, filePathTarget] of Object.entries(additionalFiles)) {
 				isDebug && log.info(`Adding ${filePathSource} to archive at path ${filePathTarget}.`);
 				zip.addFile(path.join(process.cwd(), filePathSource), filePathTarget || filePathSource);
+				zip.ad;
 			}
 		}
 	} catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/__assets__/ui5-app/ui5.additionalDirectories.yaml b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/__assets__/ui5-app/ui5.additionalDirectories.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..784ffd324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/__assets__/ui5-app/ui5.additionalDirectories.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+specVersion: "3.0"
+metadata:
+  name: ui5-app
+type: application
+framework:
+  name: OpenUI5
+  version: "1.129.0"
+  libraries:
+    - name: sap.m
+    - name: sap.ui.core
+    - name: sap.ui.layout
+    - name: themelib_sap_horizon
+builder:
+  customTasks:
+    - name: ui5-task-zipper
+      afterTask: generateVersionInfo
+      configuration:
+        debug: true
+        archiveName: "customZipName"
+        additionalDirectories:
+          - testDir
diff --git a/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/zipper.test.js b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/zipper.test.js
index d029faf16..07d54bff5 100644
--- a/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/zipper.test.js
+++ b/packages/ui5-task-zipper/test/zipper.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const { rmSync, existsSync, readdirSync } = require("fs");
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
-const crypto = require("crypto");
+// const crypto = require("crypto");
 const yauzl = require("yauzl");
 
 const test = require("ava");
@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@ test.afterEach.always(async (t) => {
 	rmSync(t.context.tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
 });
 
+test("archive creation w/ additional directories", async (t) => {
+	const ui5 = { yaml: path.resolve("./test/__assets__/ui5-app/ui5.additionalDirectories.yaml") };
+	spawnSync(`ui5 build --config ${ui5.yaml} --dest ${t.context.tmpDir}/dist`, {
+		stdio: "inherit", // > don't include stdout in test output,
+		shell: true,
+		cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../showcases/ui5-app"),
+	});
+	// default options packs to $app-id.zip
+	const targetZip = path.resolve(t.context.tmpDir, "dist", "customZipName.zip");
+	t.true(existsSync(targetZip));
+	const allDepsFound = await Promise.all([
+		promisifiedNeedleInHaystack(targetZip, "testDir/README.md"),
+		promisifiedNeedleInHaystack(targetZip, "testDir/subFolder/testFile.js")
+	]);
+	t.true(allDepsFound.every((dep) => dep === true));
+});
+
 test("archive creation w/ additional files", async (t) => {
 	const ui5 = { yaml: path.resolve("./test/__assets__/ui5-app/ui5.additionalFiles.yaml") };
 	spawnSync(`ui5 build --config ${ui5.yaml} --dest ${t.context.tmpDir}/dist`, {
diff --git a/showcases/ui5-app/testDir/README.md b/showcases/ui5-app/testDir/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afaf3ce8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/showcases/ui5-app/testDir/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Additional Directories in Zip File
+
+This is a sample folder that should be copied with all content into the zip
+file using builder task `ui5-task-zipper` using the configuration property
+`additionalDirectories`
+
+Below is an example configuration:
+
+```yaml
+builder:
+  customTasks:
+    - name: ui5-task-zipper
+      afterTask: generateVersionInfo
+      configuration:
+        debug: true
+        archiveName: "customZipName"
+        additionalDirectories:
+          - testDir
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/showcases/ui5-app/testDir/subFolder/testFile.js b/showcases/ui5-app/testDir/subFolder/testFile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb