diff --git a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/wire_utils.cpp b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/wire_utils.cpp
index 11876e2aa9..5c53233012 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/wire_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/wire_utils.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ bool IfcGeom::util::approximate_plane_through_wire(const TopoDS_Wire& wire, gp_P
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	plane = gp_Pln(center / n, gp_Dir(x, y, z));
+	gp_Vec v(x, y, z);
+	if (v.SquareMagnitude() < eps_ * eps_) {
+		Logger::Warning("Degenerate face boundary in normal estimation");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	plane = gp_Pln(center / n, v);
 
 	exp.Init(wire);
 	for (; exp.More(); exp.Next()) {