diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeUtils.java
index d85370e281b6..76500fa8c164 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeUtils.java
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ public abstract class MimeTypeUtils {
 	 */
 	public static final String APPLICATION_XML_VALUE = "application/xml";
 
+	/**
+	 * Public constant mime type for {@code application/zip}.
+	 */
+	public static final MimeType APPLICATION_ZIP;
+
+	/**
+	 * A String equivalent of {@link MimeTypeUtils#APPLICATION_ZIP}.
+	 */
+	public static final String APPLICATION_ZIP_VALUE = "application/zip";
+
 	/**
 	 * Public constant mime type for {@code image/gif}.
 	 */
@@ -185,6 +195,7 @@ public abstract class MimeTypeUtils {
 		APPLICATION_JSON = new MimeType("application", "json");
 		APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM = new MimeType("application", "octet-stream");
 		APPLICATION_XML = new MimeType("application", "xml");
+		APPLICATION_ZIP = new MimeType("application", "zip");
 		IMAGE_GIF = new MimeType("image", "gif");
 		IMAGE_JPEG = new MimeType("image", "jpeg");
 		IMAGE_PNG = new MimeType("image", "png");
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
index 4a8b625dc323..8e7367bc9244 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ public class MediaType extends MimeType implements Serializable {
 	 */
 	public static final String APPLICATION_XML_VALUE = "application/xml";
 
+	/**
+	 * Public constant media type for {@code application/zip}.
+	 */
+	public static final MediaType APPLICATION_ZIP;
+
+	/**
+	 * A String equivalent of {@link MediaType#APPLICATION_ZIP}.
+	 */
+	public static final String APPLICATION_ZIP_VALUE = "application/zip";
+
 	/**
 	 * Public constant media type for {@code image/gif}.
 	 */
@@ -422,6 +432,7 @@ public class MediaType extends MimeType implements Serializable {
 		APPLICATION_STREAM_JSON = new MediaType("application", "stream+json");
 		APPLICATION_XHTML_XML = new MediaType("application", "xhtml+xml");
 		APPLICATION_XML = new MediaType("application", "xml");
+		APPLICATION_ZIP = new MediaType("application", "zip");
 		IMAGE_GIF = new MediaType("image", "gif");
 		IMAGE_JPEG = new MediaType("image", "jpeg");
 		IMAGE_PNG = new MediaType("image", "png");