diff --git a/image/parsers/png.js b/image/parsers/png.js
index e43dd4c..ca9d20c 100644
--- a/image/parsers/png.js
+++ b/image/parsers/png.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { ByteStream } from '../../io/bytestream.js';
 // https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/
 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG#File_format
 
-// TODO: Ancillary chunks bKGD, eXIf, hIST, iTXt, pHYs, sPLT, tIME, zTXt.
+// TODO: Ancillary chunks bKGD, eXIf, hIST, iTXt, pHYs, sPLT, tIME.
 
 // let DEBUG = true;
 let DEBUG = false;
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const PngParseEventType = {
   sBIT: 'significant_bits',
   tEXt: 'textual_data',
   tRNS: 'transparency',
+  zTXt: 'compressed_textual_data',
 };
 
 /** @enum {number} */
@@ -186,6 +187,22 @@ export class PngTextualDataEvent extends Event {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @typedef PngCompressedTextualData
+ * @property {string} keyword
+ * @property {number} compressionMethod Only value supported is 0 for deflate compression.
+ * @property {Uint8Array=} compressedText
+ */
+
+export class PngCompressedTextualDataEvent extends Event {
+  /** @param {PngCompressedTextualData} compressedTextualData */
+  constructor(compressedTextualData) {
+    super(PngParseEventType.zTXt);
+    /** @type {PngCompressedTextualData} */
+    this.compressedTextualData = compressedTextualData;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @typedef PngChunk Internal use only.
  * @property {number} length
@@ -231,6 +248,16 @@ export class PngParser extends EventTarget {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Type-safe way to bind a listener for a PngCompressedTextualDataEvent.
+   * @param {function(PngCompressedTextualDataEvent): void} listener
+   * @returns {PngParser} for chaining
+   */
+  onCompressedTextualData(listener) {
+    super.addEventListener(PngParseEventType.zTXt, listener);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Type-safe way to bind a listener for a PngImageGammaEvent.
    * @param {function(PngImageGammaEvent): void} listener
@@ -479,6 +506,20 @@ export class PngParser extends EventTarget {
           this.dispatchEvent(new PngTransparencyEvent(transparency));
           break;
 
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/#11zTXt
+        case 'zTXt':
+          const compressedByteArr = chStream.peekBytes(length);
+          const compressedNullIndex = compressedByteArr.indexOf(0);
+
+          /** @type {PngCompressedTextualData} */
+          const compressedTextualData = {
+            keyword: chStream.readString(compressedNullIndex),
+            compressionMethod: chStream.skip(1).readNumber(1),
+            compressedText: chStream.readBytes(length - compressedNullIndex - 2),
+          };
+          this.dispatchEvent(new PngCompressedTextualDataEvent(compressedTextualData));
+          break;
+
         // https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/#11IDAT
         case 'IDAT':
           /** @type {PngImageData} */
@@ -551,6 +592,9 @@ async function main() {
     parser.onTextualData(evt => {
       // console.dir(evt.textualData);
     });
+    parser.onCompressedTextualData(evt => {
+      // console.dir(evt.compressedTextualData);
+    });
 
     try {
       await parser.start();
diff --git a/tests/image-parsers-png.spec.js b/tests/image-parsers-png.spec.js
index 508ae66..5e98ae4 100644
--- a/tests/image-parsers-png.spec.js
+++ b/tests/image-parsers-png.spec.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { PngColorType, PngInterlaceMethod, PngParser } from '../image/parsers/png.js';
 
 /** @typedef {import('../image/parsers/png.js').PngChromaticies} PngChromaticies */
+/** @typedef {import('../image/parsers/png.js').PngCompressedTextualData} PngCompressedTextualData */
 /** @typedef {import('../image/parsers/png.js').PngImageData} PngImageData */
 /** @typedef {import('../image/parsers/png.js').PngImageGamma} PngImageGamma */
 /** @typedef {import('../image/parsers/png.js').PngImageHeader} PngImageHeader */
@@ -166,4 +167,17 @@ describe('bitjs.image.parsers.PngParser', () => {
     expect(textualDataArr[1].keyword).equals('Author');
     expect(textualDataArr[1].textString).equals('Willem A.J. van Schaik\n(willem@schaik.com)');
   });
+
+  it('extracts zTXt', async () => {
+    /** @type {PngCompressedTextualData} */
+    let data;
+
+    await getPngParser('tests/image-testfiles/ctzn0g04.png')
+        .onCompressedTextualData(evt => { data = evt.compressedTextualData })
+        .start();
+    
+    expect(data.keyword).equals('Disclaimer');
+    expect(data.compressionMethod).equals(0);
+    expect(data.compressedText.byteLength).equals(17);
+  });
 });