diff --git a/lxc/executors/zig b/lxc/executors/zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1250342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc/executors/zig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd /tmp/$2
+cp code.code main.zig
+timeout -s KILL 10 zig build-exe main.zig
+timeout -s KILL 3 xargs -a args.args -d '\n' ./main
diff --git a/lxc/tests/zig.zig b/lxc/tests/zig.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a9d2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc/tests/zig.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+    try stdout.print("good\n", .{});
+}
diff --git a/lxc/versions b/lxc/versions
index 1d112df..01f674b 100755
--- a/lxc/versions
+++ b/lxc/versions
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ echo "elixir"
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "elixir --version"
 echo '---'
 
-echo 'd' 
+echo 'd'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "dmd --version"
 echo '---'
 
@@ -124,3 +124,7 @@ echo '---'
 echo 'typescript'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "tsc --version"
 echo '---'
+
+echo 'zig'
+lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "zig version"
+echo '---'
diff --git a/shared/languages.json b/shared/languages.json
index 369c388..61c9e7c 100644
--- a/shared/languages.json
+++ b/shared/languages.json
@@ -221,5 +221,11 @@
             "ts",
             "typescript"
         ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "zig",
+        "aliases": [
+            "zig"
+        ]
     }
 ]
diff --git a/var/install.txt b/var/install.txt
index a9cd61a..071b702 100644
--- a/var/install.txt
+++ b/var/install.txt
@@ -241,6 +241,17 @@ tar -xf dmd.2.095.0.linux.tar
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/d/dmd2/linux/bin64' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile
 
+# install zig
+# final binary: /opt/zig/zig
+# get version: /opt/zig/zig version
+cd /opt && mkdir zig && cd zig
+wget https://ziglang.org/download/0.7.1/zig-linux-x86_64-0.7.1.tar.xz
+tar -xf zig-linux-x86_64-0.7.1.tar.xz
+mv zig-linux-x86_64-0.7.1 zig
+rm zig-linux-x86_64-0.7.1.tar.xz
+echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/zig/zig' >> /opt/.profile
+source /opt/.profile
+
 # create runnable users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do
     useradd -M runner$i