2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
index 07b5225d1d..12993901e3 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ class ProcessPoolExecutor(_base.Executor):
         if max_workers is None:
             self._max_workers = os.cpu_count() or 1
         else:
+            if max_workers <= 0:
+                raise ValueError("max_workers must be greater than 0")
+
             self._max_workers = max_workers
 
         # Make the call queue slightly larger than the number of processes to
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
index f9beb0f7f7..8d6081cf15 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ class ThreadPoolExecutor(_base.Executor):
             max_workers: The maximum number of threads that can be used to
                 execute the given calls.
         """
+        if max_workers <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("max_workers must be greater than 0")
+
         self._max_workers = max_workers
         self._work_queue = queue.Queue()
         self._threads = set()