diff --git a/miniz_zip.c b/miniz_zip.c
index e856c16..303c732 100644
--- a/miniz_zip.c
+++ b/miniz_zip.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static int mz_stat64(const char *path, struct __stat64 *buffer)
         if ((!pZip) || (!pFilename) || ((archive_size) && (archive_size < MZ_ZIP_END_OF_CENTRAL_DIR_HEADER_SIZE)))
             return mz_zip_set_error(pZip, MZ_ZIP_INVALID_PARAMETER);
 
-        pFile = MZ_FOPEN(pFilename, "rb");
+        pFile = MZ_FOPEN(pFilename, (flags & MZ_ZIP_FLAG_READ_ALLOW_WRITING ) ? "r+b" : "rb");
         if (!pFile)
             return mz_zip_set_error(pZip, MZ_ZIP_FILE_OPEN_FAILED);
 
@@ -3024,7 +3024,8 @@ static int mz_stat64(const char *path, struct __stat64 *buffer)
             if (pZip->m_pIO_opaque != pZip)
                 return mz_zip_set_error(pZip, MZ_ZIP_INVALID_PARAMETER);
 
-            if (pZip->m_zip_type == MZ_ZIP_TYPE_FILE)
+            if (pZip->m_zip_type == MZ_ZIP_TYPE_FILE &&
+                !(flags & MZ_ZIP_FLAG_READ_ALLOW_WRITING) )
             {
                 if (!pFilename)
                     return mz_zip_set_error(pZip, MZ_ZIP_INVALID_PARAMETER);
@@ -4568,14 +4569,14 @@ static int mz_stat64(const char *path, struct __stat64 *buffer)
         else
         {
             /* Append to an existing archive. */
-            if (!mz_zip_reader_init_file_v2(&zip_archive, pZip_filename, level_and_flags | MZ_ZIP_FLAG_DO_NOT_SORT_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY, 0, 0))
+            if (!mz_zip_reader_init_file_v2(&zip_archive, pZip_filename, level_and_flags | MZ_ZIP_FLAG_DO_NOT_SORT_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY | MZ_ZIP_FLAG_READ_ALLOW_WRITING, 0, 0))
             {
                 if (pErr)
                     *pErr = zip_archive.m_last_error;
                 return MZ_FALSE;
             }
 
-            if (!mz_zip_writer_init_from_reader_v2(&zip_archive, pZip_filename, level_and_flags))
+            if (!mz_zip_writer_init_from_reader_v2(&zip_archive, pZip_filename, level_and_flags | MZ_ZIP_FLAG_READ_ALLOW_WRITING))
             {
                 if (pErr)
                     *pErr = zip_archive.m_last_error;
diff --git a/miniz_zip.h b/miniz_zip.h
index 97a9718..ccdb990 100644
--- a/miniz_zip.h
+++ b/miniz_zip.h
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ extern "C"
         MZ_ZIP_FLAG_ASCII_FILENAME = 0x10000,
         /*After adding a compressed file, seek back
         to local file header and set the correct sizes*/
-        MZ_ZIP_FLAG_WRITE_HEADER_SET_SIZE = 0x20000
+        MZ_ZIP_FLAG_WRITE_HEADER_SET_SIZE = 0x20000,
+        MZ_ZIP_FLAG_READ_ALLOW_WRITING = 0x40000
     } mz_zip_flags;
 
     typedef enum
diff --git a/tests/main.cpp b/tests/main.cpp
index 0012506..006f44f 100644
--- a/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/main.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,32 @@ TEST_CASE("Zip writer tests")
         REQUIRE(content_view.size() == 3);
 
         free(content);
+
+        mz_zip_reader_end(&zip_archive);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("Test repeated file addition to zip")
+    {
+        mz_zip_archive zip_archive = {};
+        auto b = mz_zip_writer_init_file(&zip_archive, "test2.zip", 0);
+        REQUIRE(b);
+
+        b = mz_zip_writer_finalize_archive(&zip_archive);
+        REQUIRE(b);
+
+        b = mz_zip_writer_end(&zip_archive);
+        REQUIRE(b);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
+        {
+            const char *str = "hello world";
+            b = mz_zip_add_mem_to_archive_file_in_place(
+                std::string("test2.zip").c_str(), ("file1.txt" + std::to_string(i)).c_str(),
+                str, (mz_uint16)strlen(str),
+                NULL, 0,
+                MZ_BEST_COMPRESSION);
+            REQUIRE(b);
+        }
     }
 }