diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 9fccf1088..23ac000db 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 - Error when slicing a struct with an inline array #1488.
 - Improved error messages on `Foo a = foo { 1 };` #1496
 - Bug in json decoder escape handling.
+- Fix bug when reading zip manifest, that would not return a zero terminated string. #1490
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Additional init functions for hashmap.
diff --git a/src/utils/unzipper.c b/src/utils/unzipper.c
index 5f6b62f93..536b88112 100644
--- a/src/utils/unzipper.c
+++ b/src/utils/unzipper.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ const char *zip_file_read(FILE *zip, ZipFile *file, void **buffer_ptr)
 	const char *error = zip_prepare_zip_for_read(zip, file);
 	if (error) return error;
 
-	unsigned char *bytes = MALLOC(file->uncompressed_size);
+	unsigned char *bytes = MALLOC(file->uncompressed_size + 1);
+	bytes[file->uncompressed_size] = 0;
 	*buffer_ptr = bytes;
 
 	// Uncompressed