diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9972aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+
+import * as puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { ITerminalOptions } from 'xterm';
+
+const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
+
+let browser: puppeteer.Browser;
+let page: puppeteer.Page;
+const width = 1024;
+const height = 768;
+
+describe.only('FitAddon', () => {
+  before(async function(): Promise<any> {
+    this.timeout(20000);
+    browser = await puppeteer.launch({
+      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
+      slowMo: 80,
+      args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
+    });
+    page = (await browser.pages())[0];
+    await page.setViewport({ width, height });
+    await page.goto(APP);
+    await openTerminal();
+  });
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await browser.close();
+  });
+
+  it('no terminal', async function(): Promise<any> {
+    await page.evaluate(`window.fit = new FitAddon();`);
+    assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.fit.proposeDimensions()`), undefined);
+  });
+
+  describe('proposeDimensions', () => {
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      return unloadFit();
+    });
+
+    it('default', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit();
+      assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.fit.proposeDimensions()`), {
+        cols: 87,
+        rows: 26
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('width', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit(1008);
+      assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.fit.proposeDimensions()`), {
+        cols: 110,
+        rows: 26
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('small', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit(1, 1);
+      assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.fit.proposeDimensions()`), {
+        cols: 2,
+        rows: 1
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('fit', () => {
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      return unloadFit();
+    });
+
+    it('default', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit();
+      await page.evaluate(`window.fit.fit()`);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.cols`), 87);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.rows`), 26);
+    });
+
+    it('width', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit(1008);
+      await page.evaluate(`window.fit.fit()`);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.cols`), 110);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.rows`), 26);
+    });
+
+    it('small', async function(): Promise<any> {
+      await loadFit(1, 1);
+      await page.evaluate(`window.fit.fit()`);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.cols`), 2);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(`window.term.rows`), 1);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+async function loadFit(width: number = 800, height: number = 450): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(`
+    window.fit = new FitAddon();
+    window.term.loadAddon(window.fit);
+    document.querySelector('#terminal-container').style.width='${width}px';
+    document.querySelector('#terminal-container').style.height='${height}px';
+  `);
+}
+
+async function unloadFit(): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(`window.fit.dispose();`);
+}
+
+async function openTerminal(options: ITerminalOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(`window.term = new Terminal(${JSON.stringify(options)})`);
+  await page.evaluate(`window.term.open(document.querySelector('#terminal-container'))`);
+  if (options.rendererType === 'dom') {
+    await page.waitForSelector('.xterm-rows');
+  } else {
+    await page.waitForSelector('.xterm-text-layer');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
index e25a4783..ca7e24b1 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ interface ITerminalDimensions {
   cols: number;
 }
 
+const MINIMUM_COLS = 2;
+const MINIMUM_ROWS = 1;
+
 export class FitAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
   private _terminal: Terminal | undefined;
 
@@ -71,8 +74,8 @@ export class FitAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     const availableHeight = parentElementHeight - elementPaddingVer;
     const availableWidth = parentElementWidth - elementPaddingHor - core.viewport.scrollBarWidth;
     const geometry = {
-      cols: Math.floor(availableWidth / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellWidth),
-      rows: Math.floor(availableHeight / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellHeight)
+      cols: Math.max(MINIMUM_COLS, Math.floor(availableWidth / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellWidth)),
+      rows: Math.max(MINIMUM_ROWS, Math.floor(availableHeight / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellHeight))
     };
     return geometry;
   }