diff --git a/zip/cmd/main.go b/zip/cmd/main.go
index fba2e4b..d603586 100644
--- a/zip/cmd/main.go
+++ b/zip/cmd/main.go
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+type rspFiles struct{}
+
+func (rspFiles) String() string { return `""` }
+
+func (rspFiles) Set(s string) error {
+	fileArgsBuilder.RspFile(s)
+	return nil
+}
+
 type dir struct{}
 
 func (dir) String() string { return `""` }
@@ -143,7 +152,8 @@
 	traceFile := flags.String("trace", "", "write trace to file")
 
 	flags.Var(&rootPrefix{}, "P", "path prefix within the zip at which to place files")
-	flags.Var(&listFiles{}, "l", "file containing list of .class files")
+	flags.Var(&listFiles{}, "l", "file containing list of files to zip")
+	flags.Var(&rspFiles{}, "r", "file containing list of files to zip with Ninja rsp file escaping")
 	flags.Var(&dir{}, "D", "directory to include in zip")
 	flags.Var(&file{}, "f", "file to include in zip")
 	flags.Var(&nonDeflatedFiles, "s", "file path to be stored within the zip without compression")
diff --git a/zip/zip.go b/zip/zip.go
index 3c710a7..e27432c 100644
--- a/zip/zip.go
+++ b/zip/zip.go
@@ -150,6 +150,30 @@
 	return b
 }
 
+func (b *FileArgsBuilder) RspFile(name string) *FileArgsBuilder {
+	if b.err != nil {
+		return b
+	}
+
+	f, err := b.fs.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.err = err
+		return b
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	list, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.err = err
+		return b
+	}
+
+	arg := b.state
+	arg.SourceFiles = ReadRespFile(list)
+	b.fileArgs = append(b.fileArgs, arg)
+	return b
+}
+
 func (b *FileArgsBuilder) Error() error {
 	if b == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/zip/zip_test.go b/zip/zip_test.go
index 9705d6c..302a749 100644
--- a/zip/zip_test.go
+++ b/zip/zip_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 	"l_nl":                []byte("a/a/a\na/a/b\nc\n"),
 	"l_sp":                []byte("a/a/a a/a/b c"),
 	"l2":                  []byte("missing\n"),
+	"rsp":                 []byte("'a/a/a'\na/a/b\n'@'\n'foo'\\''bar'"),
+	"@ -> c":              nil,
+	"foo'bar -> c":        nil,
 	"manifest.txt":        fileCustomManifest,
 })
 
@@ -247,6 +250,19 @@
 			},
 		},
 		{
+			name: "rsp",
+			args: fileArgsBuilder().
+				RspFile("rsp"),
+			compressionLevel: 9,
+
+			files: []zip.FileHeader{
+				fh("a/a/a", fileA, zip.Deflate),
+				fh("a/a/b", fileB, zip.Deflate),
+				fh("@", fileC, zip.Deflate),
+				fh("foo'bar", fileC, zip.Deflate),
+			},
+		},
+		{
 			name: "prefix in zip",
 			args: fileArgsBuilder().
 				PathPrefixInZip("foo").
@@ -568,6 +584,11 @@
 			in:   `./cmd "\""-C`,
 			out:  []string{"./cmd", `"-C`},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "ninja rsp file",
+			in:   "'a'\nb\n'@'\n'foo'\\''bar'\n'foo\"bar'",
+			out:  []string{"a", "b", "@", "foo'bar", `foo"bar`},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {