diff --git a/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp b/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
index 2989eb5fbef..16f56eab981 100644
--- a/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
+++ b/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
 {
 extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
 extern const int ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT;
+extern const int BAD_ARGUMENTS;
 }
 
 namespace
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ StoragePtr TableFunctionNumbers<multithreaded>::executeImpl(
         UInt64 length = arguments.size() >= 2 ? evaluateArgument(context, arguments[1]) : evaluateArgument(context, arguments[0]);
         UInt64 step = arguments.size() == 3 ? evaluateArgument(context, arguments[2]) : 1;
 
+        if (!step)
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "Table function {} requires step to be a positive number", getName());
+
         auto res = std::make_shared<StorageSystemNumbers>(
             StorageID(getDatabaseName(), table_name), multithreaded, std::string{"number"}, length, offset, step);
         res->startup();
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03037_zero_step_in_numbers_table_function.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03037_zero_step_in_numbers_table_function.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03037_zero_step_in_numbers_table_function.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03037_zero_step_in_numbers_table_function.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08fafd6ddfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03037_zero_step_in_numbers_table_function.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+select * from numbers(1, 10, 0); -- {serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS}
+