diff --git a/arkouda/numpy/pdarraycreation.py b/arkouda/numpy/pdarraycreation.py
index 5dba8ac4f9d..7016a543447 100644
--- a/arkouda/numpy/pdarraycreation.py
+++ b/arkouda/numpy/pdarraycreation.py
@@ -1426,6 +1426,17 @@ def linspace(
     start_ = start
     stop_ = stop
 
+    #   Handle the special cases of num
+
+    if num == 0:
+        return array([], dtype=float64)
+
+    if num == 1:
+        if isinstance(start_, pdarray):
+            return start_.reshape((1,) + start_.shape)
+        else:
+            return array([start_], dtype=float64)
+
     if isinstance(start_, pdarray):
         start_ = start_.astype(float64)
     elif isinstance(start_, int):
diff --git a/tests/numpy/pdarray_creation_test.py b/tests/numpy/pdarray_creation_test.py
index a39c9ae4477..6578a2ccd12 100644
--- a/tests/numpy/pdarray_creation_test.py
+++ b/tests/numpy/pdarray_creation_test.py
@@ -816,6 +816,14 @@ def test_full_like_multi_dim(self, size, dtype):
             assert (full_like_arr == 1).all()
             assert full_like_arr.size == ran_arr.size
 
+    def test_linspace_special_cases(self):
+        pda = ak.linspace(0, 1, 0, endpoint=True)
+        nda = np.linspace(0, 1, 0, endpoint=True)
+        assert_almost_equivalent(pda, nda)
+        pda = ak.linspace(0, 1, 1, endpoint=True)
+        nda = np.linspace(0, 1, 1, endpoint=True)
+        assert_almost_equivalent(pda, nda)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("size", pytest.prob_size)
     def test_linspace_1D(self, size):
         pda = ak.linspace(0, 100, size)