diff --git a/Sources/Gtk3/Widgets/Image+ManualAdditions.swift b/Sources/Gtk3/Widgets/Image+ManualAdditions.swift
index e7bbf049256..593e7cb6f69 100644
--- a/Sources/Gtk3/Widgets/Image+ManualAdditions.swift
+++ b/Sources/Gtk3/Widgets/Image+ManualAdditions.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import CGtk3
 
 extension Image {
+    public func clear() {
+        gtk_image_clear(castedPointer())
+    }
+
     public func setPath(_ path: String) {
         gtk_image_set_from_file(castedPointer(), path)
     }
diff --git a/Sources/Gtk3Backend/Gtk3Backend.swift b/Sources/Gtk3Backend/Gtk3Backend.swift
index ede50cbc91c..1563d046f91 100644
--- a/Sources/Gtk3Backend/Gtk3Backend.swift
+++ b/Sources/Gtk3Backend/Gtk3Backend.swift
@@ -677,6 +677,12 @@ public final class Gtk3Backend: AppBackend {
     ) {
         let imageView = imageView as! Gtk3.Image
 
+        // Check if the resulting image would be empty
+        guard targetWidth > 0, targetHeight > 0 else {
+            imageView.clear()
+            return
+        }
+
         let pixbuf = Pixbuf(
             rgbaData: rgbaData,
             width: width,