diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
index 8f58279b..74322a18 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
@@ -82,14 +82,16 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 			throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception("Could not open " . $pFilename . " for reading! File does not exist.");
 		}
 
+        $zipClass = PHPExcel_Settings::getZipClass();
+
 		// Check if zip class exists
-		if (!class_exists('ZipArchive',FALSE)) {
-			throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception("ZipArchive library is not enabled");
-		}
+//		if (!class_exists($zipClass, FALSE)) {
+//			throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception($zipClass . " library is not enabled");
+//		}
 
 		$xl = false;
 		// Load file
-		$zip = new ZipArchive;
+		$zip = new $zipClass;
 		if ($zip->open($pFilename) === true) {
 			// check if it is an OOXML archive
 			$rels = simplexml_load_string($this->_getFromZipArchive($zip, "_rels/.rels"));
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 
 		$worksheetNames = array();
 
-		$zip = new ZipArchive;
+        $zipClass = PHPExcel_Settings::getZipClass();
+
+		$zip = new $zipClass;
 		$zip->open($pFilename);
 
 		//	The files we're looking at here are small enough that simpleXML is more efficient than XMLReader
@@ -171,7 +175,9 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 
 		$worksheetInfo = array();
 
-		$zip = new ZipArchive;
+        $zipClass = PHPExcel_Settings::getZipClass();
+
+		$zip = new $zipClass;
 		$zip->open($pFilename);
 
 		$rels = simplexml_load_string($this->_getFromZipArchive($zip, "_rels/.rels")); //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships");
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 	}
 
 
-	public function _getFromZipArchive(ZipArchive $archive, $fileName = '')
+	public function _getFromZipArchive($archive, $fileName = '')
 	{
 		// Root-relative paths
 		if (strpos($fileName, '//') !== false)
@@ -348,7 +354,10 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 			$excel->removeCellStyleXfByIndex(0); // remove the default style
 			$excel->removeCellXfByIndex(0); // remove the default style
 		}
-		$zip = new ZipArchive;
+
+        $zipClass = PHPExcel_Settings::getZipClass();
+
+		$zip = new $zipClass;
 		$zip->open($pFilename);
 
 		//	Read the theme first, because we need the colour scheme when reading the styles
@@ -1409,7 +1418,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 
 							}
 
-// TODO: Autoshapes from twoCellAnchors!
+                            // TODO: Autoshapes from twoCellAnchors!
 							if ($zip->locateName(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . "/_rels/" . basename($fileWorksheet) . ".rels")) {
 								$relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string($this->_getFromZipArchive($zip,  dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . "/_rels/" . basename($fileWorksheet) . ".rels") ); //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships");
 								$drawings = array();
diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/ZipArchive.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/ZipArchive.php
index e70ad28a..a0a954c8 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/ZipArchive.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/ZipArchive.php
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_ZipArchive
 
     /**
      * Find if given fileName exist in archive (Emulate ZipArchive locateName())
-     * author Adam (adam.riyadi@gmail.com)
      *
      * @param        string        $fileName        Filename for the file in zip archive
      * @return        boolean
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_ZipArchive
         $list = $this->_zip->listContent();
         $listCount = count($list);
         $list_index = -1;
-        for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; $i++) {
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; ++$i) {
             if (strtolower($list[$i]["filename"]) == strtolower($fileName) ||
                 strtolower($list[$i]["stored_filename"]) == strtolower($fileName)) {
                 $list_index = $i;
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_ZipArchive
 
     /**
      * Extract file from archive by given fileName (Emulate ZipArchive getFromName())
-     * author Adam (adam.riyadi@gmail.com)
      *
      * @param        string        $fileName        Filename for the file in zip archive
      * @return        string  $contents        File string contents
@@ -145,22 +143,23 @@ class PHPExcel_Shared_ZipArchive
         $list = $this->_zip->listContent();
         $listCount = count($list);
         $list_index = -1;
-        for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; $i++) {
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; ++$i) {
             if (strtolower($list[$i]["filename"]) == strtolower($fileName) ||
                 strtolower($list[$i]["stored_filename"]) == strtolower($fileName)) {
                 $list_index = $i;
                 break;
             }
         }
-                
+
         $extracted = "";
         if ($list_index != -1) {
             $extracted = $this->_zip->extractByIndex($list_index, PCLZIP_OPT_EXTRACT_AS_STRING);
         } else {
             $filename = substr($fileName, 1);
             $list_index = -1;
-            for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; $i++) {
-                if (strtolower($list[$i]["filename"]) == strtolower($fileName) || strtolower($list[$i]["stored_filename"]) == strtolower($fileName)) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $listCount; ++$i) {
+                if (strtolower($list[$i]["filename"]) == strtolower($fileName) || 
+                    strtolower($list[$i]["stored_filename"]) == strtolower($fileName)) {
                     $list_index = $i;
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index deeb03b3..6340623e 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Fixed in develop branch for release v1.8.0:
 - General:  (MBaker)                            - Modified Excel2007 Writer to default preCalculateFormulas to false
                                                   Note that autosize columns will still recalculate affected formulae internally
 - General:  (dresenhista)     Work Item GH-242  - Functionality to getHighestRow() for a specified column, and getHighestColumn() for a specified row
+- General:  (adamriyadi)      Work Item GH-247  - Modify PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 to use zipClass from PHPExcel_Settings::getZipClass()
+                                                  This allows the use of PCLZip when reading for people that don't have access to ZipArchive
 
 
 Fixed in develop branch for release v1.7.9: