diff --git a/src/components/pages/folders/views/FolderTableView.tsx b/src/components/pages/folders/views/FolderTableView.tsx
index ddc24db8..e0901286 100755
--- a/src/components/pages/folders/views/FolderTableView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/folders/views/FolderTableView.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   IconShare,
   IconShareOff,
   IconTrashFilled,
+  IconZip,
 } from '@tabler/icons-react';
 import ViewFilesModal from '../ViewFilesModal';
 import EditFolderNameModal from '../EditFolderNameModal';
@@ -169,6 +170,14 @@ export default function FolderTableView() {
                       <IconPencil size='1rem' />
                     </ActionIcon>
                   </Tooltip>
+                  <Tooltip label='Export folder as ZIP'>
+                    <ActionIcon
+                      color='blue'
+                      onClick={() => window.open(`/api/user/folders/${folder.id}/export`, '_blank')}
+                    >
+                      <IconZip size='1rem' />
+                    </ActionIcon>
+                  </Tooltip>
                   <Tooltip label='Delete Folder'>
                     <ActionIcon
                       color='red'
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id]/export.ts b/src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id]/export.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63d065f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id]/export.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { datasource } from '@/lib/datasource';
+import { prisma } from '@/lib/db';
+import { log } from '@/lib/logger';
+import { userMiddleware } from '@/server/middleware/user';
+import archiver from 'archiver';
+import fastifyPlugin from 'fastify-plugin';
+
+export type ApiUserFoldersIdExportResponse = null;
+
+type Params = {
+  id: string;
+};
+
+const logger = log('api').c('user').c('folders').c('[id]').c('export');
+
+export const PATH = '/api/user/folders/:id/export';
+export default fastifyPlugin(
+  (server, _, done) => {
+    server.get<{ Params: Params }>(PATH, { preHandler: [userMiddleware] }, async (req, res) => {
+      const { id } = req.params;
+
+      const folder = await prisma.folder.findUnique({
+        where: {
+          id,
+        },
+        include: {
+          files: true,
+        },
+      });
+      if (!folder) return res.notFound('Folder not found');
+      if (req.user.id !== folder.userId) return res.forbidden('You do not own this folder');
+
+      if (!folder.files.length) return res.badRequest("Can't export an empty folder.");
+
+      logger.info(`folder export requested: ${folder.name}`, { user: req.user.id, folder: folder.id });
+
+      res.hijack();
+
+      const zip = archiver('zip', {
+        zlib: { level: 9 },
+      });
+
+      zip.pipe(res.raw);
+
+      for (const file of folder.files) {
+        const stream = await datasource.get(file.name);
+        if (!stream) {
+          logger.warn('failed to get file stream for folder export', { file: file.id, folder: folder.id });
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        zip.append(stream, { name: file.name });
+      }
+
+      zip.on('error', (err) => {
+        logger.error('error during folder export zip creation', { folder: folder.id }).error(err as Error);
+      });
+
+      zip.on('finish', () => {
+        logger.info(`folder export completed: ${folder.name}`, { user: req.user.id, folder: folder.id });
+      });
+
+      await zip.finalize();
+    });
+    done();
+  },
+  { name: PATH },
+);
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id].ts b/src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id]/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id].ts
rename to src/server/routes/api/user/folders/[id]/index.ts