diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/ZipDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/ZipDownloader.php
index 00dd61a2b..cbc96cef4 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/ZipDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/ZipDownloader.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
 {
     protected $process;
     protected static $hasSystemUnzip;
+    protected static $hasZipArchive;
 
     public function __construct(IOInterface $io, Config $config, EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher = null, Cache $cache = null, ProcessExecutor $process = null, RemoteFilesystem $rfs = null)
     {
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
             self::$hasSystemUnzip = (bool) $finder->find('unzip');
         }
 
-        if (!class_exists('ZipArchive') && !self::$hasSystemUnzip) {
+        if (null === self::$hasZipArchive) {
+            self::$hasZipArchive = class_exists('ZipArchive');
+        }
+
+        if (!self::$hasZipArchive && !self::$hasSystemUnzip) {
             // php.ini path is added to the error message to help users find the correct file
             $iniMessage = IniHelper::getMessage();
             $error = "The zip extension and unzip command are both missing, skipping.\n" . $iniMessage;
@@ -62,17 +67,18 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
     /**
      * extract $file to $path with "unzip" command
      *
-     * @param string $file File to extract
-     * @param string $path Path where to extract file
+     * @param string $file      File to extract
+     * @param string $path      Path where to extract file
+     * @param bool $isFallback  If true it is called as a fallback and should not throw exception
      * @return bool True if succeed
      */
-    protected function extractWithUnzip($file, $path)
+    protected function extractWithSystemUnzip($file, $path, $isFallback)
     {
         $processError = null;
-        $command = 'unzip -qq '.ProcessExecutor::escape($file).' -d '.ProcessExecutor::escape($path);
-        if (!Platform::isWindows()) {
-            $command .= ' && chmod -R u+w ' . ProcessExecutor::escape($path);
-        }
+        // When called after a ZipArchive failed, perhaps there is some files to overwrite
+        $overwrite = $isFallback ? '-o' : '';
+
+        $command = 'unzip -qq '.$overwrite.' '.ProcessExecutor::escape($file).' -d '.ProcessExecutor::escape($path);
 
         try {
             if (0 === $this->process->execute($command, $ignoredOutput)) {
@@ -84,7 +90,11 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
             $processError = 'Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $e->getMessage();
         }
 
-        throw new \RuntimeException($processError);
+        if ( $isFallback ) {
+            $this->io->write($processError);
+            return;
+        }
+        return new \RuntimeException($processError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -99,11 +109,18 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
         $zipArchive = new ZipArchive();
 
         if (true !== ($retval = $zipArchive->open($file))) {
-            throw new \UnexpectedValueException(rtrim($this->getErrorMessage($retval, $file)."\n"), $retval);
+            return new \UnexpectedValueException(rtrim($this->getErrorMessage($retval, $file)."\n"), $retval);
         }
 
-        if (true !== $zipArchive->extractTo($path)) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(rtrim("There was an error extracting the ZIP file, it is either corrupted or using an invalid format.\n"));
+        $extractResult = FALSE;
+        try {
+            $extractResult = $zipArchive->extractTo($path);
+        } catch (\Exception $e ) {
+            return $e;
+        }
+
+        if (true !== $extractResult) {
+            return new \RuntimeException(rtrim("There was an error extracting the ZIP file, it is either corrupted or using an invalid format.\n"));
         }
 
         $zipArchive->close();
@@ -117,15 +134,42 @@ class ZipDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
      * @param string $file File to extract
      * @param string $path Path where to extract file
      */
-    protected function extract($file, $path)
+    public function extract($file, $path)
     {
-        if (self::$hasSystemUnzip && !(class_exists('ZipArchive') && Platform::isWindows())) {
-            if ( $this->extractWithUnzip($file, $path) ) {
+        $resultZipArchive = NULL;
+        $resultUnzip = NULL;
+
+        if ( self::$hasZipArchive ) {
+            // zip module is present
+            $resultZipArchive = $this->extractWithZipArchive($file, $path);
+            if ($resultZipArchive === TRUE) {
                 return;
             }
         }
 
-        $this->extractWithZipArchive($file, $path);
+        if ( self::$hasSystemUnzip ) {
+            // we have unzip in the path
+            $isFallback=FALSE;
+            if ( $resultZipArchive !== NULL) {
+                $this->io->writeError("\nUnzip using ZipArchive failed, trying with unzip");
+                $isFallback=TRUE;
+            };
+            $resultUnzip = $this->extractWithSystemUnzip($file, $path, $isFallback);
+            if ( $resultUnzip === TRUE ) {
+                return ;
+            }
+        };
+
+        // extract functions return TRUE or an exception
+        if ( $resultZipArchive !== NULL ) {
+            // zipArchive failed
+            // unZip not present or failed too
+            throw $resultZipArchive;
+        } else {
+            // unZip failed
+            // zipArchive not available
+            throw $resultUnzip;
+        };
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/ZipDownloaderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/ZipDownloaderTest.php
index f70d9e44c..b5ca6a33f 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/ZipDownloaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/ZipDownloaderTest.php
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ class ZipDownloaderTest extends TestCase
 
     public function setUp()
     {
-        if (!class_exists('ZipArchive')) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('zip extension missing');
-        }
-
         $this->testDir = $this->getUniqueTmpDirectory();
     }
 
@@ -40,6 +36,10 @@ class ZipDownloaderTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testErrorMessages()
     {
+        if (!class_exists('ZipArchive')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('zip extension missing');
+        }
+
         $packageMock = $this->getMock('Composer\Package\PackageInterface');
         $packageMock->expects($this->any())
             ->method('getDistUrl')
@@ -81,4 +81,85 @@ class ZipDownloaderTest extends TestCase
             $this->assertContains('is not a zip archive', $e->getMessage());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Exception
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage ZipArchive Failed
+     */
+    function testZipArchiveOnlyFailed() {
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $e = new \Exception("ZipArchive Failed");
+        $downloader->setUp(TRUE, FALSE, $e, NULL);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+
+    function testZipArchiveOnlyGood() {
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $downloader->setUp(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, NULL);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Exception
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage SystemUnzip Failed
+     */
+    function testSystemUnzipOnlyFailed() {
+        $this->setExpectedException(\Exception::class);
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $e = new \Exception("SystemUnzip Failed");
+        $downloader->setUp(FALSE, TRUE,  NULL, $e);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+
+    function testSystemUnzipOnlyGood() {
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $downloader->setUp(FALSE, TRUE,  NULL, TRUE);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+
+    function testSystemUnzipFallbackGood() {
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $e = new \Exception("test");
+        $downloader->setUp(TRUE, TRUE, $e, TRUE);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Exception
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage ZipArchive Failed
+     */
+    function testSystemUnzipFallbackFailed() {
+        $this->setExpectedException(\Exception::class);
+        $downloader = new TestDownloader($this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'));
+        $e1 = new \Exception("ZipArchive Failed");
+        $e2 = new \Exception("SystemUnzip Failed");
+        $downloader->setUp(TRUE, TRUE, $e1, $e2);
+        $downloader->extract('testfile.zip', 'vendor/dir');
+    }
+}
+
+class TestDownloader extends ZipDownloader {
+    public function __construct($io)
+    {
+        $this->io = $io;
+    }
+
+    public function extract($file, $path) {
+        parent::extract($file, $path);
+    }
+
+    public function setUp($zipArchive, $systemUnzip, $zipArchiveResponse, $systemUnzipResponse) {
+        self::$hasZipArchive = $zipArchive;
+        self::$hasSystemUnzip = $systemUnzip;
+        $this->zipArchiveResponse = $zipArchiveResponse;
+        $this->systemUnzipResponse = $systemUnzipResponse;
+    }
+
+    protected function extractWithZipArchive($file, $path) {
+        return $this->zipArchiveResponse;
+    }
+
+    protected function extractWithSystemUnzip($file, $path, $fallback) {
+        return $this->systemUnzipResponse;
+    }
 }