diff --git a/package/__test__/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.test.tsx b/package/__test__/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77ee94c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/__test__/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {fireEvent, render} from '@testing-library/react-native';
+import RCTSliderWebComponent from '../src/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web';
+
+// Only the props relevant to the tests are passed
+const WebSlider = RCTSliderWebComponent as React.ComponentType<any>;
+
+const renderWebSlider = (props: object) => {
+  const onSlidingStart = jest.fn();
+  const {getByTestId, toJSON} = render(
+    <WebSlider
+      testID="slider"
+      onRNCSliderSlidingStart={onSlidingStart}
+      {...props}
+    />,
+  );
+  fireEvent(getByTestId('slider'), 'responderGrant');
+  // The minimum track grows by the percentage of the range left of the thumb
+  const minimumTrack = (toJSON() as any).children[0];
+  return {onSlidingStart, thumbPercent: minimumTrack.props.style.flexGrow};
+};
+
+describe('RCTSliderWebComponent', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    // The web component subscribes to DOM events, which the
+    // react-native test environment doesn't provide
+    const listeners = {
+      addEventListener: jest.fn(),
+      removeEventListener: jest.fn(),
+    };
+    Object.assign(global, listeners, {document: listeners});
+  });
+
+  it('Starts at 0 when value is 0 and the range includes negative values', () => {
+    const {onSlidingStart, thumbPercent} = renderWebSlider({
+      minimumValue: -8,
+      maximumValue: 8,
+      value: 0,
+    });
+    expect(onSlidingStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith({nativeEvent: {value: 0}});
+    expect(thumbPercent).toBe(50);
+  });
+
+  it('Starts at 0 when no value is passed and the range includes 0', () => {
+    // Slider passes `undefined` to the native component for `value={0}`
+    const {onSlidingStart, thumbPercent} = renderWebSlider({
+      minimumValue: -8,
+      maximumValue: 8,
+    });
+    expect(onSlidingStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith({nativeEvent: {value: 0}});
+    expect(thumbPercent).toBe(50);
+  });
+
+  it('Starts at the minimum value when 0 is below the range', () => {
+    const {onSlidingStart, thumbPercent} = renderWebSlider({
+      minimumValue: 2,
+      maximumValue: 8,
+      value: 0,
+    });
+    expect(onSlidingStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith({nativeEvent: {value: 2}});
+    expect(thumbPercent).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('Starts at the given non-zero value', () => {
+    const {onSlidingStart, thumbPercent} = renderWebSlider({
+      minimumValue: -8,
+      maximumValue: 8,
+      value: -4,
+    });
+    expect(onSlidingStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith({nativeEvent: {value: -4}});
+    expect(thumbPercent).toBe(25);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/package/src/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.tsx b/package/src/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.tsx
index e11e1853..0615cb63 100644
--- a/package/src/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.tsx
+++ b/package/src/RNCSliderNativeComponent.web.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ const RCTSliderWebComponent = React.forwardRef(
     const containerPositionX = React.useRef(0);
     const containerRef = forwardedRef || React.createRef();
     const containerPositionInvalidated = React.useRef(false);
-    const [value, setValue] = React.useState(initialValue || minimumValue);
+    // `0` is a valid starting value when the range includes it (e.g. -8...8),
+    // so only fall back to `minimumValue` when it lies outside the range.
+    const [value, setValue] = React.useState(
+      initialValue ||
+        (minimumValue <= 0 && maximumValue >= 0 ? 0 : minimumValue),
+    );
     const lastInitialValue = React.useRef<number>(0);
     const animationValues = React.useRef<AnimationValues>({
       val: new Animated.Value(value),