diff --git a/SSZipArchive/SSZipArchive.m b/SSZipArchive/SSZipArchive.m
index d489dd1..65a18cb 100755
--- a/SSZipArchive/SSZipArchive.m
+++ b/SSZipArchive/SSZipArchive.m
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ BOOL _fileIsSymbolicLink(const unz_file_info *fileInfo);
 + (BOOL)createZipFileAtPath:(NSString *)path withFilesAtPaths:(NSArray<NSString *> *)paths withPassword:(NSString *)password
 {
     SSZipArchive *zipArchive = [[SSZipArchive alloc] initWithPath:path];
-    BOOL success = [zipArchive open];
+    BOOL success = [zipArchive openWithSplitSize:0];
     if (success) {
         for (NSString *filePath in paths) {
             success &= [zipArchive writeFile:filePath withPassword:password];
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ BOOL _fileIsSymbolicLink(const unz_file_info *fileInfo);
         keepParentDirectory:(BOOL)keepParentDirectory
                withPassword:(nullable NSString *)password
          andProgressHandler:(void(^ _Nullable)(NSUInteger entryNumber, NSUInteger total))progressHandler {
-    return [self createZipFileAtPath:path withContentsOfDirectory:directoryPath keepParentDirectory:keepParentDirectory compressionLevel:Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION password:password AES:YES progressHandler:progressHandler];
+    return [self createZipFileAtPath:path withContentsOfDirectory:directoryPath keepParentDirectory:keepParentDirectory compressionLevel:Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION password:password AES:YES diskSize:0 progressHandler:progressHandler];
 }
 
 + (BOOL)createZipFileAtPath:(NSString *)path
@@ -695,10 +695,11 @@ BOOL _fileIsSymbolicLink(const unz_file_info *fileInfo);
            compressionLevel:(int)compressionLevel
                    password:(nullable NSString *)password
                         AES:(BOOL)aes
+                   diskSize:(int)diskSize
             progressHandler:(void(^ _Nullable)(NSUInteger entryNumber, NSUInteger total))progressHandler {
     
     SSZipArchive *zipArchive = [[SSZipArchive alloc] initWithPath:path];
-    BOOL success = [zipArchive open];
+    BOOL success = [zipArchive openWithSplitSize:diskSize];
     if (success) {
         // use a local fileManager (queue/thread compatibility)
         NSFileManager *fileManager = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
@@ -748,11 +749,13 @@ BOOL _fileIsSymbolicLink(const unz_file_info *fileInfo);
     return self;
 }
 
-
-- (BOOL)open
+- (BOOL)openWithSplitSize:(int)disk_size
 {
     NSAssert((_zip == NULL), @"Attempting to open an archive which is already open");
-    _zip = zipOpen(_path.fileSystemRepresentation, APPEND_STATUS_CREATE);
+    if (disk_size < 1024) //avoid creating split of size < 1 KB
+        _zip = zipOpen(_path.fileSystemRepresentation, APPEND_STATUS_CREATE);
+    else
+       _zip = zipOpen3(_path.fileSystemRepresentation, APPEND_STATUS_CREATE, disk_size, NULL, NULL);
     return (NULL != _zip);
 }