diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 9bc4e562..b1c376c2 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+- Fix `HDFParser` failing on HDF5 datasets with a zero-length dimension under `zarr-python >= 3.2.0`, which forbids zero-length chunk dimensions. Chunk dimensions are now clamped to a minimum of 1 when falling back from dataset shape.
+  By [Tom Nicholas](https://github.com/TomNicholas).
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Internal changes
diff --git a/virtualizarr/parsers/hdf/hdf.py b/virtualizarr/parsers/hdf/hdf.py
index a180a502..d9cef4ff 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/parsers/hdf/hdf.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/parsers/hdf/hdf.py
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ def _construct_manifest_array(
     -------
     ManifestArray
     """
-    chunks = dataset.chunks or dataset.shape
+    # Clamp each dim to >= 1: zarr v3 allows shape=(0,) but forbids zero-length
+    # chunk dimensions (enforced by zarr-python >= 3.2.0). See
+    # https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/3711.
+    chunks = dataset.chunks or tuple(max(s, 1) for s in dataset.shape)
     codecs = codecs_from_dataset(dataset)
     attrs = _extract_attrs(dataset)
     dtype = dataset.dtype