diff --git a/app/models/formats/ogr/shp.js b/app/models/formats/ogr/shp.js
index 4dd59f35..8a2a64db 100644
--- a/app/models/formats/ogr/shp.js
+++ b/app/models/formats/ogr/shp.js
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ ShpFormat.prototype.toSHP = function (options, callback) {
   var filename = options.filename;
 
   var fmtObj = this;
-  var zip = 'zip'; // FIXME: make configurable
+  var zip = global.settings.zipCommand || 'zip';
   var tmpdir = global.settings.tmpDir || '/tmp';
   var reqKey = [ 'shp', dbname, user_id, gcol, this.generateMD5(sql) ].concat(skipfields).join(':');
-  var outdirpath = tmpdir + '/sqlapi-' + process.pid + '-' + reqKey; 
+  var outdirpath = tmpdir + '/sqlapi-' + process.pid + '-' + reqKey;
   var zipfile = outdirpath + '.zip';
   var shapefile = outdirpath + '/' + filename + '.shp';
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ShpFormat.prototype.toSHP = function (options, callback) {
         //console.log("Zip complete, zip return code was " + code);
         if (code) {
           next(new Error("Zip command return code " + code));
-          //res.statusCode = 500; 
+          //res.statusCode = 500;
         }
         next(null);
       });
@@ -116,4 +116,3 @@ ShpFormat.prototype.toSHP = function (options, callback) {
 
 
 module.exports = ShpFormat;
-
diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 0e2bce87..5aea37c0 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
 // change ogr2ogr command or path
 module.exports.ogr2ogrCommand = 'ogr2ogr';
+// change zip command or path
+module.exports.zipCommand = 'zip';
 // Optional statsd support
 module.exports.statsd = {
   host: 'localhost',
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 2411a6bb..216346dc 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
 // change ogr2ogr command or path
 module.exports.ogr2ogrCommand = 'ogr2ogr';
+// change zip command or path
+module.exports.zipCommand = 'zip';
 // Optional statsd support
 module.exports.statsd = {
   host: 'localhost',
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 4fa2f10d..736e492d 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
 // change ogr2ogr command or path
 module.exports.ogr2ogrCommand = 'ogr2ogr';
+// change zip command or path
+module.exports.zipCommand = 'zip';
 // Optional statsd support
 module.exports.statsd = {
   host: 'localhost',
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 203e5e39..3911ccf2 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
 // change ogr2ogr command or path
 module.exports.ogr2ogrCommand = 'ogr2ogr';
+// change zip command or path
+module.exports.zipCommand = 'zip';
 // Optional statsd support
 module.exports.statsd = {
   host: 'localhost',