diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
index ad73d5b4ee..830d995c8f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ module Homebrew
                description: "Create a basic template for a Ruby build."
         switch "--rust",
                description: "Create a basic template for a Rust build."
+        switch "--zig",
+               description: "Create a basic template for a Zig build."
         switch "--no-fetch",
                description: "Homebrew will not download <URL> to the cache and will thus not add its SHA-256 " \
                             "to the formula for you, nor will it check the GitHub API for GitHub projects " \
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ module Homebrew
                description: "Ignore errors for disallowed formula names and names that shadow aliases."
 
         conflicts "--autotools", "--cmake", "--crystal", "--go", "--meson", "--node",
-                  "--perl", "--python", "--ruby", "--rust", "--cask"
+                  "--perl", "--python", "--ruby", "--rust", "--zig", "--cask"
         conflicts "--cask", "--HEAD"
         conflicts "--cask", "--set-license"
 
@@ -173,6 +175,8 @@ module Homebrew
           :ruby
         elsif args.rust?
           :rust
+        elsif args.zig?
+          :zig
         end
 
         fc = FormulaCreator.new(
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/formula.rb
index c802e31806..506ed41426 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/formula.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ module OS
 
         args
       end
+
+      sig {
+        params(
+          prefix:       T.any(String, Pathname),
+          release_mode: Symbol,
+        ).returns(T::Array[String])
+      }
+      def std_zig_args(prefix: self.prefix, release_mode: :fast)
+        args = super
+        args << "-fno-rosetta" if ::Hardware::CPU.arm?
+        args
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 5ebe184eff..c8a3e2debe 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1946,6 +1946,26 @@ class Formula
     args
   end
 
+  # Standard parameters for zig builds.
+  #
+  # @api public
+  sig {
+    params(prefix:       T.any(String, Pathname),
+           release_mode: Symbol).returns(T::Array[String])
+  }
+  def std_zig_args(prefix: self.prefix, release_mode: :fast)
+    raise ArgumentError, "Invalid Zig release mode: #{release_mode}" if [:safe, :fast, :small].exclude?(release_mode)
+
+    release_mode_downcased = release_mode.to_s.downcase
+    release_mode_capitalized = release_mode.to_s.capitalize
+    [
+      "--prefix", prefix.to_s,
+      "--release=#{release_mode_downcased}",
+      "-Doptimize=Release#{release_mode_capitalized}",
+      "--summary", "all"
+    ]
+  end
+
   # Shared library names according to platform conventions.
   #
   # Optionally specify a `version` to restrict the shared library to a specific
@@ -3029,6 +3049,8 @@ class Formula
         pretty_args -= std_go_args
       when "meson"
         pretty_args -= std_meson_args
+      when "zig"
+        pretty_args -= std_zig_args
       when %r{(^|/)(pip|python)(?:[23](?:\.\d{1,2})?)?$}
         pretty_args -= std_pip_args
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
index 7aea843537..609d23e8d7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ module Homebrew
           uses_from_macos "ruby"
         <% elsif @mode == :rust %>
           depends_on "rust" => :build
+        <% elsif @mode == :zig %>
+          depends_on "zig" => :build
         <% elsif @mode.nil? %>
           # depends_on "cmake" => :build
         <% end %>
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ module Homebrew
             bin.env_script_all_files(libexec/"bin", GEM_HOME: ENV["GEM_HOME"])
         <% elsif @mode == :rust %>
             system "cargo", "install", *std_cargo_args
+        <% elsif @mode == :zig %>
+            system "zig", "build", *std_zig_args
         <% else %>
             # Remove unrecognized options if they cause configure to fail
             # https://rubydoc.brew.sh/Formula.html#std_configure_args-instance_method
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/create.rbi b/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/create.rbi
index 3d94822e23..66126dd6b2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/create.rbi
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/create.rbi
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class Homebrew::DevCmd::Create::Args < Homebrew::CLI::Args
   sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
   def rust?; end
 
+  sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
+  def zig?; end
+
   sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
   def set_license; end