diff --git a/plugins/_transforms.js b/plugins/_transforms.js
index e545095fc..ed21c3ed6 100644
--- a/plugins/_transforms.js
+++ b/plugins/_transforms.js
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ const transformToMatrix = (transform) => {
         transform.data[0],
         0,
         0,
-        transform.data[1] || transform.data[0],
+        transform.data[1] ?? transform.data[0],
         0,
         0,
       ];
diff --git a/test/plugins/convertTransform.15.svg.txt b/test/plugins/convertTransform.15.svg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dada156cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/convertTransform.15.svg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Make sure scale(n,0) is handled correctly.
+
+===
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-10 -10 100 150">
+    <rect x="0" y="10" width="5" height="8" fill="red" transform="translate(5,70) scale(.4 0)"/>
+</svg>
+
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-10 -10 100 150">
+    <rect x="0" y="10" width="5" height="8" fill="red" transform="matrix(.4 0 0 0 5 70)"/>
+</svg>
+