diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 12d85eb5..e2801244 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var (
 	ErrDailyJobAtTimesNil            = fmt.Errorf("gocron: DailyJob: atTimes must not be nil")
 	ErrDailyJobHours                 = fmt.Errorf("gocron: DailyJob: atTimes hours must be between 0 and 23 inclusive")
 	ErrDailyJobMinutesSeconds        = fmt.Errorf("gocron: DailyJob: atTimes minutes and seconds must be between 0 and 59 inclusive")
+	ErrDurationJobIntervalZero       = fmt.Errorf("gocron: DurationJob: time interval is 0")
 	ErrDurationRandomJobMinMax       = fmt.Errorf("gocron: DurationRandomJob: minimum duration must be less than maximum duration")
 	ErrEventListenerFuncNil          = fmt.Errorf("gocron: eventListenerFunc must not be nil")
 	ErrJobNotFound                   = fmt.Errorf("gocron: job not found")
diff --git a/job.go b/job.go
index 3dd2a1cd..59e532a0 100644
--- a/job.go
+++ b/job.go
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ type durationJobDefinition struct {
 }
 
 func (d durationJobDefinition) setup(j *internalJob, _ *time.Location) error {
+	if d.duration == 0 {
+		return ErrDurationJobIntervalZero
+	}
 	j.jobSchedule = &durationJob{duration: d.duration}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/scheduler_test.go b/scheduler_test.go
index a380ac64..ed037261 100644
--- a/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/scheduler_test.go
@@ -478,6 +478,12 @@ func TestScheduler_NewJobErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			ErrCronJobParse,
 		},
+		{
+			"duration job time interval is zero",
+			DurationJob(0 * time.Second),
+			nil,
+			ErrDurationJobIntervalZero,
+		},
 		{
 			"random with bad min/max",
 			DurationRandomJob(