diff --git a/src/global/number/number.test.js b/src/global/number/number.test.js
index 5803da01..636ced4d 100644
--- a/src/global/number/number.test.js
+++ b/src/global/number/number.test.js
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ describe('ui-number-mask', function() {
 		});
 	}));
 
+	it('should show zero when the model value is zero and the precision is set to 0', inject(function($rootScope) {
+		var input = TestUtil.compile('<input ng-model="model" ui-number-mask="0">');
+		var model = input.controller('ngModel');
+
+
+		$rootScope.model = 0;
+		$rootScope.$digest();
+		expect(model.$viewValue).toBe('0');
+	}));
+
 	it('should accept negative numbers if "ui-negative-number" is defined', function() {
 		var input = TestUtil.compile('<input ng-model="model" ui-number-mask ui-negative-number>');
 		var model = input.controller('ngModel');
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 33375064..52b81d17 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ module.exports = m.name;
 
 m.factory('PreFormatters', [function(){
 	function clearDelimitersAndLeadingZeros(value) {
+		if (value === '0') {
+			return '0';
+		}
+
 		var cleanValue = value.replace(/^-/,'').replace(/^0*/, '');
-		cleanValue = cleanValue.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '');
-		return cleanValue;
+		return cleanValue.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '');
 	}
 
 	function prepareNumberToFormatter (value, decimals) {