diff --git a/Essentials/nbproject/project.properties b/Essentials/nbproject/project.properties
index f749b8553..409eb7956 100644
--- a/Essentials/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Essentials/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ file.reference.PermissionsEx.jar=../lib/PermissionsEx.jar
 file.reference.Privileges.jar=..\\lib\\Privileges.jar
 file.reference.Vault.jar=../lib/Vault.jar
 file.reference.SimplyPerms.jar=../lib/SimplyPerms.jar
+file.reference.zPermissions.jar=../lib/zPermissions.jar
 includes=**
 jar.archive.disabled=${jnlp.enabled}
 jar.compress=true
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ javac.classpath=\
     ${file.reference.Vault.jar}:\
     ${file.reference.Privileges.jar}:\
     ${file.reference.bpermissions2.jar}:\
-    ${file.reference.SimplyPerms.jar}
+    ${file.reference.SimplyPerms.jar}:\
+    ${file.reference.zPermissions.jar}
 # Space-separated list of extra javac options
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint:unchecked
 javac.deprecation=false
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/PermissionsHandler.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/PermissionsHandler.java
index 044fbb913..03f24bd85 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/PermissionsHandler.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/PermissionsHandler.java
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ public class PermissionsHandler implements IPermissionsHandler
 			return;
 		}
 
+		final Plugin zPermsPlugin = pluginManager.getPlugin("zPermissions");
+		if (zPermsPlugin != null && zPermsPlugin.isEnabled())
+		{
+			if (!(handler instanceof ZPermissionsHandler))
+			{
+				LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Essentials: Using zPermissions based permissions.");
+				handler = new ZPermissionsHandler(plugin);
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (useSuperperms)
 		{
 			if (!(handler instanceof SuperpermsHandler))
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/ZPermissionsHandler.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/ZPermissionsHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fda404b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/perm/ZPermissionsHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package com.earth2me.essentials.perm;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.server.ServiceRegisterEvent;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
+import org.tyrannyofheaven.bukkit.zPermissions.ZPermissionsService;
+
+public class ZPermissionsHandler extends SuperpermsHandler implements Listener
+{
+
+	private ZPermissionsService service = null;
+
+	private boolean hasGetPlayerPrimaryGroup = false; // This is a post-1.0 addition
+
+	public ZPermissionsHandler(Plugin plugin)
+	{
+		acquireZPermissionsService();
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			// Shouldn't get to this point, since caller checks if zPerms
+			// is enabled. But for the sake of correctness...
+			Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, plugin);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@EventHandler
+	public void onServiceRegister(ServiceRegisterEvent event)
+	{
+		if (ZPermissionsService.class.equals(event.getProvider().getService()))
+		{
+			acquireZPermissionsService();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getGroup(Player base)
+	{
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			return super.getGroup(base);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return getPrimaryGroup(base.getName());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<String> getGroups(Player base)
+	{
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			return super.getGroups(base);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return new ArrayList<String>(service.getPlayerGroups(base.getName()));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean inGroup(Player base, String group)
+	{
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			return super.inGroup(base, group);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			Set<String> groups = service.getPlayerGroups(base.getName());
+			for (String test : groups)
+			{
+				if (test.equalsIgnoreCase(group))
+				{
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getPrefix(Player base)
+	{
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			return super.getPrefix(base);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return getPrefixSuffix(base, "prefix");
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getSuffix(Player base)
+	{
+		if (!isReady())
+		{
+			return super.getSuffix(base);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return getPrefixSuffix(base, "suffix");
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean canBuild(Player base, String group)
+	{
+		return hasPermission(base, "essentials.build");
+	}
+
+	private String getPrefixSuffix(Player base, String metadataName)
+	{
+		String playerPrefixSuffix;
+		try
+		{
+			playerPrefixSuffix = service.getPlayerMetadata(base.getName(), metadataName, String.class);
+		}
+		catch (IllegalStateException e)
+		{
+			// User error. They set prefix to a non-string.
+			playerPrefixSuffix = null;
+		}
+		if (playerPrefixSuffix == null)
+		{
+			// Try prefix/suffix of their "primary group"
+			try
+			{
+				return service.getGroupMetadata(getPrimaryGroup(base.getName()), metadataName, String.class);
+			}
+			catch (IllegalStateException e)
+			{
+				// User error, again
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return playerPrefixSuffix;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void acquireZPermissionsService()
+	{
+		service = Bukkit.getServicesManager().load(ZPermissionsService.class);
+		if (isReady())
+		{
+			// getPlayerPrimaryGroup(String) was added in an unreleased version
+			// Check if it exists.
+			try
+			{
+				service.getClass().getMethod("getPlayerPrimaryGroup", String.class);
+				hasGetPlayerPrimaryGroup = true;
+			}
+			catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
+			{
+				hasGetPlayerPrimaryGroup = false;
+			}
+			catch (SecurityException e)
+			{
+				hasGetPlayerPrimaryGroup = false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private boolean isReady()
+	{
+		return service != null;
+	}
+
+	private String getPrimaryGroup(String playerName)
+	{
+		if (hasGetPlayerPrimaryGroup)
+		{
+			return service.getPlayerPrimaryGroup(playerName);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Fall back to using highest-weight assigned group
+			List<String> groups = service.getPlayerAssignedGroups(playerName);
+			return groups.get(0);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/zPermissions.jar b/lib/zPermissions.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77b8ed40c
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