--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/zip/ZipOutputStream.java	Mon Mar 25 18:14:52 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/zip/ZipOutputStream.java	Tue Mar 26 13:34:54 2013 -0700
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@
 public
 class ZipOutputStream extends DeflaterOutputStream implements ZipConstants {
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to use ZIP64 for zip files with more than 64k entries.
+     * Until ZIP64 support in zip implementations is ubiquitous, this
+     * system property allows the creation of zip files which can be
+     * read by legacy zip implementations which tolerate "incorrect"
+     * total entry count fields, such as the ones in jdk6, and even
+     * some in jdk7.
+     */
+    private static final boolean inhibitZip64 =
+        Boolean.parseBoolean(
+            java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction(
+                    "jdk.util.zip.inhibitZip64", "false")));
+
     private static class XEntry {
         public final ZipEntry entry;
         public final long offset;
@@ -534,8 +548,10 @@
         }
         int count = xentries.size();
         if (count >= ZIP64_MAGICCOUNT) {
-            count = ZIP64_MAGICCOUNT;
-            hasZip64 = true;
+            hasZip64 |= !inhibitZip64;
+            if (hasZip64) {
+                count = ZIP64_MAGICCOUNT;
+            }
         }
         if (hasZip64) {
             long off64 = written;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/zip/EntryCount64k.java	Tue Mar 26 13:34:54 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test java.util.zip behavior with ~64k entries
+ * @run main/othervm EntryCount64k
+ * @run main/othervm -Djdk.util.zip.inhibitZip64=true EntryCount64k
+ * @run main/othervm -Djdk.util.zip.inhibitZip64=false EntryCount64k
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.zip.*;
+
+public class EntryCount64k {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        for (int i = (1 << 16) - 2; i < (1 << 16) + 2; i++)
+            test(i);
+    }
+
+    static void test(int entryCount) throws Exception {
+        File zipFile = new File("EntryCount64k-tmp.zip");
+        zipFile.delete();
+
+        try (ZipOutputStream zos =
+             new ZipOutputStream(
+                new BufferedOutputStream(
+                    new FileOutputStream(zipFile)))) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; i++) {
+                ZipEntry e = new ZipEntry(Integer.toString(i));
+                zos.putNextEntry(e);
+                zos.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+
+        String p = System.getProperty("jdk.util.zip.inhibitZip64");
+        boolean tooManyEntries = entryCount >= (1 << 16) - 1;
+        boolean shouldUseZip64 = tooManyEntries & !("true".equals(p));
+        boolean usesZip64 = usesZip64(zipFile);
+        String details = String.format
+            ("entryCount=%d shouldUseZip64=%s usesZip64=%s zipSize=%d%n",
+             entryCount, shouldUseZip64, usesZip64, zipFile.length());
+        System.err.println(details);
+        checkCanRead(zipFile, entryCount);
+        if (shouldUseZip64 != usesZip64)
+            throw new Error(details);
+        zipFile.delete();
+    }
+
+    static boolean usesZip64(File zipFile) throws Exception {
+        RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(zipFile, "r");
+        byte[] buf = new byte[4096];
+        raf.seek(raf.length() - buf.length);
+        raf.read(buf);
+        for (int i = 0; i < buf.length - 4; i++) {
+            // Look for ZIP64 End Header Signature
+            // Phil Katz: yes, we will always remember you
+            if (buf[i+0] == 'P' &&
+                buf[i+1] == 'K' &&
+                buf[i+2] == 6   &&
+                buf[i+3] == 6)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    static void checkCanRead(File zipFile, int entryCount) throws Exception {
+        // Check ZipInputStream API
+        try (ZipInputStream zis =
+             new ZipInputStream(
+                 new BufferedInputStream(
+                     new FileInputStream(zipFile)))) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; i++) {
+                ZipEntry e = zis.getNextEntry();
+                if (Integer.parseInt(e.getName()) != i)
+                    throw new AssertionError();
+            }
+            if (zis.getNextEntry() != null)
+                throw new AssertionError();
+        }
+
+        // Check ZipFile API
+        try (ZipFile zf = new ZipFile(zipFile)) {
+            Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> en = zf.entries();
+            for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; i++) {
+                ZipEntry e = en.nextElement();
+                if (Integer.parseInt(e.getName()) != i)
+                    throw new AssertionError();
+            }
+            if (en.hasMoreElements()
+                || (zf.size() != entryCount)
+                || (zf.getEntry(Integer.toString(entryCount - 1)) == null)
+                || (zf.getEntry(Integer.toString(entryCount)) != null))
+                throw new AssertionError();
+        }
+    }
+}