diff --git a/tools/tabulate/README.md b/tools/tabulate/README.md
index cf6a92d166..fb23e260a1 100644
--- a/tools/tabulate/README.md
+++ b/tools/tabulate/README.md
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ force will be determined through numerical differentiation.
 
 Please see the individual tabulation scripts in this folder for examples:
 
-| ------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| File                          | Description                                                                |
-| ------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| pair_lj_tabulate.py           | creates two Lennard-Jones pair potential tables with different parameters  |
-| bond_morse_tabulate.py        | creates a table for a Morse bond potential table                           |
-| angle_harmonic_tabulate.py    | creates a table for a harmonic angle potential table                       |
-| dihedral_harmonic_tabulate.py | creates a table for a harmonic dihedral potential table                    |
-| pair_hybrid_tabulate.py       | creates a Morse/Lennard-Jones hybrid potential table with smooth switching |
-| ------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| ------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| File                          | Description                                                                   |
+| ------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| pair_lj_tabulate.py           | creates two Lennard-Jones pair potential tables with different parameters     |
+| bond_morse_tabulate.py        | creates a table for a Morse bond potential table                              |
+| angle_harmonic_tabulate.py    | creates a table for a harmonic angle potential table                          |
+| dihedral_harmonic_tabulate.py | creates a table for a harmonic dihedral potential table                       |
+| pair_hybrid_tabulate.py       | creates a Morse/Lennard-Jones hybrid potential table with smooth switching    |
+| pair_zbladd_tabulate.py       | creates a table for hybrid/overlay to use ZBL repulsion with an EAM potential |
+| ------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Common command line flags:
 
diff --git a/tools/tabulate/pair_zbladd_tabulate.py b/tools/tabulate/pair_zbladd_tabulate.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/tools/tabulate/pair_zbladd_tabulate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from tabulate import PairTabulate
+
+################################################################################
+import math
+
+# this table contains a correction to be added to the Al_zhou.eam.alloy potential via hybrid/overlay
+# the purpose is to smoothly replace the original pairwise repulsion with the ZBL potential.
+# the combined potential switches from ZBL to EAM w/o embedding and then subtracts the full EAM term.
+# this way the table can be added to the eam/alloy pair style via hybrid/overlay
+# due to using a Fermi-like switching function (tanh()) there are no discontinuities in energy or force
+
+def eam_2body(r):
+    biga  = 0.251519 # metal units
+    bigb  = 0.313394 # metal units
+    rzero = 2.886166
+    alpha = 6.942419
+    beta  = 3.702623
+    lamda = 0.790264
+    kappa = 0.395132
+    return (biga * math.exp(-alpha * (r/rzero - 1.0))) / (1.0 + math.pow(r/rzero - kappa, 20)) \
+         - (bigb * math.exp(-beta  * (r/rzero - 1.0))) / (1.0 + math.pow(r/rzero - lamda, 20))
+
+def zbl_energy(r):
+    qqr2e = 14.399645  # for metal units
+    pzbl = 0.23
+    a0 = 0.46850
+    c1 = 0.02817
+    c2 = 0.28022
+    c3 = 0.50986
+    c4 = 0.18175
+    d1 = 0.20162
+    d2 = 0.40290
+    d3 = 0.94229
+    d4 = 3.19980
+
+    zi = 13.0  # aluminium
+    zj = 13.0  # aluminium
+
+    prefactor = zi * zj * qqr2e / r
+    rbya = r * (math.pow(zi, pzbl) + math.pow(zj, pzbl)) / a0
+    f = prefactor * (c4*math.exp(-d4*rbya) + c3*math.exp(-d3*rbya) \
+                     + c2*math.exp(-d2*rbya) + c1*math.exp(-d1*rbya))
+    return f
+
+def combined(r):
+    rmid = 2.886166
+    switch_on = 0.5*(math.tanh(math.exp(1.0)*(r - rmid))+1.0)
+    return (1.0-switch_on)*zbl_energy(r) + (switch_on-1.0)*eam_2body(r)
+
+################################################################################
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ptable = PairTabulate(combined, units='metal', \
+                          comment='Correct Al_zhou EAM with ZBL using hybrid/overlay')
+    ptable.run('AL_EAM_ZBL_CORR')
+
+# NOTE use/create table with an outer cutoff of 10.1025 to match the EAM potential cutoff.