diff --git a/Tests/test_imageops.py b/Tests/test_imageops.py
index 124f2a7535a..9fd03975131 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imageops.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imageops.py
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ def _check(
     _check((10, 0), lambda im: ImageOps.cover(im, (5, 5)), (5, 0))
     _check((5, 5), lambda im: ImageOps.cover(im, (2, 0)), (0, 0))
 
+    _check((10, 1), lambda im: ImageOps.scale(im, 0.4), (4, 0))
+    _check((1, 10), lambda im: ImageOps.scale(im, 0.4), (0, 4))
+
 
 def test_1pxfit() -> None:
     # Division by zero in equalize if image is 1 pixel high
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
index ceff85e1c1a..58820e0b0ee 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ def scale(
         raise ValueError(msg)
     else:
         size = (round(factor * image.width), round(factor * image.height))
+        if min(size) == 0:
+            return _new_empty(image, size)
         return image.resize(size, resample)