diff --git a/cmr/queries.py b/cmr/queries.py
index 3e4a1f9..99ce60f 100644
--- a/cmr/queries.py
+++ b/cmr/queries.py
@@ -856,10 +856,12 @@ def cloud_cover(self, min_cover: FloatLike = 0, max_cover: FloatLike = 100) -> S
         :returns: self
         """
 
-        if not min_cover and not max_cover:
+        has_min = min_cover is not None and min_cover != ""
+        has_max = max_cover is not None and max_cover != ""
+        if not has_min and not has_max:
             raise ValueError("Please provide at least min_cover, max_cover or both")
 
-        if min_cover and max_cover:
+        if has_min and has_max:
             try:
                 minimum = float(min_cover)
                 maxiumum = float(max_cover)
diff --git a/tests/test_granule.py b/tests/test_granule.py
index d14b319..ee70ecf 100644
--- a/tests/test_granule.py
+++ b/tests/test_granule.py
@@ -294,6 +294,22 @@ def test_day_night_flag_invalid_type_set(self):
             query.day_night_flag(True)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         self.assertNotIn(self.day_night_flag, query.params)
 
+    def test_cloud_cover_zero(self):
+        query = GranuleQuery().cloud_cover(0, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(query.params[self.cloud_cover], "0,0")
+
+    def test_cloud_cover_zero_open_bound(self):
+        for bounds, expected in [(("", 0), ",0"), ((0, ""), "0,")]:
+            with self.subTest(bounds=bounds):
+                query = GranuleQuery().cloud_cover(*bounds)
+                self.assertEqual(query.params[self.cloud_cover], expected)
+
+    def test_cloud_cover_invalid_with_zero(self):
+        for bounds in [(1, 0), (0, -1), (0, "invalid"), ("invalid", 0), ("", "")]:
+            with self.subTest(bounds=bounds):
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    GranuleQuery().cloud_cover(*bounds)
+
     def test_cloud_cover_min_only(self):
         query = GranuleQuery()
         query.cloud_cover(-70)