diff --git a/Tests/test_imagefontpil.py b/Tests/test_imagefontpil.py
index 883df051d1e..eb7d3d0388b 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagefontpil.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagefontpil.py
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ def test_textbbox(font: ImageFont.ImageFont) -> None:
     assert d.textbbox((0, 0), "test", font=font) == (0, 0, 24, 11)
 
 
+def test_negative_dx() -> None:
+    glyph = struct.pack(">hhhhhhhhhh", -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    fp = BytesIO(b"PILfont\n\nDATA\n" + glyph * 256)
+
+    font = ImageFont.ImageFont()
+    font._load_pilfont_data(fp, Image.new("L", (1, 1)))
+    assert font.getlength("A") == 0
+
+
 def test_decompression_bomb() -> None:
     glyph = struct.pack(">hhhhhhhhhh", 1, 0, 0, 0, 256, 256, 0, 0, 256, 256)
     fp = BytesIO(b"PILfont\n\nDATA\n" + glyph * 256)
diff --git a/src/_imaging.c b/src/_imaging.c
index 980f827ae78..7d10b3d4725 100644
--- a/src/_imaging.c
+++ b/src/_imaging.c
@@ -2779,6 +2779,9 @@ textwidth(ImagingFontObject *self, const unsigned char *text) {
         xsize += self->glyphs[*text].dx;
     }
 
+    if (xsize < 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
     return xsize;
 }