diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc9e191a..87a0c80c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 # Rust artifacts
 target/
+Cargo.lock
 
 # Node artifacts
 build/
 prebuilds/
 node_modules/
+package-lock.json
 
 # Swift artifacts
 .build/
+Package.resolved
 
 # Go artifacts
 _obj/
diff --git a/bindings/zig/root.zig b/bindings/zig/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ef85b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/zig/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern fn tree_sitter_python() callconv(.c) *const anyopaque;
+
+pub fn language() *const anyopaque {
+    return tree_sitter_python();
+}
diff --git a/bindings/zig/test.zig b/bindings/zig/test.zig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aba5fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/zig/test.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const testing = @import("std").testing;
+
+const ts = @import("tree-sitter");
+const root = @import("tree-sitter-python");
+const Parser = ts.Parser;
+
+test "can load grammar" {
+    const parser = Parser.create();
+    defer parser.destroy();
+
+    const lang: *const ts.Language = @ptrCast(root.language());
+    defer lang.destroy();
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(void{}, parser.setLanguage(lang));
+    try testing.expectEqual(lang, parser.getLanguage());
+}
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fce7de1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    const shared = b.option(bool, "build-shared", "Build a shared library") orelse true;
+    const reuse_alloc = b.option(bool, "reuse-allocator", "Reuse the library allocator") orelse false;
+
+    const library_name = "tree-sitter-python";
+
+    const grammar = b.createModule(.{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+        .link_libc = true,
+        .pic = if (shared) true else null,
+    });
+    const lib: *std.Build.Step.Compile = b.addLibrary(.{
+        .name = library_name,
+        .linkage = if (shared) .dynamic else .static,
+        .root_module = grammar,
+    });
+
+    grammar.addCSourceFiles(.{
+        .files = &.{ "src/parser.c", "src/scanner.c" },
+        .flags = &.{"-std=c11"},
+    });
+
+    if (reuse_alloc) {
+        grammar.addCMacro("TREE_SITTER_REUSE_ALLOCATOR", "");
+    }
+    if (optimize == .Debug) {
+        grammar.addCMacro("TREE_SITTER_DEBUG", "");
+    }
+
+    grammar.addIncludePath(b.path("src"));
+
+    b.installArtifact(lib);
+
+    b.installDirectory(.{
+        .source_dir = b.path("queries"),
+        .install_dir = .prefix,
+        .install_subdir = "queries",
+        .include_extensions = &.{"scm"},
+    });
+
+    const module = b.addModule(library_name, .{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("bindings/zig/root.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    module.linkLibrary(lib);
+
+    const tests = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+            .root_source_file = b.path("bindings/zig/test.zig"),
+            .target = target,
+            .optimize = optimize,
+        }),
+    });
+    tests.root_module.addImport(library_name, module);
+
+    const run_tests = b.addRunArtifact(tests);
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run unit tests");
+    test_step.dependOn(&run_tests.step);
+}
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7726de56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.{
+    .name = .tree_sitter_python,
+    .fingerprint = 0x6dfb962654e37132,
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
+    .version = "0.25.0",
+    .dependencies = .{
+        .tree_sitter = .{
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/tree-sitter/zig-tree-sitter#b4b72c903e69998fc88e27e154a5e3cc9166551b",
+            .hash = "tree_sitter-0.25.0-8heIf51vAQConvVIgvm-9mVIbqh7yabZYqPXfOpS3YoG",
+            .lazy = true,
+        },
+    },
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "bindings/zig",
+        "src",
+        "queries",
+        "LICENSE",
+    },
+}