diff --git a/sphinx_gallery/downloads.py b/sphinx_gallery/downloads.py
index 17dc50c99..1630df348 100644
--- a/sphinx_gallery/downloads.py
+++ b/sphinx_gallery/downloads.py
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # License: 3-clause BSD
 
 import os
-import zipfile
 
-from .utils import _replace_md5
+from .utils import zip_files
 
 
 CODE_ZIP_DOWNLOAD = """
@@ -53,14 +52,7 @@ def python_zip(file_list, gallery_path, extension=".py"):
     elif extension == ".ipynb":
         zipname += "_jupyter"
     zipname = os.path.join(gallery_path, zipname + ".zip")
-    zipname_new = zipname + ".new"
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(zipname_new, mode="w") as zipf:
-        for fname in file_list:
-            if extension is not None:
-                fname = os.path.splitext(fname)[0] + extension
-            zipf.write(fname, os.path.relpath(fname, gallery_path))
-    _replace_md5(zipname_new)
-    return zipname
+    return zip_files(file_list, zipname, gallery_path, extension)
 
 
 def list_downloadable_sources(target_dir, extensions=(".py",)):
diff --git a/sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py b/sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py
index 86dd5208a..3fc5488ba 100644
--- a/sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py
+++ b/sphinx_gallery/gen_rst.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     scale_image,
     get_md5sum,
+    zip_files,
     _replace_md5,
     optipng,
     status_iterator,
@@ -234,6 +235,12 @@ def __exit__(self, type_, value, tb):
       :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: {0} <{0}>`
 """
 
+ZIP_DOWNLOAD = """
+    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip
+
+      :download:`Download both (zipped): {0} <{0}>`
+"""
+
 RECOMMENDATIONS_INCLUDE = """\n
 .. include:: {0}.recommendations
 """
@@ -1263,12 +1270,17 @@ def generate_file_rst(fname, target_dir, src_dir, gallery_conf, seen_backrefs=No
     )
 
     save_thumbnail(image_path_template, src_file, script_vars, file_conf, gallery_conf)
+    files_to_zip = [target_file]
 
     if target_file.suffix in gallery_conf["notebook_extensions"]:
         example_nb = jupyter_notebook(script_blocks, gallery_conf, target_dir)
         ipy_fname = target_file.with_suffix(".ipynb.new")
         save_notebook(example_nb, ipy_fname)
         _replace_md5(ipy_fname, mode="t")
+        files_to_zip += [target_file.with_suffix(".ipynb")]
+
+    # Produce the zip file of all sources
+    zip_files(files_to_zip, target_file.with_suffix(".zip"), target_dir)
 
     # Write names
     if gallery_conf["inspect_global_variables"]:
@@ -1479,9 +1491,11 @@ def save_rst_example(
         example_rst += jupyterlite_rst
 
     if save_notebook:
-        example_rst += NOTEBOOK_DOWNLOAD.format(example_file.with_suffix(".ipynb").name)
+        ipynb_download_file = example_file.with_suffix(".ipynb").name
+        example_rst += NOTEBOOK_DOWNLOAD.format(ipynb_download_file)
 
     example_rst += CODE_DOWNLOAD.format(example_file.name, language)
+    example_rst += ZIP_DOWNLOAD.format(example_file.with_suffix(".zip").name)
 
     if gallery_conf["recommender"]["enable"]:
         # extract the filename without the extension
diff --git a/sphinx_gallery/utils.py b/sphinx_gallery/utils.py
index d96f483e5..f6e08af35 100644
--- a/sphinx_gallery/utils.py
+++ b/sphinx_gallery/utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import re
 from shutil import move, copyfile
 import subprocess
+import zipfile
 
 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
 import sphinx.util
@@ -167,6 +168,24 @@ def _replace_md5(fname_new, fname_old=None, method="move", mode="b"):
     assert os.path.isfile(fname_old)
 
 
+def zip_files(file_list, zipname, relative_to, extension=None):
+    """
+    Creates a zip file with the given files.
+
+    A zip file named `zipname` will be created containing the files listed in
+    `file_list`. The zip file contents will be stored with their paths stripped to be
+    relative to `relative_to`.
+    """
+    zipname_new = str(zipname) + ".new"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zipname_new, mode="w") as zipf:
+        for fname in file_list:
+            if extension is not None:
+                fname = os.path.splitext(fname)[0] + extension
+            zipf.write(fname, os.path.relpath(fname, relative_to))
+    _replace_md5(zipname_new)
+    return zipname
+
+
 def _has_pypandoc():
     """Check if pypandoc package available."""
     try: