diff --git a/zsh_completions.go b/zsh_completions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b350aeec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh_completions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// GenZshCompletion generates a zsh completion file and writes to the passed writer.
+func (cmd *Command) GenZshCompletion(w io.Writer) error {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	writeHeader(buf, cmd)
+	maxDepth := maxDepth(cmd)
+	writeLevelMapping(buf, maxDepth)
+	writeLevelCases(buf, maxDepth, cmd)
+
+	_, err := buf.WriteTo(w)
+	return err
+}
+
+func writeHeader(w io.Writer, cmd *Command) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "#compdef %s\n\n", cmd.Name())
+}
+
+func maxDepth(c *Command) int {
+	if len(c.Commands()) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	maxDepthSub := 0
+	for _, s := range c.Commands() {
+		subDepth := maxDepth(s)
+		if subDepth > maxDepthSub {
+			maxDepthSub = subDepth
+		}
+	}
+	return 1 + maxDepthSub
+}
+
+func writeLevelMapping(w io.Writer, numLevels int) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, `_arguments \`)
+	for i := 1; i <= numLevels; i++ {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `  '%d: :->level%d' \`, i, i)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, `  '%d: :%s'`, numLevels+1, "_files")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w)
+}
+
+func writeLevelCases(w io.Writer, maxDepth int, root *Command) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "case $state in")
+	defer fmt.Fprintln(w, "esac")
+
+	for i := 1; i <= maxDepth; i++ {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  level%d)\n", i)
+		writeLevel(w, root, i)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "  ;;")
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  *)")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "    _arguments '*: :_files'")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  ;;")
+}
+
+func writeLevel(w io.Writer, root *Command, i int) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "    case $words[%d] in\n", i)
+	defer fmt.Fprintln(w, "    esac")
+
+	commands := filterByLevel(root, i)
+	byParent := groupByParent(commands)
+
+	for p, c := range byParent {
+		names := names(c)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "      %s)\n", p)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "        _arguments '%d: :(%s)'\n", i, strings.Join(names, " "))
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "      ;;")
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "      *)")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "        _arguments '*: :_files'")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "      ;;")
+
+}
+
+func filterByLevel(c *Command, l int) []*Command {
+	cs := make([]*Command, 0)
+	if l == 0 {
+		cs = append(cs, c)
+		return cs
+	}
+	for _, s := range c.Commands() {
+		cs = append(cs, filterByLevel(s, l-1)...)
+	}
+	return cs
+}
+
+func groupByParent(commands []*Command) map[string][]*Command {
+	m := make(map[string][]*Command)
+	for _, c := range commands {
+		parent := c.Parent()
+		if parent == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		m[parent.Name()] = append(m[parent.Name()], c)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func names(commands []*Command) []string {
+	ns := make([]string, len(commands))
+	for i, c := range commands {
+		ns[i] = c.Name()
+	}
+	return ns
+}
diff --git a/zsh_completions_test.go b/zsh_completions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08b85159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh_completions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestZshCompletion(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name                string
+		root                *Command
+		expectedExpressions []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                "trivial",
+			root:                &Command{Use: "trivialapp"},
+			expectedExpressions: []string{"#compdef trivial"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "linear",
+			root: func() *Command {
+				r := &Command{Use: "linear"}
+
+				sub1 := &Command{Use: "sub1"}
+				r.AddCommand(sub1)
+
+				sub2 := &Command{Use: "sub2"}
+				sub1.AddCommand(sub2)
+
+				sub3 := &Command{Use: "sub3"}
+				sub2.AddCommand(sub3)
+				return r
+			}(),
+			expectedExpressions: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "sub3"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "flat",
+			root: func() *Command {
+				r := &Command{Use: "flat"}
+				r.AddCommand(&Command{Use: "c1"})
+				r.AddCommand(&Command{Use: "c2"})
+				return r
+			}(),
+			expectedExpressions: []string{"(c1 c2)"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tree",
+			root: func() *Command {
+				r := &Command{Use: "tree"}
+
+				sub1 := &Command{Use: "sub1"}
+				r.AddCommand(sub1)
+
+				sub11 := &Command{Use: "sub11"}
+				sub12 := &Command{Use: "sub12"}
+
+				sub1.AddCommand(sub11)
+				sub1.AddCommand(sub12)
+
+				sub2 := &Command{Use: "sub2"}
+				r.AddCommand(sub2)
+
+				sub21 := &Command{Use: "sub21"}
+				sub22 := &Command{Use: "sub22"}
+
+				sub2.AddCommand(sub21)
+				sub2.AddCommand(sub22)
+
+				return r
+			}(),
+			expectedExpressions: []string{"(sub11 sub12)", "(sub21 sub22)"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+			tc.root.GenZshCompletion(buf)
+			completion := buf.String()
+			for _, expectedExpression := range tc.expectedExpressions {
+				if !strings.Contains(completion, expectedExpression) {
+					t.Errorf("expected completion to contain '%v' somewhere; got '%v'", expectedExpression, completion)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}