diff --git a/sources/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index ef8caacd..ac42e45c 100644
--- a/sources/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ target_link_libraries(dfl_Common
 
   PRIVATE
     Boost::filesystem
+    libZIP::libZIP
 )
 add_library(DynaFlowLauncher::common ALIAS dfl_Common)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/Dictionaries/DFLLog_en_GB.dic ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/Dictionaries/DFLError_en_GB.dic DESTINATION share)
diff --git a/sources/Common/include/Options.h b/sources/Common/include/Options.h
index b1017457..1cec4dee 100644
--- a/sources/Common/include/Options.h
+++ b/sources/Common/include/Options.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <boost/optional.hpp>
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ class Options {
     std::string networkFilePath;        ///< Network filepath to process
     std::string contingenciesFilePath;  ///< Contingencies filepath for security analysis
     std::string configPath;             ///< Launcher configuration filepath
+    std::string zipArchivePath;         ///< zip archive path to unzip to get input files
     std::string dynawoLogLevel;         ///< chosen log level
   };
 
diff --git a/sources/Common/src/Options.cpp b/sources/Common/src/Options.cpp
index fea954ad..19038a34 100644
--- a/sources/Common/src/Options.cpp
+++ b/sources/Common/src/Options.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 #include "version.h"
 
+#include <libzip/ZipInputStream.h>
+
+#include <DYNFileSystemUtils.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -81,14 +85,18 @@ Options::basename(const std::string& filepath) {
   return path.filename().replace_extension().generic_string();
 }
 
-Options::Options() : desc_{}, config_{"", "", "", "", defaultLogLevel_} {
-  desc_.add_options()("help,h", "Display help message")(
-      "log-level", po::value<ParsedLogLevel>(),
-      (std::string("Dynawo logger level (allowed values are ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG): default is ") + defaultLogLevel_).c_str())(
-      "network", po::value<std::string>(&config_.networkFilePath)->required(), "Network file path to process (IIDM support only)")(
-      "contingencies", po::value<std::string>(&config_.contingenciesFilePath), "Contingencies file path to process (Security Analysis)")(
-      "config", po::value<std::string>(&config_.configPath)->required(), "launcher Configuration file to use")("version,v", "Display version")(
-      "nsa", "Run steady state calculation followed by security analysis. Requires contingencies file to be defined.");
+Options::Options() : desc_{}, config_{"", "", "", "", "", defaultLogLevel_} {
+  desc_.add_options()
+      ("help,h", "Display help message")
+      ("version,v", "Display version")
+      ("log-level", po::value<ParsedLogLevel>(),
+          (std::string("Dynawo logger level (allowed values are ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG): default is ") + defaultLogLevel_).c_str())
+      ("network", po::value<std::string>(&config_.networkFilePath)->required(), "Network file path to process (IIDM support only)")
+      ("config", po::value<std::string>(&config_.configPath)->required(), "launcher Configuration file to use")
+      ("contingencies", po::value<std::string>(&config_.contingenciesFilePath), "Contingencies file path to process (Security Analysis)")
+      ("nsa", "Run steady state calculation followed by security analysis. Requires contingencies file to be defined.")
+      ("input-archive", po::value<std::string>(&config_.zipArchivePath),
+          "Path to a ZIP archive containing input files for '--network', '--config', and '--contingencies'.");
 }
 
 Options::Request
@@ -108,6 +116,21 @@ Options::parse(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
     po::notify(vm);
 
+    if (vm.count("input-archive") > 0) {
+      boost::shared_ptr<zip::ZipFile> archive = zip::ZipInputStream::read(config_.zipArchivePath);
+      std::string archiveParentPath = boost::filesystem::path(config_.zipArchivePath).parent_path().string();
+      for (std::map<std::string, boost::shared_ptr<zip::ZipEntry>>::const_iterator archiveIt = archive->getEntries().begin();
+          archiveIt != archive->getEntries().end(); ++archiveIt) {
+        std::string name = archiveIt->first;
+        std::string data(archiveIt->second->getData());
+        std::ofstream file;
+        std::string filepath = createAbsolutePath(name, archiveParentPath);
+        file.open(createAbsolutePath(name, archiveParentPath).c_str(), std::ios::binary);
+        file << data;
+        file.close();
+      }
+    }
+
     // These are not binded automatically
     if (vm.count("log-level") > 0) {
       config_.dynawoLogLevel = vm["log-level"].as<ParsedLogLevel>().logLevelDefinition;
diff --git a/sources/Context.cpp b/sources/Context.cpp
index e220ab47..6bb75c37 100644
--- a/sources/Context.cpp
+++ b/sources/Context.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,11 @@ void Context::executeSecurityAnalysis() {
   multipleJobs->setScenarios(scenarios);
   auto saLauncher = boost::make_shared<DYNAlgorithms::SystematicAnalysisLauncher>();
   saLauncher->setMultipleJobs(multipleJobs);
-  saLauncher->setOutputFile("aggregatedResults.xml");
+  if (def_.outputIsZip) {
+    saLauncher->setOutputFile("output.zip");
+  } else {
+    saLauncher->setOutputFile("aggregatedResults.xml");
+  }
   saLauncher->setDirectory(config_.outputDir().generic_string());
   saLauncher->init();
   saLauncher->launch();
diff --git a/sources/Context.h b/sources/Context.h
index a1883970..b426d4a3 100644
--- a/sources/Context.h
+++ b/sources/Context.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class Context {
     boost::filesystem::path settingFilePath;                          ///< setting file path for dynamic data base
     boost::filesystem::path assemblingFilePath;                       ///< assembling file path for dynamic data base
     boost::filesystem::path contingenciesFilePath;                    ///< contigencies file path for Security Analysis simulation
+    bool outputIsZip;                                                 ///< true if the output is zip archive, false otherwise
     std::string dynawoLogLevel;                                       ///< string representation of the dynawo log level
     boost::filesystem::path dynawoResDir;                             ///< DYNAWO resources
     std::string locale;                                               ///< localization
diff --git a/sources/main.cpp b/sources/main.cpp
index b6544921..68a46a38 100644
--- a/sources/main.cpp
+++ b/sources/main.cpp
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ static inline double elapsed(const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point &timePo
 
 static boost::shared_ptr<dfl::Context> buildContext(dfl::inputs::SimulationParams const &params, dfl::inputs::Configuration &config) {
   auto timeContextStart = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  bool outputIsZip = !params.runtimeConfig->zipArchivePath.empty();
   dfl::Context::ContextDef def{config.getStartingPointMode(),
                                params.simulationKind,
                                params.networkFilePath,
                                config.settingFilePath(),
                                config.assemblingFilePath(),
                                params.runtimeConfig->contingenciesFilePath,
+                               outputIsZip,
                                params.runtimeConfig->dynawoLogLevel,
                                params.resourcesDirPath,
                                params.locale};