diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.cc b/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.cc
index 611c72df727..6bba0abd0b9 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.cc
@@ -210,6 +210,32 @@ namespace XrdCl
     final = std::move( f );
   }
 
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Called by a pipeline on the handler of its first operation before Run
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  void PipelineHandler::PreparePipelineStart()
+  {
+    // Move any final-function from the handler of the last operaiton to the
+    // first. It will be moved along the pipeline of handlers while the
+    // pipeline is run.
+
+    if( final || !nextOperation ) return;
+    PipelineHandler *last = nextOperation->handler.get();
+    while( last )
+    {
+      Operation<true> *nextop = last->nextOperation.get();
+      if( !nextop ) break;
+      last = nextop->handler.get();
+    }
+    if( last )
+    {
+      // swap-then-move rather than only move as we need to guarantee that
+      // last->final is left without target.
+      std::function<void(const XRootDStatus&)> f;
+      f.swap( last->final );
+      Assign( std::move( f ) );
+    }
+  }
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Stop the current pipeline
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.hh b/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.hh
index 24aa66a09c7..e49bb4e84cf 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.hh
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClOperations.hh
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ namespace XrdCl
       //------------------------------------------------------------------------
       void Assign( std::function<void(const XRootDStatus&)>  final );
 
+      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      //! Called by a pipeline on the handler of its first operation before Run
+      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      void PreparePipelineStart();
+
     private:
 
       //------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -487,6 +492,10 @@ namespace XrdCl
         if( !operation ) std::logic_error( "Empty pipeline!" );
 
         Operation<true> *opr = operation.release();
+        PipelineHandler *h = opr->handler.get();
+        if( h )
+          h->PreparePipelineStart();
+
         opr->Run( timeout, std::move( prms ), std::move( final ) );
       }
 
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.cc b/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.cc
index 38a02f771a1..2a8d2b4943d 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.cc
@@ -865,4 +865,54 @@ namespace XrdCl
       if( dst_supported.count( *itr ) ) return *itr;
     return std::string();
   }
+
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  //! Split chunks in a ChunkList into one or more ChunkLists
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  void Utils::SplitChunks( std::vector<ChunkList> &listsvec,
+                           const ChunkList        &chunks,
+                           const uint32_t          maxcs,
+                           const size_t            maxc )
+  {
+    listsvec.clear();
+    if( !chunks.size() ) return;
+
+    listsvec.emplace_back();
+    ChunkList *c    = &listsvec.back();
+    const size_t cs = chunks.size();
+    size_t idx      = 0;
+    size_t nc       = 0;
+    ChunkInfo tmpc;
+
+    c->reserve( cs );
+
+    while( idx < cs )
+    {
+      if( maxc && nc >= maxc )
+      {
+        listsvec.emplace_back();
+        c = &listsvec.back();
+        c->reserve( cs - idx );
+        nc = 0;
+      }
+
+      if( tmpc.length == 0 )
+        tmpc = chunks[idx];
+
+      if( maxcs && tmpc.length > maxcs )
+      {
+        c->emplace_back( tmpc.offset, maxcs, tmpc.buffer );
+        tmpc.offset += maxcs;
+        tmpc.length -= maxcs;
+        tmpc.buffer  = static_cast<char*>( tmpc.buffer ) + maxcs;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        c->emplace_back( tmpc.offset, tmpc.length, tmpc.buffer );
+        tmpc.length = 0;
+        ++idx;
+      }
+      ++nc;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.hh b/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.hh
index 6691196f66b..e3c6a502827 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.hh
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClUtils.hh
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ namespace XrdCl
         if( !st.IsOK() ) return false;
         return protver >= kXR_PROTPGRWVERSION;
       }
+
+      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      //! Split chunks in a ChunkList into one or more ChunkLists
+      //! @param listsvec        : output vector of ChunkLists
+      //! @param chunks          : input ChunkLisits
+      //! @param maxcs           : maximum size of a ChunkInfo in output
+      //! @param maxc            : maximum number of ChunkInfo in each ChunkList
+      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      static void SplitChunks( std::vector<ChunkList> &listsvec,
+                               const ChunkList        &chunks,
+                               const uint32_t          maxcs,
+                               const size_t            maxc );
   };
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClZipArchive.cc b/src/XrdCl/XrdClZipArchive.cc
index cba1e464d2f..41d14b53af9 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClZipArchive.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClZipArchive.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "XrdCl/XrdClLog.hh"
 #include "XrdCl/XrdClDefaultEnv.hh"
 #include "XrdCl/XrdClConstants.hh"
+#include "XrdCl/XrdClUtils.hh"
 #include "XrdZip/XrdZipZIP64EOCDL.hh"
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -626,10 +627,18 @@ namespace XrdCl
       }
 
       auto wrtbuff = std::make_shared<buffer_t>( GetCD() );
-      chunks.emplace_back( cdoff, wrtbuff->size(), wrtbuff->data() );
+      Pipeline p = XrdCl::Write( archive, cdoff,
+                                 wrtbuff->size(),
+                                 wrtbuff->data() );
       wrtbufs.emplace_back( std::move( wrtbuff ) );
 
-      Pipeline p = XrdCl::VectorWrite( archive, chunks );
+      std::vector<ChunkList> listsvec;
+      XrdCl::Utils::SplitChunks( listsvec, chunks, 262144, 1024 );
+
+      for(auto itr = listsvec.rbegin(); itr != listsvec.rend(); ++itr)
+      {
+        p = XrdCl::VectorWrite( archive, *itr ) | p;
+      }
       if( ckpinit )
         p       |= XrdCl::Checkpoint( archive, ChkPtCode::COMMIT );
       p         |= Close( archive ) >>