diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ stamp-h1
 ## CMake
 cmake-build-debug/
 build/
+## Zig Build
+zig-out/
+zig-cache/
 ## Android
 builds/android/prefix
 ## IntelliJ
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
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+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+//! Requires zig version: 0.11 or higher
+/// build: zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast -Dshared (or -Dshared=true/false)
+const std = @import("std");
+const Builder = std.Build.Builder;
+
+const pkgBuilder = struct {
+    mode: std.builtin.OptimizeMode,
+    target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
+    build: *std.Build.CompileStep,
+    configH: *std.Build.ConfigHeaderStep,
+};
+
+pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    // Option - static library [default]
+    const shared = b.option(bool, "shared", "Build the Shared Library [default: false]") orelse false;
+    const perf = b.option(bool, "perf", "Build perf-tools [default: false]") orelse false;
+
+    // Generating "platform.hpp"
+    const config_header = switch (target.getOsTag()) {
+        .linux => b.addConfigHeader(.{
+            .style = .blank,
+            .include_path = "platform.hpp",
+        }, .{
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_LINUX = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_PPOLL = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_EPOLL = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_CURVE = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_TWEETNACL = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_EVENTFD = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_IFADDRS = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_NOEXCEPT = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_SOCK_CLOEXEC = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_SO_BINDTODEVICE = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_SO_KEEPALIVED = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_SO_PEERCRED = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPCNT = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPIDLE = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPINTVL = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_UIO = {},
+            .ZMQ_CLOCK_GETTIME = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_BUILTIN_SHA1 = {},
+            .HAVE_FORK = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_MKDTEMP = {},
+            .HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN = 1,
+            .HAVE_ACCEPT4 = {},
+            .HAVE_IF_NAMETOINDEX = {},
+            .HAVE_STRNLEN = {},
+            .ZMQ_IOTHREAD_POLLER_USE_EPOLL = {},
+            .ZMQ_IOTHREAD_POLLER_USE_EPOLL_CLOEXEC = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_CV_IMPL_STL11 = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_IPC = {},
+            .ZMQ_POLL_BASED_ON_POLL = {},
+            .ZMQ_CACHELINE_SIZE = 64,
+            .ZMQ_USE_RADIX_TREE = {},
+        }),
+        .windows => b.addConfigHeader(.{
+            .style = .blank,
+            .include_path = "platform.hpp",
+        }, .{
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_MINGW32 = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_CURVE = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_TWEETNACL = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_SELECT = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_CV_IMPL_STL11 = {},
+            .ZMQ_CACHELINE_SIZE = std.atomic.cache_line,
+            .ZMQ_IOTHREAD_POLLER_USE_SELECT = {},
+            .ZMQ_POLL_BASED_ON_SELECT = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_BUILTIN_SHA1 = {},
+            .HAVE_STRNLEN = 1,
+            .ZMQ_USE_RADIX_TREE = {},
+        }),
+        .macos => b.addConfigHeader(.{
+            .style = .blank,
+            .include_path = "platform.hpp",
+        }, .{
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_OSX = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_KQUEUE = {},
+            .ZMQ_POSIX_MEMALIGN = 1,
+            .ZMQ_CACHELINE_SIZE = std.atomic.cache_line,
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_CURVE = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_TWEETNACL = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_UIO = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_IFADDRS = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_OS_KEEPALIVE = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPALIVE = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPCNT = {},
+            .ZMQ_HAVE_TCP_KEEPINTVL = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_BUILTIN_SHA1 = {},
+            .ZMQ_IOTHREAD_POLLER_USE_KQEUE = {},
+            .ZMQ_USE_CV_IMPL_STL11 = {},
+            .HAVE_STRNLEN = {},
+            .HAVE_FORK = {},
+        }),
+        else => b.addConfigHeader(.{}, .{}),
+    };
+
+    const libzmq = if (!shared) b.addStaticLibrary(.{
+        .name = "zmq",
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    }) else b.addSharedLibrary(.{
+        .name = "zmq",
+        .target = target,
+        .version = .{
+            .major = 4,
+            .minor = 3,
+            .patch = 5,
+        },
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    if (optimize == .Debug or optimize == .ReleaseSafe)
+        libzmq.bundle_compiler_rt = true;
+
+    libzmq.strip = true;
+    libzmq.addConfigHeader(config_header);
+    libzmq.addIncludePath("include");
+    libzmq.addIncludePath("src");
+    libzmq.addIncludePath("external");
+    libzmq.addIncludePath(config_header.include_path);
+    libzmq.addCSourceFiles(switch (target.getOsTag()) {
+        .windows => cxxSources ++ [_][]const u8{"src/select.cpp"},
+        .macos => cxxSources ++ [_][]const u8{"src/kqeue.cpp"},
+        .linux => cxxSources ++ [_][]const u8{"src/epoll.cpp"},
+        else => cxxSources,
+    }, cxxFlags);
+    libzmq.addCSourceFiles(extraCsources, cFlags);
+
+    if (target.isWindows()) {
+        libzmq.addCSourceFile("external/wepoll/wepoll.c", cFlags);
+        // no pkg-config
+        libzmq.linkSystemLibraryName("ws2_32");
+        libzmq.linkSystemLibraryName("rpcrt4");
+        libzmq.linkSystemLibraryName("iphlpapi");
+        // MinGW
+        if (target.getAbi() == .gnu) {
+            // Need winpthread header & lib (zig has not included)
+            libzmq.linkSystemLibraryName("pthread.dll"); // pthread.dll.a (pthread.a get link error)
+        }
+    } else if (target.isDarwin()) {
+        // TODO
+        //libzmq.linkFramework("");
+    } else {
+        // Linux
+        libzmq.linkSystemLibrary("rt");
+        libzmq.linkSystemLibrary("dl");
+    }
+    // TODO: MSVC support libC++ (need: ucrt/msvcrt/vcruntime)
+    // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4785 - drop replacement for MSVC
+    libzmq.linkLibCpp(); // LLVM libc++ (builtin)
+    libzmq.linkLibC(); // OS libc
+    libzmq.install();
+    libzmq.installHeadersDirectory("include", "");
+
+    if (perf) {
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "bench_rt", "perf/benchmark_radix_tree.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "inproc_lat", "perf/inproc_lat.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "inproc_thr", "perf/inproc_thr.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "local_lat", "perf/local_lat.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "local_thr", "perf/local_thr.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "proxy_thr", "perf/proxy_thr.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "remote_thr", "perf/remote_thr.cpp");
+        buildSample(b, .{
+            .target = target,
+            .mode = optimize,
+            .build = libzmq,
+            .configH = config_header,
+        }, "remote_lat", "perf/remote_lat.cpp");
+    }
+}
+
+fn buildSample(b: *std.Build.Builder, lib: pkgBuilder, name: []const u8, file: []const u8) void {
+    const test_exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = name,
+        .optimize = lib.mode,
+        .target = lib.target,
+    });
+    test_exe.linkLibrary(lib.build);
+    test_exe.addConfigHeader(lib.configH);
+    test_exe.addIncludePath(lib.configH.include_path);
+    test_exe.addSystemIncludePath("src");
+    test_exe.addCSourceFile(file, cFlags);
+    if (lib.target.isWindows())
+        test_exe.linkSystemLibraryName("ws2_32");
+    test_exe.linkLibCpp();
+    test_exe.install();
+
+    const run_cmd = test_exe.run();
+    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
+    if (b.args) |args| {
+        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
+    }
+
+    const run_step = b.step(b.fmt("{s}", .{name}), b.fmt("Run the {s}", .{name}));
+    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+}
+
+const cFlags: []const []const u8 = &.{
+    "-O3",
+    "-Wall",
+    "-pedantic",
+    "-Wno-long-long",
+    "-Wno-uninitialized",
+};
+const cxxFlags = cFlags;
+const cxxSources: []const []const u8 = &.{
+    "src/address.cpp",
+    "src/channel.cpp",
+    "src/client.cpp",
+    "src/clock.cpp",
+    "src/ctx.cpp",
+    "src/curve_client.cpp",
+    "src/curve_mechanism_base.cpp",
+    "src/curve_server.cpp",
+    "src/dealer.cpp",
+    "src/decoder_allocators.cpp",
+    "src/devpoll.cpp",
+    "src/dgram.cpp",
+    "src/dish.cpp",
+    "src/dist.cpp",
+    "src/endpoint.cpp",
+    "src/err.cpp",
+    "src/fq.cpp",
+    "src/gather.cpp",
+    "src/gssapi_client.cpp",
+    "src/gssapi_mechanism_base.cpp",
+    "src/gssapi_server.cpp",
+    "src/io_object.cpp",
+    "src/io_thread.cpp",
+    "src/ip.cpp",
+    "src/ip_resolver.cpp",
+    "src/ipc_address.cpp",
+    "src/ipc_connecter.cpp",
+    "src/ipc_listener.cpp",
+    "src/lb.cpp",
+    "src/mailbox.cpp",
+    "src/mailbox_safe.cpp",
+    "src/mechanism.cpp",
+    "src/mechanism_base.cpp",
+    "src/metadata.cpp",
+    "src/msg.cpp",
+    "src/mtrie.cpp",
+    "src/norm_engine.cpp",
+    "src/null_mechanism.cpp",
+    "src/object.cpp",
+    "src/options.cpp",
+    "src/own.cpp",
+    "src/pair.cpp",
+    "src/peer.cpp",
+    "src/pgm_receiver.cpp",
+    "src/pgm_sender.cpp",
+    "src/pgm_socket.cpp",
+    "src/pipe.cpp",
+    "src/plain_client.cpp",
+    "src/plain_server.cpp",
+    "src/poll.cpp",
+    "src/poller_base.cpp",
+    "src/polling_util.cpp",
+    "src/pollset.cpp",
+    "src/precompiled.cpp",
+    "src/proxy.cpp",
+    "src/pub.cpp",
+    "src/pull.cpp",
+    "src/push.cpp",
+    "src/radio.cpp",
+    "src/radix_tree.cpp",
+    "src/random.cpp",
+    "src/raw_decoder.cpp",
+    "src/raw_encoder.cpp",
+    "src/raw_engine.cpp",
+    "src/reaper.cpp",
+    "src/rep.cpp",
+    "src/req.cpp",
+    "src/router.cpp",
+    "src/scatter.cpp",
+    "src/server.cpp",
+    "src/session_base.cpp",
+    "src/signaler.cpp",
+    "src/socket_base.cpp",
+    "src/socket_poller.cpp",
+    "src/socks.cpp",
+    "src/socks_connecter.cpp",
+    "src/stream.cpp",
+    "src/stream_connecter_base.cpp",
+    "src/stream_engine_base.cpp",
+    "src/stream_listener_base.cpp",
+    "src/sub.cpp",
+    "src/tcp.cpp",
+    "src/tcp_address.cpp",
+    "src/tcp_connecter.cpp",
+    "src/tcp_listener.cpp",
+    "src/thread.cpp",
+    "src/timers.cpp",
+    "src/tipc_address.cpp",
+    "src/tipc_connecter.cpp",
+    "src/tipc_listener.cpp",
+    "src/trie.cpp",
+    "src/udp_address.cpp",
+    "src/udp_engine.cpp",
+    "src/v1_decoder.cpp",
+    "src/v1_encoder.cpp",
+    "src/v2_decoder.cpp",
+    "src/v2_encoder.cpp",
+    "src/v3_1_encoder.cpp",
+    "src/xpub.cpp",
+    "src/xsub.cpp",
+    "src/zap_client.cpp",
+    "src/zmq.cpp",
+    "src/zmq_utils.cpp",
+    "src/zmtp_engine.cpp",
+};
+const extraCsources: []const []const u8 = &.{
+    "src/tweetnacl.c",
+    "external/sha1/sha1.c",
+};
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
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+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.{
+    .name = "libzmq",
+    .version = "4.3.5",
+
+    .dependencies = .{},
+}