diff --git a/src/Parser.ts b/src/Parser.ts
index 516e557..f141f48 100644
--- a/src/Parser.ts
+++ b/src/Parser.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ class TokenParser {
       currentTokenType = this.lookahead(0);
     }
     this.match(Token.TOK_RBRACKET);
+    if (parts[2] === 0) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid slice, step cannot be 0');
+    }
     return {
       children: parts,
       type: 'Slice',
diff --git a/test/jmespath.spec.js b/test/jmespath.spec.js
index 1187aae..af9e32b 100644
--- a/test/jmespath.spec.js
+++ b/test/jmespath.spec.js
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ describe('parsing', () => {
   it('should parse field node', () => {
     expect(compile('foo')).toMatchObject({ type: 'Field', name: 'foo' });
   });
+  it('should fail on invalid slices', () => {
+    try {
+      compile('bar[1:1:0]');
+      fail('invalid slice expression was successfully parsed');
+    } catch (e) {
+      expect(e.message).toContain('Invalid slice');
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Searches compiled ast', () => {