diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index 90b22c8..9b65e25 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class Album(UnicodeMixin):
 
         if zip_gallery and len(self) > 0:
             archive_path = join(self.dst_path, zip_gallery)
-            archive = zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, 'w')
+            archive = zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, 'w', allowZip64=True)
             attr = ('src_path' if self.settings['zip_media_format'] == 'orig'
                     else 'dst_path')