diff --git a/core/src/image.rs b/core/src/image.rs
index be9eb1d8..f49d41be 100644
--- a/core/src/image.rs
+++ b/core/src/image.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Loading images is unsupported.
     #[error("loading images is unsupported")]
     Unsupported,
+    /// The image is empty.
+    #[error("the image is empty")]
+    Empty,
     /// Not enough memory to allocate the image.
     #[error("not enough memory to allocate the image")]
     OutOfMemory,
diff --git a/tiny_skia/src/raster.rs b/tiny_skia/src/raster.rs
index 56ed8c47..e5804192 100644
--- a/tiny_skia/src/raster.rs
+++ b/tiny_skia/src/raster.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ impl Cache {
                 }
             };
 
+            if image.width() == 0 || image.height() == 0 {
+                return Err(raster::Error::Empty);
+            }
+
             let mut buffer =
                 vec![0u32; image.width() as usize * image.height() as usize];