diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index 261531e..7ad5143 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ class Album(UnicodeMixin):
         zip_gallery = self.settings['zip_gallery']
 
         if zip_gallery and len(self) > 0:
+            zip_gallery = zip_gallery.format(album=self)
             archive_path = join(self.dst_path, zip_gallery)
             archive = zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, 'w', allowZip64=True)
             attr = ('src_path' if self.settings['zip_media_format'] == 'orig'
diff --git a/sigal/templates/sigal.conf.py b/sigal/templates/sigal.conf.py
index 1ec4abb..5b52a12 100644
--- a/sigal/templates/sigal.conf.py
+++ b/sigal/templates/sigal.conf.py
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ ignore_files = []
 # Example : {'tracker_url': 'http://stats.domain.com', 'site_id' : 2}
 # piwik = {'tracker_url': '', 'site_id' : 0}
 
-# Set zip_gallery to either False or a file name. The final archive will
+# Set zip_gallery to either False or a file name. The file name can be formated
+# python style with an 'album' variable, for example '{album.name}.zip'. The final archive will
 # contain all resized or original files (depending on `zip_media_format`).
 # zip_gallery = False   # False or 'archive.zip'
 # zip_media_format = 'resized'  # 'resized' or 'orig'