diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index b56d015e54..32c512fe39 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.rb.output import RBOutput
 from calibre.ebooks.rtf.output import RTFOutput
 from calibre.ebooks.tcr.output import TCROutput
 from calibre.ebooks.txt.output import TXTOutput
+from calibre.ebooks.txt.output import TXTZOutput
 from calibre.ebooks.html.output import HTMLOutput
 from calibre.ebooks.snb.output import SNBOutput
 
@@ -553,6 +554,7 @@ plugins += [
     RTFOutput,
     TCROutput,
     TXTOutput,
+    TXTZOutput,
     HTMLOutput,
     SNBOutput,
 ]
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/txtz.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/txtz.py
index ba0078328e..ae6efb4838 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/txtz.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/txtz.py
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ def get_metadata(stream, extract_cover=True):
     return mi
 
 def set_metadata(stream, mi):
-    stream.seek(0)
     opf = StringIO(metadata_to_opf(mi))
     safe_replace(stream, 'metadata.opf', opf)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
index b73a6e8908..3905081a84 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ __copyright__ = '2009, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import os
+import shutil
+
+from lxml import etree
 
 from calibre.customize.conversion import OutputFormatPlugin, \
     OptionRecommendation
+from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import OEB_IMAGES 
 from calibre.ebooks.txt.txtml import TXTMLizer
 from calibre.ebooks.txt.newlines import TxtNewlines, specified_newlines
+from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory, TemporaryFile
+from calibre.utils.zipfile import ZipFile
 
 class TXTOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
 
@@ -93,3 +99,32 @@ class TXTOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
         if close:
             out_stream.close()
 
+
+class TXTZOutput(TXTOutput):
+    
+    name = 'TXTZ Output'
+    author = 'John Schember'
+    file_type = 'txtz'
+
+    def convert(self, oeb_book, output_path, input_plugin, opts, log):
+        with TemporaryDirectory('_txtz_output') as tdir:
+            # TXT
+            with TemporaryFile('index.txt') as tf:
+                TXTOutput.convert(self, oeb_book, tf, input_plugin, opts, log)
+                shutil.copy(tf, os.path.join(tdir, 'index.txt'))
+
+            # Images
+            for item in oeb_book.manifest:
+                if item.media_type in OEB_IMAGES:
+                    path = os.path.join(tdir, os.path.dirname(item.href))
+                    if not os.path.exists(path):
+                        os.makedirs(path)
+                    with open(os.path.join(tdir, item.href), 'wb') as imgf:
+                        imgf.write(item.data)
+            
+            # Metadata
+            with open(os.path.join(tdir, 'metadata.opf'), 'wb') as mdataf: 
+                mdataf.write(etree.tostring(oeb_book.metadata.to_opf1()))
+            
+            txtz = ZipFile(output_path, 'w')
+            txtz.add_dir(tdir)