diff --git a/src/marks/rect.js b/src/marks/rect.js
index cb8d55aaf4..f5ebd26ef5 100644
--- a/src/marks/rect.js
+++ b/src/marks/rect.js
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ export class Rect extends Mark {
             .call(applyDirectStyles, this)
             .attr("x", i => Math.min(X1[i], X2[i]) + this.insetLeft)
             .attr("y", i => Math.min(Y1[i], Y2[i]) + this.insetTop)
-            .attr("width", i => Math.max(0, Math.abs(X2[i] - X1[i]) - this.insetLeft - this.insetRight))
-            .attr("height", i => Math.max(0, Math.abs(Y1[i] - Y2[i]) - this.insetTop - this.insetBottom))
+            .attr("width", i => sliver(X2[i] - X1[i], this.insetLeft + this.insetRight))
+            .attr("height", i => sliver(Y1[i] - Y2[i], this.insetTop + this.insetBottom))
             .call(applyAttr, "fill", F && (i => F[i]))
             .call(applyAttr, "fill-opacity", FO && (i => FO[i]))
             .call(applyAttr, "stroke", S && (i => S[i]))
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ export class Rect extends Mark {
   }
 }
 
+function sliver(x, inset) {
+  return Math.max((x = Math.abs(x)) ? 0.1 : 0, x - inset);
+}
+
 export function rect(data, options) {
   return new Rect(data, options);
 }
diff --git a/test/output/athletesWeightCumulative.svg b/test/output/athletesWeightCumulative.svg
index 8325d3041c..2016a28772 100644
--- a/test/output/athletesWeightCumulative.svg
+++ b/test/output/athletesWeightCumulative.svg
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     </g><text fill="currentColor" transform="translate(640,30)" dy="-0.32em" text-anchor="end">weight →</text>
   </g>
   <g>
-    <rect x="41" y="369.9678279253608" width="7.16901408450704" height="0.03217207463922023"></rect>
-    <rect x="49.16901408450704" y="369.9356558507216" width="7.169014084507047" height="0.06434414927838361"></rect>
+    <rect x="41" y="369.9678279253608" width="7.16901408450704" height="0.1"></rect>
+    <rect x="49.16901408450704" y="369.9356558507216" width="7.169014084507047" height="0.1"></rect>
     <rect x="57.33802816901409" y="369.7747954775255" width="7.169014084507047" height="0.22520452247448475"></rect>
     <rect x="65.50704225352113" y="369.6461071789687" width="7.169014084507026" height="0.3538928210313088"></rect>
     <rect x="73.67605633802816" y="369.4852468057726" width="7.1690140845070545" height="0.51475319422741"></rect>