diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
index 0043559200a967c4bb3819eb2edb81d4dc7166ba..8f9bf5910e0a31e8fed0e6435ccebe75f77ff48e 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ impl X11WindowState {
             );
 
         let mut bounds = params.bounds.to_device_pixels(scale_factor);
+        if bounds.size.width.0 == 0 || bounds.size.height.0 == 0 {
+            log::warn!("Window bounds contain a zero value. height={}, width={}. Falling back to defaults.", bounds.size.height.0, bounds.size.width.0);
+            bounds.size.width = 800.into();
+            bounds.size.height = 600.into();
+        }
 
         xcb_connection
             .create_window(