diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b477de5f0..53c9b595c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Import-Package: org.apache.commons.compress.archivers;version="[1.4,2.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.api;version="[4.7.0,4.8.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.lib;version="[4.7.0,4.8.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.nls;version="[4.7.0,4.8.0)",
+ org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk;version="[4.7.0,4.8.0)",
  org.eclipse.jgit.util;version="[4.7.0,4.8.0)",
  org.osgi.framework;version="[1.3.0,2.0.0)"
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
index d56cb35d9..900f024bf 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.archive.internal.ArchiveText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
 
 /**
@@ -84,9 +85,21 @@ public final class TarFormat extends BaseFormat implements
 		return applyFormatOptions(out, o);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
+	@Override
 	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
 			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
 			throws IOException {
+		putEntry(out, null, path, mode,loader);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
 		if (mode == FileMode.SYMLINK) {
 			final TarArchiveEntry entry = new TarArchiveEntry(
 					path, TarConstants.LF_SYMLINK);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/Tbz2Format.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/Tbz2Format.java
index f3ab4da43..bba029363 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/Tbz2Format.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/Tbz2Format.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.ArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.bzip2.BZip2CompressorOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
 
 /**
@@ -80,10 +81,22 @@ public final class Tbz2Format extends BaseFormat implements
 		return tarFormat.createArchiveOutputStream(out, o);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
+	@Override
 	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
 			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
 			throws IOException {
-		tarFormat.putEntry(out, path, mode, loader);
+		putEntry(out, null, path, mode,loader);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
+		tarFormat.putEntry(out, tree, path, mode, loader);
 	}
 
 	public Iterable<String> suffixes() {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TgzFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TgzFormat.java
index 06f09a488..b6bf3ff66 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TgzFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TgzFormat.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.ArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
 
 /**
@@ -80,10 +81,22 @@ public final class TgzFormat extends BaseFormat implements
 		return tarFormat.createArchiveOutputStream(out, o);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
+	@Override
 	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
 			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
 			throws IOException {
-		tarFormat.putEntry(out, path, mode, loader);
+		putEntry(out, null, path, mode,loader);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
+		tarFormat.putEntry(out, tree, path, mode, loader);
 	}
 
 	public Iterable<String> suffixes() {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TxzFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TxzFormat.java
index 14839353d..76d934f21 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TxzFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TxzFormat.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.ArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.xz.XZCompressorOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
 
 /**
@@ -80,10 +81,22 @@ public final class TxzFormat extends BaseFormat implements
 		return tarFormat.createArchiveOutputStream(out, o);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
+	@Override
 	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
 			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
 			throws IOException {
-		tarFormat.putEntry(out, path, mode, loader);
+		putEntry(out, null, path, mode,loader);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
+		tarFormat.putEntry(out, tree, path, mode, loader);
 	}
 
 	public Iterable<String> suffixes() {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
index 0e1b2536f..dfbf2ee62 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.archive.internal.ArchiveText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 
 /**
  * PKWARE's ZIP format.
@@ -80,9 +82,21 @@ public final class ZipFormat extends BaseFormat implements
 		return applyFormatOptions(new ZipArchiveOutputStream(s), o);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
+	@Override
 	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
 			String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
 			throws IOException {
+		putEntry(out, null, path, mode,loader);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void putEntry(ArchiveOutputStream out,
+			ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader)
+			throws IOException {
 		// ZipArchiveEntry detects directories by checking
 		// for '/' at the end of the filename.
 		if (path.endsWith("/") && mode != FileMode.TREE) //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -92,6 +106,12 @@ public final class ZipFormat extends BaseFormat implements
 			path = path + "/"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 		final ZipArchiveEntry entry = new ZipArchiveEntry(path);
+
+		if(tree instanceof RevCommit){
+			long commitTime = ((RevCommit) tree).getCommitTime();
+			entry.setTime(commitTime);
+		}
+
 		if (mode == FileMode.TREE) {
 			out.putArchiveEntry(entry);
 			out.closeArchiveEntry();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommandTest.java
index fc8df42e2..54d58eca4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommandTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.RepositoryTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.StringUtils;
@@ -203,12 +204,14 @@ public class ArchiveCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		private final List<String> SUFFIXES = Collections
 				.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(".mck"));
 
+		@Override
 		public MockOutputStream createArchiveOutputStream(OutputStream s)
 				throws IOException {
 			return createArchiveOutputStream(s,
 					Collections.<String, Object> emptyMap());
 		}
 
+		@Override
 		public MockOutputStream createArchiveOutputStream(OutputStream s,
 				Map<String, Object> o) throws IOException {
 			for (Map.Entry<String, Object> p : o.entrySet()) {
@@ -224,11 +227,18 @@ public class ArchiveCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 			return new MockOutputStream();
 		}
 
+		@Override
 		public void putEntry(MockOutputStream out, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader) {
+			putEntry(out, null, path, mode, loader);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void putEntry(MockOutputStream out, ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode, ObjectLoader loader) {
 			String content = mode != FileMode.TREE ? new String(loader.getBytes()) : null;
 			entries.put(path, content);
 		}
 
+		@Override
 		public Iterable<String> suffixes() {
 			return SUFFIXES;
 		}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
index fa8a9cf9a..418fed612 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <component id="org.eclipse.jgit" version="2">
+    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommand.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand$Format">
+        <filter comment="OSGi semver allows to break implementors in minor releases" id="403804204">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.api.ArchiveCommand.Format"/>
+                <message_argument value="putEntry(T, ObjectId, String, FileMode, ObjectLoader)"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+    </resource>
     <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/HttpConnection.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.HttpConnection">
         <filter comment="OSGi semantic versioning rules allow to break implementors in minor releases" id="403767336">
             <message_arguments>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommand.java
index 8543bd5f6..6c7dca5c2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ArchiveCommand.java
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 		 * @param out
 		 *            archive object from createArchiveOutputStream
 		 * @param path
-		 *            full filename relative to the root of the archive
-		 *            (with trailing '/' for directories)
+		 *            full filename relative to the root of the archive (with
+		 *            trailing '/' for directories)
 		 * @param mode
 		 *            mode (for example FileMode.REGULAR_FILE or
 		 *            FileMode.SYMLINK)
@@ -171,9 +171,36 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 		 *            blob object with data for this entry (null for
 		 *            directories)
 		 * @throws IOException
-		 *            thrown by the underlying output stream for I/O errors
+		 *             thrown by the underlying output stream for I/O errors
+		 * @deprecated use
+		 *             {@link #putEntry(Closeable, ObjectId, String, FileMode, ObjectLoader)}
+		 *             instead
 		 */
+		@Deprecated
 		void putEntry(T out, String path, FileMode mode,
+					  ObjectLoader loader) throws IOException;
+
+		/**
+		 * Write an entry to an archive.
+		 *
+		 * @param out
+		 *            archive object from createArchiveOutputStream
+		 * @param tree
+		 *            the tag, commit, or tree object to produce an archive for
+		 * @param path
+		 *            full filename relative to the root of the archive (with
+		 *            trailing '/' for directories)
+		 * @param mode
+		 *            mode (for example FileMode.REGULAR_FILE or
+		 *            FileMode.SYMLINK)
+		 * @param loader
+		 *            blob object with data for this entry (null for
+		 *            directories)
+		 * @throws IOException
+		 *             thrown by the underlying output stream for I/O errors
+		 * @since 4.7
+		 */
+		void putEntry(T out, ObjectId tree, String path, FileMode mode,
 				ObjectLoader loader) throws IOException;
 
 		/**
@@ -389,11 +416,11 @@ public class ArchiveCommand extends GitCommand<OutputStream> {
 						mode = FileMode.TREE;
 
 					if (mode == FileMode.TREE) {
-						fmt.putEntry(outa, name + "/", mode, null); //$NON-NLS-1$
+						fmt.putEntry(outa, tree, name + "/", mode, null); //$NON-NLS-1$
 						continue;
 					}
 					walk.getObjectId(idBuf, 0);
-					fmt.putEntry(outa, name, mode, reader.open(idBuf));
+					fmt.putEntry(outa, tree, name, mode, reader.open(idBuf));
 				}
 				outa.close();
 				return out;