diff --git a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
index e07401bc..052d90d5 100644
--- a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ command_exists ()
     type "$1" &> /dev/null ;
 }
 
+batch_zip ()
+{
+    about 'individually compresses each file in a directory'
+    param '1: directory name'
+    example '$ batch_zip'
+    example '$ batch_zip ~/PDFs'
+    group 'base'
+    [ -z ${1+x} ] && local directory=${PWD} || local directory=$1
+    for f in "${directory}"/*; do zip "${f%%.*}.zip" "$f"; done
+}
+
 # useful for administrators and configs
 buf ()
 {