diff --git a/docs/api/target-platforms.md b/docs/api/target-platforms.md
index d945e3ef..328574c6 100644
--- a/docs/api/target-platforms.md
+++ b/docs/api/target-platforms.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Read [the Apple 2 programming guide](./apple2-programming-guide.md) for more inf
 
 * `pc88` – NEC PC-88 (very incomplete and not usable for anything yet)
 
+* `zxspectrum` – Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k (very incomplete and not usable for anything yet)
+
 The primary and most tested platform is Commodore 64.
 
 Currently, targets that assume that the program will be loaded from disk or tape are better tested.
diff --git a/include/pc88.ini b/include/pc88.ini
index 1a086142..c873a62c 100644
--- a/include/pc88.ini
+++ b/include/pc88.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+;DON'T USE THIS
 ;a single-load PC-88 program
 [compilation]
 arch=z80
diff --git a/include/zxspectrum.ini b/include/zxspectrum.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67f45504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/zxspectrum.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+;DON'T USE THIS
+;a single-load ZX Spectrum 48k program
+[compilation]
+arch=z80
+modules=default_panic
+
+[allocation]
+segments=default,slowram
+segment_default_start=$8000
+segment_default_datastart=after_code
+segment_default_end=$ffff
+segment_slowram_start=$5ccb
+segment_slowram_end=$7fff
+
+[output]
+style=single
+format=tap
+extension=tap
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/scala/millfork/Platform.scala b/src/main/scala/millfork/Platform.scala
index 4aec7971..f8ae1d60 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/millfork/Platform.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/millfork/Platform.scala
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ object Platform {
       case "pagecount" => PageCountOutput
       case "allocated" => AllocatedDataOutput
       case "d88" => D88Output
+      case "tap" => TapOutput
       case n => n.split(":").filter(_.nonEmpty) match {
         case Array(b, s, e) => BankFragmentOutput(b, parseNumber(s), parseNumber(e))
         case Array(s, e) => CurrentBankFragmentOutput(parseNumber(s), parseNumber(e))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/millfork/output/TapOutput.scala b/src/main/scala/millfork/output/TapOutput.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5f6ca82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/millfork/output/TapOutput.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package millfork.output
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
+/**
+  * @author Karol Stasiak
+  */
+object TapOutput extends OutputPackager {
+
+  def isAlphanum(c: Char): Boolean = (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+
+  override def packageOutput(mem: CompiledMemory, bank: String): Array[Byte] = {
+    val filteredName: String = mem.programName.filter(isAlphanum)
+    val b = mem.banks(bank)
+    val code = b.output.slice(b.start, b.end + 1)
+    val codeDataBlock = new DataBlock(code)
+    val codeHeaderBlock = new HeaderBlock(3, "CODE", code.length, b.start, 32768)
+    val loaderDataBlock = new DataBlock(ZxSpectrumBasic.loader("CODE", filteredName, b.start))
+    val loaderHeaderBlock = new HeaderBlock(0, "LOADER", loaderDataBlock.inputData.length, 10, loaderDataBlock.inputData.length)
+    val result = Array(loaderHeaderBlock, loaderDataBlock, codeHeaderBlock, codeDataBlock).map(_.toArray)
+    result.flatten
+  }
+}
+
+abstract class TapBlock {
+  def rawData: Array[Byte]
+
+  def checksum: Byte = rawData.foldLeft(0)(_ ^ _).toByte
+
+  def toArray: Array[Byte] = Array[Byte](
+    rawData.length.+(1).toByte,
+    rawData.length.+(1).>>(8).toByte
+  ) ++ rawData :+ checksum
+}
+
+class HeaderBlock(typ: Int, name: String, lengthOfData: Int, param1: Int, param2: Int) extends TapBlock {
+  val rawData: Array[Byte] = Array[Byte](0, typ.toByte) ++ name.take(10).padTo(10, ' ').getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII) ++ Array[Byte](
+    lengthOfData.toByte,
+    lengthOfData.>>(8).toByte,
+    param1.toByte,
+    param1.>>(8).toByte,
+    param2.toByte,
+    param2.>>(8).toByte,
+  )
+}
+
+class DataBlock(val inputData: Array[Byte]) extends TapBlock {
+  val rawData: Array[Byte] = 0xff.toByte +: inputData
+}
+
+object ZxSpectrumBasic {
+
+  class Snippet(val array: Array[Byte]) extends AnyVal
+
+  implicit def _implicit_String_to_Snippet(s: String): Snippet = new Snippet(s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
+
+  private def token(i: Int) = new Snippet(Array(i.toByte))
+
+  val SCREEN$: Snippet = token(170)
+  val CODE: Snippet = token(175)
+  val VAL: Snippet = token(176)
+  val USR: Snippet = token(192)
+  val INK: Snippet = token(217)
+  val PAPER: Snippet = token(218)
+  val BORDER: Snippet = token(231)
+  val REM: Snippet = token(234)
+  val LOAD: Snippet = token(239)
+  val POKE: Snippet = token(244)
+  val PRINT: Snippet = token(245)
+  val RUN: Snippet = token(247)
+  val RANDOMIZE: Snippet = token(249)
+  val CLS: Snippet = token(251)
+  val CLEAR: Snippet = token(253)
+
+  def line(number: Int, tokens: Snippet*): Array[Byte] = {
+    val content = tokens.flatMap(_.array).toArray
+    Array[Byte](number.>>(8).toByte, number.toByte, (content.length + 1).toByte, (content.length + 1).>>(8).toByte) ++ content :+ 13.toByte
+  }
+
+  private def quoted(a: Any): Snippet = "\"" + a + "\""
+
+  def loader(filename: String, rem: String, loadAddress: Int): Array[Byte] = {
+    Array(
+      line(10, REM, rem),
+      line(20, BORDER, VAL, "\"0\":", INK, VAL, "\"0\":", PAPER, VAL, "\"7\":", CLS),
+      line(30, CLEAR, VAL, quoted(loadAddress - 1)),
+      line(40, LOAD, quoted(filename), CODE),
+      line(50, RANDOMIZE, USR, VAL, quoted(loadAddress))
+    ).flatten
+  }
+}
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