diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/__main__.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e25ac946edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import unittest
+
+from . import load_tests  # noqa: F401
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 5c49af36d86..f6df7a620de 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1978,6 +1978,7 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	asyncio \
 		wsgiref \
 		$(XMLLIBSUBDIRS) \
 		xmlrpc \
+		zipfile \
 		zoneinfo \
 		__phello__
 TESTSUBDIRS=	idlelib/idle_test \
@@ -2051,6 +2052,7 @@ TESTSUBDIRS=	idlelib/idle_test \
 		test/test_tools \
 		test/test_ttk \
 		test/test_warnings test/test_warnings/data \
+		test/test_zipfile \
 		test/test_zoneinfo test/test_zoneinfo/data \
 		test/test_unittest test/test_unittest/testmock \
 		test/tracedmodules \