diff --git a/src/kompress/__init__.py b/src/kompress/__init__.py
index 8cfa297..aedc09b 100644
--- a/src/kompress/__init__.py
+++ b/src/kompress/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     Union,
 )
 
+from ._zippath import _walk_paths
+
 PathIsh = Union[Path, str]
 
 
@@ -227,6 +229,9 @@ def exists(self) -> bool:
             # special case, the base class returns False in this case for some reason
             return self.filepath.exists()
         return super().exists() or self._as_dir().exists()
+        # TODO hmm seems that base class has special treatment for .at argument during construction,
+        # it actually checks if it's a file or a dir, and in case of dir, appends '/'?
+        # maybe use resolve_dir thing from base class??
 
     def _as_dir(self) -> zipfile.Path:
         # note: seems that zip always uses forward slash, regardless OS?
@@ -316,3 +321,30 @@ def suffixes(self) -> List[str]:
     @property
     def suffix(self) -> str:
         return Path(self.parts[-1]).suffix
+
+    def walk(
+        self,
+        *,
+        top_down: bool = True,
+        on_error=None,
+        follow_symlinks: bool = False,
+    ) -> Iterator[tuple[ZipPath, list[str], list[str]]]:
+        assert top_down, "specifying top_down isn't supported for zipfile.Path yet"
+        assert on_error is None, "on_error isn't supported for zipfile.Path yet"
+
+        at = self.at
+        names = []
+        for n in self.root.namelist():
+            if not n.startswith(at):
+                continue
+            rest = n[len(at) :]
+            if rest != '':
+                # no need to append the subdir itself?
+                names.append(rest)
+        names.sort()
+
+        # note: seems that zip always uses forward slash, regardless OS?
+        for r, dirs, files in _walk_paths(names, separator='/'):
+            # make sure we don't construct ZipPath with at='.'... this behaves weird
+            rr = self if r == '.' else self / r
+            yield rr, dirs, files
diff --git a/src/kompress/_zippath.py b/src/kompress/_zippath.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c48ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kompress/_zippath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""
+Helper utils for zippath adapter
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable, Iterator, List, Tuple
+
+RootName = str
+DirName = str
+FileName = str
+Entry = Tuple[RootName, List[Tuple[DirName, 'Entry']], List[FileName]]
+
+
+def _walk_paths(
+    paths: Iterable[str],
+    separator: str,
+) -> Iterator[tuple[RootName, list[DirName], list[FileName]]]:
+    # this is basically a tree, so we can walk it later, potentially skipping dirs modified in-place by the callee
+    stack: list[Entry] = [('.', [], [])]
+    stack_pos = 0
+
+    for p in paths:
+        split = p.rsplit(separator, maxsplit=1)
+        if len(split) == 1:
+            p_parent = '.'
+            [p_name] = split
+        else:
+            p_parent, p_name = split
+
+        is_dir = p_name == ''
+
+        if is_dir:
+            split = p_parent.rsplit(separator, maxsplit=1)
+            if len(split) == 1:
+                target_root = '.'
+                [dirname] = split
+            else:
+                # todo hmm can we avoid extra split?
+                target_root, dirname = p_parent.rsplit(separator, maxsplit=1)
+        else:
+            target_root = p_parent
+
+        while True:
+            assert stack_pos >= 0, (p, stack)
+            parent_root, parent_dirs, parent_files = stack[stack_pos]
+            if target_root == parent_root:
+                break
+            stack_pos -= 1
+
+        if is_dir:  # new dir detected!
+            new_entry: Entry = (p_parent, [], [])
+            stack.append(new_entry)
+            stack_pos = len(stack) - 1
+
+            parent_dirs.append((dirname, new_entry))  # type: ignore[possibly-undefined]
+        else:
+            assert stack_pos != -1, (p, stack)
+            parent_files.append(p_name)
+
+    def _traverse(entry: Entry) -> Iterator[tuple[RootName, list[DirName], list[FileName]]]:
+        (root, dir_entries, files) = entry
+        child_dirs = dict(dir_entries)
+        dirnames = list(child_dirs.keys())
+
+        dirnames.sort()
+        files.sort()
+        yield root, dirnames, files
+
+        # traverse dirnames, not dir_entries! since we want to respect if the callee modifies them
+        for d in dirnames:
+            yield from _traverse(child_dirs[d])
+
+    yield from _traverse(stack[0])
+
+
+def test_walk_paths_basic() -> None:
+    # not sure about this one but this is kinda compatible with pathlib.Path.glob behaviour
+    assert list(_walk_paths([], separator=os.sep)) == [
+        ('.', [], []),
+    ]
+
+    # just two files with no extra dirs
+    assert list(_walk_paths(['aaa', 'bbb'], separator=os.sep)) == [
+        ('.', [], ['aaa', 'bbb']),
+    ]
+
+    # one empty dir
+    assert list(_walk_paths(['aaa/'], separator='/')) == [
+        # fmt: off
+        ('.'  , ['aaa'], []),
+        ('aaa', []     , []),
+        # fmt: on
+    ]
+
+    # dir with one dir with one file
+    assert list(_walk_paths(['aaa/', 'aaa/bbb/', 'aaa/bbb/fff'], separator='/')) == [
+        # fmt: off
+        ('.'      , ['aaa'], []),
+        ('aaa'    , ['bbb'], []),
+        ('aaa/bbb', []     , ['fff']),
+        # fmt: on
+    ]
+
+
+def test_walk_paths_against_stdlib() -> None:
+    import sys
+
+    import pytest
+
+    if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 12):
+        pytest.skip("pathlibe.Path.walk is only present from python 3.12")
+
+    def as_paths(root: Path) -> Iterator[str]:
+        for r, dirs, files in root.walk():
+            rr = r.relative_to(root)
+            for d in dirs:
+                yield f'{rr/ d}{os.sep}'
+            for f in files:
+                yield str(rr / f)
+
+    def check_against_builtin(root: Path) -> None:
+        expected = []
+        for r, dirs, files in root.walk():
+            dirs.sort()
+            files.sort()
+            expected.append((str(r.relative_to(root)), dirs, files))
+        assert len(expected) > 1  # just in case
+
+        paths = sorted(as_paths(root))
+        actual = list(_walk_paths(paths, separator=os.sep))
+
+        assert expected == actual
+
+    git_path = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent / '.git'
+    assert git_path.exists(), git_path
+    check_against_builtin(git_path)
diff --git a/src/kompress/tests/kompress.py b/src/kompress/tests/kompress.py
index 48ca910..2ba7636 100644
--- a/src/kompress/tests/kompress.py
+++ b/src/kompress/tests/kompress.py
@@ -118,12 +118,22 @@ def test_zippath(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
     assert ZipPath(target) == ZipPath(target)
     assert zp.absolute() == zp
+    assert zp / '.' == zp
 
     # shouldn't crash
     hash(zp)
 
     assert zp.exists()
+    assert (zp / 'gdpr_export').exists()
     assert (zp / 'gdpr_export' / 'comments').exists()
+    ## NOTE: in pathlib.Path these work, however not in zipfile.Path
+    ## for now we don't support them either, need to be really careful if we wanna diverge from zipfile.Path
+    ## but in
+    # assert (zp / '.').exists()
+    # assert (zp / '.' / 'gdpr_export').exists()
+    # assert (zp / 'gdpr_export' / './comments').exists()
+    ##
+
     # check str constructor just in case
     assert (ZipPath(str(target)) / 'gdpr_export' / 'comments').exists()
     assert not (ZipPath(str(target)) / 'whatever').exists()
diff --git a/src/kompress/tests/zippath.py b/src/kompress/tests/zippath.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc6ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kompress/tests/zippath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from zipfile import ZipFile
+
+from .. import ZipPath
+
+structure_data: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "structure_data"
+
+
+def test_walk_empty(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    path = tmp_path / 'empty.zip'
+    with ZipFile(path, 'w'):
+        pass
+    assert path.exists()
+    zp = ZipPath(path)
+
+    # this is consistent with pathlib.Path.walk over empty dir
+    assert list(zp.walk()) == [
+        (zp / '.', [], []),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_walk_1(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    path = tmp_path / 'empty.zip'
+    with ZipFile(path, 'w') as z:
+        z.writestr('file2', 'data2')
+        z.writestr('file1', 'data2')
+    assert path.exists()
+    zp = ZipPath(path)
+
+    assert list(zp.walk()) == [
+        (zp, [], ['file1', 'file2']),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_walk_2(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    path = tmp_path / 'empty.zip'
+    with ZipFile(path, 'w') as z:
+        z.writestr('empty_dir/', '')
+        z.writestr('file', 'alala')
+        z.writestr('aaa/bbb', 'some_data')
+        z.writestr('aaa/ccc/ddd', 'some_data_2')
+    assert path.exists()
+    zp = ZipPath(path)
+
+    assert list(zp.walk()) == [
+        # fmt: off
+        (zp              , ['aaa', 'empty_dir'], ['file']),
+        (zp / 'aaa'      , ['ccc']             , ['bbb']),
+        (zp / 'aaa/ccc'  , []                  , ['ddd']),
+        (zp / 'empty_dir', []                  , []),
+        # fmt: on
+    ]
+
+    # testcase when we aren't starting from root
+    assert list((zp / 'aaa').walk()) == [
+        # fmt: off
+        (zp / 'aaa'      , ['ccc']             , ['bbb']),
+        (zp / 'aaa/ccc'  , []                  , ['ddd']),
+        # fmt: on
+    ]
+
+    # check that .walk respects modifying dirs in-place, like regular pathlib
+    all_files = []
+    for _r, dirs, files in zp.walk():
+        if 'ccc' in dirs:
+            dirs.remove('ccc')
+        all_files.extend(files)
+    assert all_files == ['file', 'bbb']
+
+
+def test_walk_gdpr_export() -> None:
+    target = structure_data / 'gdpr_export.zip'
+    assert target.exists(), target  # precondition
+
+    zp = ZipPath(target)
+
+    def _check_walk(z):
+        for r, dirs, files in z.walk():
+            assert r.exists()
+            yield r
+            for d in dirs:
+                assert (r / d).exists()
+            for f in files:
+                assert (r / f).exists()
+                yield (r / f)
+
+    results = list(_check_walk(zp))
+    assert len(results) == 8