diff --git a/Tests/test_imageops.py b/Tests/test_imageops.py
index c40213476f3..c52d3420e8f 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imageops.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imageops.py
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ def test_cover(image_name: str, expected_size: tuple[int, int]) -> None:
 
 
 def test_cover_zero() -> None:
+    im = Image.new("1", (0, 10))
+    new_im = ImageOps.cover(im, (5, 5))
+    assert new_im.size == (0, 5)
+
     im = Image.new("1", (10, 0))
     new_im = ImageOps.cover(im, (5, 5))
     assert new_im.size == (5, 0)
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
index 364bcc90911..b40af6330bb 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ def cover(
     :return: An image.
     """
 
+    if image.width == 0:
+        return Image.new(image.mode, (0, size[1]))
     if image.height == 0:
         return Image.new(image.mode, (size[0], 0))
     im_ratio = image.width / image.height