diff --git a/src/nacl/bindings/crypto_generichash.py b/src/nacl/bindings/crypto_generichash.py
index 521873cc..e5e70d7f 100644
--- a/src/nacl/bindings/crypto_generichash.py
+++ b/src/nacl/bindings/crypto_generichash.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 _OVERLONG = "{0} length greater than {1} bytes"
 _TOOBIG = "{0} greater than {1}"
+_TOOSMALL = "{0} less than {1}"
 
 
 def _checkparams(
@@ -70,6 +71,14 @@ def _checkparams(
         raising=exc.TypeError,
     )
 
+    # libsodium's blake2b_final() calls sodium_misuse() (abort) when outlen
+    # is 0; reject that here so callers get a Python exception instead.
+    ensure(
+        digest_size >= 1,
+        _TOOSMALL.format("Digest_size", 1),
+        raising=exc.ValueError,
+    )
+
     ensure(
         digest_size <= crypto_generichash_BYTES_MAX,
         _TOOBIG.format("Digest_size", crypto_generichash_BYTES_MAX),
@@ -271,6 +280,14 @@ def generichash_blake2b_final(state: Blake2State) -> bytes:
         raising=exc.TypeError,
     )
 
+    # Blake2State can be constructed directly, bypassing _checkparams().
+    # Guard digest_size here so a zero digest does not abort via sodium_misuse.
+    ensure(
+        state.digest_size >= 1,
+        _TOOSMALL.format("Digest_size", 1),
+        raising=exc.ValueError,
+    )
+
     _digest = ffi.new("unsigned char[]", crypto_generichash_BYTES_MAX)
     rc = lib.crypto_generichash_blake2b_final(
         state._statebuf, _digest, state.digest_size
diff --git a/tests/test_generichash.py b/tests/test_generichash.py
index 7aee1e4e..e9906074 100644
--- a/tests/test_generichash.py
+++ b/tests/test_generichash.py
@@ -155,6 +155,36 @@ def test_expected_bindings_level_pickle_and_copy_failures():
         copy.copy(st)
 
 
+def test_generichash_blake2b_final_rejects_zero_directly_constructed_state():
+    # A Blake2State constructed directly with digest_size=0 used to abort
+    # the process (SIGABRT via sodium_misuse in blake2b_final) instead of
+    # raising a Python exception. Same failure class as issue #964, which
+    # covered oversized digest_size; zero is also rejected by libsodium.
+    from nacl.bindings.crypto_generichash import (
+        Blake2State,
+        generichash_blake2b_final,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(exc.ValueError):
+        generichash_blake2b_final(Blake2State(0))
+
+
+def test_generichash_blake2b_init_rejects_zero_digest_size():
+    from nacl.bindings.crypto_generichash import generichash_blake2b_init
+
+    with pytest.raises(exc.ValueError):
+        generichash_blake2b_init(digest_size=0)
+
+
+def test_generichash_blake2b_salt_personal_rejects_zero_digest_size():
+    from nacl.bindings.crypto_generichash import (
+        generichash_blake2b_salt_personal,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(exc.ValueError):
+        generichash_blake2b_salt_personal(b"msg", digest_size=0)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["message", "key", "outlen", "output"], blake2_reference_vectors()
 )