diff --git a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
index 73b8706db4..29acf48dfa 100644
--- a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
@@ -788,6 +788,12 @@ fn build_options(
     let column_width =
         parse_usize(matches, options::COLUMN_WIDTH).unwrap_or(Ok(default_column_width))?;
 
+    if column_width == 0 {
+        return Err(PrError::EncounteredErrors {
+            msg: "invalid --width argument '0'".to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+
     let page_width = if matches.get_flag(options::JOIN_LINES) {
         None
     } else {
@@ -797,6 +803,12 @@ fn build_options(
         }
     };
 
+    if page_width == Some(0) {
+        return Err(PrError::EncounteredErrors {
+            msg: "invalid --page-width argument '0'".to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+
     let re_col = Regex::new(r"\s*-(\d+)\s*").unwrap();
 
     let res = re_col.captures(free_args).map(|i| {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_pr.rs b/tests/by-util/test_pr.rs
index 16a4032a7f..b7d500e6af 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_pr.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_pr.rs
@@ -930,3 +930,19 @@ fn test_zero_expand_tab_width() {
         .fails_with_code(1)
         .stderr_only(expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_zero_column_width() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-w", "0"])
+        .fails_with_code(1)
+        .stderr_is("pr: invalid --width argument '0'\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_zero_page_width() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-W", "0"])
+        .fails_with_code(1)
+        .stderr_is("pr: invalid --page-width argument '0'\n");
+}