diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f033f6..2e86abd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
         "lint": "eslint .",
         "test": "jenkins-mocha tests/unit --recursive"
     },
-    "version": "1.1.1"
+    "version": "1.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/semver-intersect.js b/semver-intersect.js
index d9a7fb4..a0868d9 100644
--- a/semver-intersect.js
+++ b/semver-intersect.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ function createShorthand (range) {
     }
 
     if (semver.major(min) !== semver.major(max)) {
+        if (semver.major(min) === 0) {
+            return '0';
+        }
+
         return `^${min}`;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/semver-intersect.js b/tests/unit/semver-intersect.js
index 78ff7c0..5195982 100644
--- a/tests/unit/semver-intersect.js
+++ b/tests/unit/semver-intersect.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const semver = require('semver');
 const {
     createShorthand,
     ensureCompatible,
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ describe('createShorthand', () => {
         const result = createShorthand('>=0.0.5 <0.1.0');
         expect(result).to.equal('~0.0.5');
     });
+    it('should simplify 0.x', () => {
+        const result = createShorthand('>=0.0.0 <1.0.0');
+        expect(result).to.equal('0');
+    });
+    it('should simplify ~0.0.x', () => {
+        const result = createShorthand('>=0.0.0 <0.1.0');
+        expect(result).to.equal('~0.0.0');
+    });
     it('should simplify to ~0.0.0', () => {
         const result = createShorthand('>=0.0.0 <0.1.0');
         expect(result).to.equal('~0.0.0');