diff --git a/repo2docker/app.py b/repo2docker/app.py
index 41e831e2..85774938 100755
--- a/repo2docker/app.py
+++ b/repo2docker/app.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def _default_log_level(self):
             contentproviders.CKAN,
             contentproviders.Mercurial,
             contentproviders.Git,
+            contentproviders.Meca,
         ],
         config=True,
         help="""
diff --git a/repo2docker/contentproviders/__init__.py b/repo2docker/contentproviders/__init__.py
index a0a2e019..fef02e33 100755
--- a/repo2docker/contentproviders/__init__.py
+++ b/repo2docker/contentproviders/__init__.py
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 from .mercurial import Mercurial
 from .swhid import Swhid
 from .zenodo import Zenodo
+from .meca import Meca
diff --git a/repo2docker/contentproviders/meca.py b/repo2docker/contentproviders/meca.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..515b8360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo2docker/contentproviders/meca.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+from .base import ContentProvider
+from requests import Session
+import os
+from hashlib import md5
+from os import path
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from zipfile import ZipFile, is_zipfile
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+
+def get_hashed_slug(url, changes_with_content):
+    """Return a unique slug that is invariant to query parameters in the url"""
+    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
+    stripped_url = urlunparse(
+        (parsed_url.scheme, parsed_url.netloc, parsed_url.path, "", "", "")
+    )
+
+    return "meca-" + md5(f"{stripped_url}-{changes_with_content}".encode()).hexdigest()
+
+def fetch_zipfile(session, url, dst_dir):
+    resp = session.get(url, headers={"accept": "application/zip"}, stream=True)
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+
+    dst_filename = path.join(dst_dir, "meca.zip")
+    with open(dst_filename, "wb") as dst:
+        for chunk in resp.iter_content(chunk_size=128):
+            dst.write(chunk)
+
+    return dst_filename
+
+
+def handle_items(_, item):
+    print(item)
+
+
+def extract_validate_and_identify_bundle(zip_filename, dst_dir):
+    if not os.path.exists(zip_filename):
+        raise RuntimeError("Download MECA bundle not found")
+
+    if not is_zipfile(zip_filename):
+        raise RuntimeError("MECA bundle is not a zip file")
+
+    with ZipFile(zip_filename, "r") as zip_ref:
+        zip_ref.extractall(dst_dir)
+
+    try:
+        manifest = path.join(dst_dir, "manifest.xml")
+        if not os.path.exists(manifest):
+            raise RuntimeError("MECA bundle is missing manifest.xml")
+        article_source_dir = "bundle/"
+
+        tree = ET.parse(manifest)
+        root = tree.getroot()
+
+        bundle_instance = root.findall(
+            "{*}item[@item-type='article-source-directory']/{*}instance"
+        )
+        for attr in bundle_instance[0].attrib:
+            if attr.endswith("href"):
+                article_source_dir = bundle_instance[0].get(attr)
+
+        return True, path.join(dst_dir, article_source_dir)
+    except:
+        return False, dst_dir
+
+
+class Meca(ContentProvider):
+    """A repo2docker content provider for MECA bundles"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.session = Session()
+        self.session.headers.update(
+            {
+                "user-agent": f"repo2docker MECA",
+            }
+        )
+
+    def detect(self, spec, ref=None, extra_args=None):
+        """`spec` contains a faux protocol of meca+http[s] for detection purposes
+        and we assume `spec` trusted as a reachable MECA bundle from an allowed origin
+        (binderhub RepoProvider class already checking for this).
+
+        An other HEAD check in made here in order to get the content-length header
+        """
+        parsed = urlparse(spec)
+        if not parsed.scheme.endswith("+meca"):
+            return None
+        parsed = parsed._replace(scheme=parsed.scheme[:-5])
+        url = urlunparse(parsed)
+
+        r = self.session.head(url)
+        changes_with_content = r.headers.get("ETag") or r.headers.get("Content-Length")
+
+        self.hashed_slug = get_hashed_slug(url, changes_with_content)
+
+        return {"url": url, "slug": self.hashed_slug}
+
+    def fetch(self, spec, output_dir, yield_output=False):
+        hashed_slug = spec["slug"]
+        url = spec["url"]
+
+        yield f"Creating temporary directory.\n"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            yield f"Temporary directory created at {tmpdir}.\n"
+
+            yield f"Fetching MECA Bundle {url}.\n"
+            zip_filename = fetch_zipfile(self.session, url, tmpdir)
+
+            yield f"Extracting MECA Bundle {zip_filename}.\n"
+            is_meca, bundle_dir = extract_validate_and_identify_bundle(
+                zip_filename, tmpdir
+            )
+
+            if not is_meca:
+                yield f"This doesn't look like a meca bundle, extracting everything.\n"
+
+            yield f"Copying MECA Bundle at {bundle_dir} to {output_dir}.\n"
+            files = os.listdir(bundle_dir)
+            for f in files:
+                shutil.move(os.path.join(bundle_dir, f), output_dir)
+
+            yield f"Removing temporary directory.\n"
+
+        yield f"MECA Bundle {hashed_slug} fetched and unpacked.\n"
+
+    @property
+    def content_id(self):
+        return self.hashed_slug