diff --git a/archive-zip.c b/archive-zip.c
index 0f763e8022..e9b3dc99a5 100644
--- a/archive-zip.c
+++ b/archive-zip.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 {
 	struct zip_local_header header;
 	struct zip_dir_header dirent;
-	unsigned long attr2;
+	unsigned int creator_version = 0;
+	unsigned long attr2 = 0;
 	unsigned long compressed_size;
 	unsigned long crc;
 	unsigned long direntsize;
@@ -224,10 +225,15 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		enum object_type type = sha1_object_info(sha1, &size);
 
 		method = 0;
-		attr2 = S_ISLNK(mode) ? ((mode | 0777) << 16) :
-			(mode & 0111) ? ((mode) << 16) : 0;
 		if (S_ISREG(mode) && args->compression_level != 0 && size > 0)
 			method = 8;
+		if (S_ISLNK(mode) || (mode & 0111) || (flags & ZIP_UTF8)) {
+			creator_version = 0x033f;
+			attr2 = mode;
+			if (S_ISLNK(mode))
+				attr2 |= 0777;
+			attr2 <<= 16;
+		}
 		compressed_size = size;
 
 		if (S_ISREG(mode) && type == OBJ_BLOB && !args->convert &&
@@ -274,8 +280,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 	}
 
 	copy_le32(dirent.magic, 0x02014b50);
-	copy_le16(dirent.creator_version,
-		S_ISLNK(mode) || (S_ISREG(mode) && (mode & 0111)) ? 0x0317 : 0);
+	copy_le16(dirent.creator_version, creator_version);
 	copy_le16(dirent.version, 10);
 	copy_le16(dirent.flags, flags);
 	copy_le16(dirent.compression_method, method);