diff --git a/doc/patool.1 b/doc/patool.1
index 657bc26..2f202e9 100644
--- a/doc/patool.1
+++ b/doc/patool.1
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ Verbose archive listing (if the helper application supports it).
 .TP
 \fB\-\-help\fP
 Show help for this command.
+.SS \fBcreate\fP
+Create an archive from given files.
+.TP
+\fB--force\fP
+Allow overwriting of local archives.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-verbose\fP
+Verbose operation (if the helper application supports it).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fP
+Show help for this command.
 .SS \fBformats\fP
 Show all supported archive formats.
 .TP
@@ -81,7 +92,7 @@ Supported archive formats are listed by the \fBformats\fP command.
 .TP
 \fImode\fP\fB=/usr/bin/mycommand\fP
 Set the application to handle the archive format for given mode.
-\fImode\fP can be one of \fBextract\fP, \fBlist\fP.
+\fImode\fP can be one of (\fBextract\fP, \fBlist\fP, \fBcreate\fP).
 .SH FILES
 \fB/etc/patool.conf\fP, \fB~/.patool.conf\fP -
 configuration files
diff --git a/doc/todo.txt b/doc/todo.txt
index 1e99398..e749024 100644
--- a/doc/todo.txt
+++ b/doc/todo.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-- add project to github
 - add create mode?
 - add test mode?
diff --git a/patool b/patool
index 26e1d50..3b8d07d 100755
--- a/patool
+++ b/patool
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ def list (archive, verbose=False):
     return patoolib.handle_archive(archive, 'list')
 
 
-#@baker.command
-#def create (archive, *args):
-#    """Create an archive from given files."""
-#    return patoolib.handle_archive(archive, 'create', *args)
+@baker.command
+def create (archive, *args):
+    """Create an archive from given files."""
+    return patoolib.handle_archive(archive, 'create', *args)
 
 
 @baker.command
diff --git a/patoolib/__init__.py b/patoolib/__init__.py
index da470c4..0edd99d 100644
--- a/patoolib/__init__.py
+++ b/patoolib/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 from . import util
 
 # Supported archive commands
-ArchiveCommands = ('list', 'extract')
+ArchiveCommands = ('list', 'extract', 'create')
 
 # Supported archive formats
 ArchiveFormats = ('gzip', 'bzip2', 'tar', 'zip', 'compress', '7z', 'rar',
@@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ def cleanup_outdir (archive, outdir, force):
     return target
 
 
-def _handle_archive (archive, command, **kwargs):
-    util.check_filename(archive)
+def _handle_archive (archive, command, *args, **kwargs):
+    if command != 'create':
+        # check that archive is a regular file
+        util.check_filename(archive)
     encoding = None
     format, encoding = get_archive_format(archive)
     check_archive_format(format, encoding)
@@ -288,10 +290,10 @@ def _handle_archive (archive, command, **kwargs):
                 pass
 
 
-def handle_archive (archive, command, **kwargs):
+def handle_archive (archive, command, *args, **kwargs):
     """Handle archive file command."""
     try:
-        _handle_archive(archive, command, **kwargs)
+        _handle_archive(archive, command, *args, **kwargs)
         res = 0
     except util.PatoolError, msg:
         util.log_error(msg)
diff --git a/patoolib/tar.py b/patoolib/tar.py
index 832eda0..1e8d0d9 100644
--- a/patoolib/tar.py
+++ b/patoolib/tar.py
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ def list_tar (archive, encoding, cmd, **kwargs):
         cmdlist.append('--verbose')
     cmdlist.extend(["--file", archive])
     return cmdlist
+
+def create_tar (archive, encoding, cmd, **kwargs):
+    """Create a TAR archive."""
+    print "XXX create", archive, encoding, cmd, kwargs