diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index de3c70c..cf0b56e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"archive/zip"
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/flate"
 )
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ func (a *Archiver) compressToBuffer(buf *bytes.Buffer, file *File) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+const zipVersion20 = 20
+const extendedTimestampTag = 0x5455
+
 func (a *Archiver) constructHeader(file *File) error {
 	header, err := zip.FileInfoHeader(file.Info)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -299,11 +304,56 @@ func (a *Archiver) constructHeader(file *File) error {
 	}
 
 	header.Method = zip.Deflate
+
+	utf8ValidName, utf8RequireName := detectUTF8(header.Name)
+	utf8ValidComment, utf8RequireComment := detectUTF8(header.Comment)
+	switch {
+	case header.NonUTF8:
+		header.Flags &^= 0x800
+	case (utf8RequireName || utf8RequireComment) && (utf8ValidName && utf8ValidComment):
+		header.Flags |= 0x800
+	}
+
+	header.CreatorVersion = header.CreatorVersion&0xff00 | zipVersion20
+	header.ReaderVersion = zipVersion20
+
+	// we store local times in header.Modified- other zip readers expect this
+	// we set extended timestamp (UTC) info as an Extra for compatibility
+	// we only set mod time, not time of last access or time of original creation
+	// https://libzip.org/specifications/extrafld.txt
+
+	if !header.Modified.IsZero() {
+		extraBuf := make([]byte, 0, 9) // 2*SizeOf(uint16) + SizeOf(uint) + SizeOf(uint32)
+
+		extraBuf = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint16(extraBuf, extendedTimestampTag)
+		extraBuf = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint16(extraBuf, 5) // block size
+		extraBuf = append(extraBuf, uint8(1))                    // flags
+		extraBuf = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(extraBuf, uint32(header.Modified.Unix()))
+
+		header.Extra = append(header.Extra, extraBuf...)
+	}
+
 	file.Header = header
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+// https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.21.0:src/archive/zip/writer.go
+func detectUTF8(s string) (valid, require bool) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); {
+		r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
+		i += size
+
+		if r < 0x20 || r > 0x7d || r == 0x5c {
+			if !utf8.ValidRune(r) || (r == utf8.RuneError && size == 1) {
+				return false, false
+			}
+			require = true
+		}
+	}
+	return true, require
+}
+
 func (a *Archiver) dirArchive() bool {
 	return a.chroot != ""
 }
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index b6c0796..1fce1b1 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"archive/zip"
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ func TestFileWriter(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, "nested/hello.md", file.Header.Name)
 		})
 
-		t.Run("with deflate method and correct uncompressed size, mod time and mode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("with deflate method and correct uncompressed size, mod time, mode, and extended timestamp", func(t *testing.T) {
 			archive, cleanup := createTempArchive(t, archivePath)
 			defer cleanup()
 
@@ -205,10 +206,18 @@ func TestFileWriter(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, uint64(info.Size()), file.Header.UncompressedSize64)
 			assertMatchingTimes(t, info.ModTime(), file.Header.Modified)
 			assert.Equal(t, info.Mode(), file.Header.Mode())
+			assertExtendedTimestamp(t, file.Header)
 		})
 	})
 }
 
+func assertExtendedTimestamp(t testing.TB, hdr *zip.FileHeader) {
+	want := make([]byte, 2)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint16(want, extendedTimestampTag)
+	got := hdr.Extra[:2]
+	assert.Equal(t, want, got, "expected header to contain extended timestamp")
+}
+
 func TestFileWorkerPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("can enqueue tasks", func(t *testing.T) {
 		fileProcessPool := &FileWorkerPool{tasks: make(chan File, 1)}