diff --git a/src/server/screenshotter.ts b/src/server/screenshotter.ts
index 04a549548cab6..9b25234eab38d 100644
--- a/src/server/screenshotter.ts
+++ b/src/server/screenshotter.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function validateScreenshotOptions(options: types.ScreenshotOptions): 'png' | 'j
   if (!format)
     format = 'png';
 
-  if (options.quality) {
+  if (options.quality !== undefined) {
     assert(format === 'jpeg', 'options.quality is unsupported for the ' + format + ' screenshots');
     assert(typeof options.quality === 'number', 'Expected options.quality to be a number but found ' + (typeof options.quality));
     assert(Number.isInteger(options.quality), 'Expected options.quality to be an integer');
diff --git a/test/page-screenshot.spec.ts b/test/page-screenshot.spec.ts
index 5de104fe77a4a..87f3022e0468f 100644
--- a/test/page-screenshot.spec.ts
+++ b/test/page-screenshot.spec.ts
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ describe('page screenshot', (suite, { browserName, headful }) => {
     expect(error.message).toContain('path: unsupported mime type "text/plain"');
   });
 
+  it('quality option should throw for png', async ({page}) => {
+    const error = await page.screenshot({ quality: 10 }).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('options.quality is unsupported for the png');
+  });
+
+  it('zero quality option should throw for png', async ({page}) => {
+    const error = await page.screenshot({ quality: 0, type: 'png' }).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('options.quality is unsupported for the png');
+  });
+
   it('should prefer type over extension', async ({page, testInfo}) => {
     const outputPath = testInfo.outputPath('file.png');
     const buffer = await page.screenshot({ path: outputPath, type: 'jpeg' });