diff --git a/extensions/amp-script/0.1/amp-script.js b/extensions/amp-script/0.1/amp-script.js
index ddc44b930f670..cf226fc8a7ac4 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-script/0.1/amp-script.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-script/0.1/amp-script.js
@@ -133,6 +133,21 @@ export class AmpScript extends AMP.BaseElement {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @override
+   */
+  onLayoutMeasure() {
+    super.onLayoutMeasure();
+    const {width, height} = this.getLayoutBox();
+    if (width === 0 && height === 0) {
+      user().warn(
+        TAG,
+        'Skipped initializing amp-script due to zero width and height.',
+        this.element
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {!AmpScriptService} service
    * @visibleForTesting
diff --git a/extensions/amp-script/0.1/test/unit/test-amp-script.js b/extensions/amp-script/0.1/test/unit/test-amp-script.js
index cc768fc62b37d..b0943db5e4e85 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-script/0.1/test/unit/test-amp-script.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-script/0.1/test/unit/test-amp-script.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../amp-script';
 import {FakeWindow} from '../../../../../testing/fake-dom';
 import {Services} from '../../../../../src/services';
+import {user} from '../../../../../src/log';
 
 describes.fakeWin('AmpScript', {amp: {runtimeOn: false}}, env => {
   let element;
@@ -93,6 +94,19 @@ describes.fakeWin('AmpScript', {amp: {runtimeOn: false}}, env => {
     expect(service.checkSha384).to.be.called;
   });
 
+  it('should warn if there is zero width/height', () => {
+    const warnStub = env.sandbox.stub(user(), 'warn');
+    env.sandbox.stub(script, 'getLayoutBox').returns({height: 0, width: 0});
+    script.onLayoutMeasure();
+
+    expect(warnStub).calledWith(
+      'amp-script',
+      'Skipped initializing amp-script due to zero width and height.',
+      script.element
+    );
+    expect(warnStub).to.have.callCount(1);
+  });
+
   it('should fail on invalid sha384(author_js) for cross-origin src', () => {
     env.sandbox.stub(env.ampdoc, 'getUrl').returns('https://foo.example/');
     element.setAttribute('src', 'https://bar.example/bar.js');