diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7259c744..3582b4a7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 # coronet – Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+- Add Zulip as a supported issue source for `issues.from.source` (2bbc9525f35f2fc53c586dec1192517e57e040f5 , d7b47b7ddb943f918b631ef8c194bde6caa94537, 1f34ee061f59ae06588dc4c9e83ebbad8ad7ffe1)
+
 ## 5.1
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7fc21d2b..2f2d6bb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ There is no way to update the entries, except for the revision-based parameters.
     * [*`TRUE`*, `FALSE`]
 - `issues.from.source`
     * Choose from which sources the issue data on disk is read in. Multiple sources can be chosen.
-    * [*`github`*, `jira`]
+    * [*`github`*, `jira`, `zulip`]
 - `issues.locked`
     * Lock issues to prevent them from being read if not yet present when calling the getter.
     * [`TRUE`, *`FALSE`*]
diff --git a/util-conf.R b/util-conf.R
index 281d2f3a..4b6459b0 100644
--- a/util-conf.R
+++ b/util-conf.R
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 ## Copyright 2022 by Jonathan Baumann <joba00002@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## Copyright 2024 by Leo Sendelbach <s8lesend@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## Copyright 2025 by Maximilian Löffler <s8maloef@stud.uni-saarland.de>
+## Copyright 2026 by Ritika Hiremath <rihi00002@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## All Rights Reserved.
 
 
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ ProjectConf = R6::R6Class("ProjectConf", inherit = Conf,
             issues.from.source = list(
                 default = "github",
                 type = "character",
-                allowed = c("github", "jira"),
+                allowed = c("github", "jira", "zulip"),
                 allowed.number = Inf
             ),
             issues.locked = list(
diff --git a/util-read.R b/util-read.R
index 9dc3ded6..64fd0e95 100644
--- a/util-read.R
+++ b/util-read.R
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 ## Copyright 2022 by Jonathan Baumann <joba00002@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## Copyright 2022-2023, 2025 by Maximilian Löffler <s8maloef@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## Copyright 2024 by Leo Sendelbach <s8lesend@stud.uni-saarland.de>
+## Copyright 2026 by Ritika Hiremath <rihi00002@stud.uni-saarland.de>
 ## All Rights Reserved.
 
 ## Note:
@@ -339,10 +340,10 @@ ISSUES.LIST.DATA.TYPES = c(
 #' The original date of these events can always be found in the \code{"event.info.2"} column.
 #'
 #' @param data.path the path to the issue data
-#' @param issues.sources the sources of the issue data. One or both of \code{"jira"} and \code{"github"}.
+#' @param issues.sources the sources of the issue data. One or more of \code{"jira"}, \code{"github"}, and \code{"zulip"}.
 #'
 #' @return the read and parsed issue data
-read.issues = function(data.path, issues.sources = c("jira", "github")) {
+read.issues = function(data.path, issues.sources = c("jira", "github", "zulip")) {
     logging::logdebug("read.issues: starting.")
 
     ## check arguments