diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FramebufferRenderTarget.cs b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FramebufferRenderTarget.cs
index 318cdac22c..f23e058801 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FramebufferRenderTarget.cs
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FramebufferRenderTarget.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
             
             _currentFramebufferAddress = framebuffer.Address;
 
+            // A surface with a width/height of 0 is invalid and can't be created
+            if (desiredImageInfo.Width <= 0 || desiredImageInfo.Height <= 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    $"Unable to create a surface with size {desiredImageInfo.Width}x{desiredImageInfo.Height}",
+                    nameof(desiredImageInfo));
+            }
+
             var surface = SKSurface.Create(desiredImageInfo, _currentFramebufferAddress, 
                 framebuffer.RowBytes, new SKSurfaceProperties(SKPixelGeometry.RgbHorizontal));