diff --git a/src/pseudo_blockarray.jl b/src/pseudo_blockarray.jl
index 81f6a250..d30f096b 100644
--- a/src/pseudo_blockarray.jl
+++ b/src/pseudo_blockarray.jl
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ rowsupport(A::PseudoBlockArray, j) = rowsupport(A.blocks, j)
 ###
 
 for op in (:zeros, :ones)
-    @eval $op(::Type{T}, axs::Tuple{BlockedUnitRange,Vararg{Any}}) where T = PseudoBlockArray($op(T, map(length,axs)...), axs)
+    @eval $op(::Type{T}, axs::Tuple{BlockedUnitRange,Vararg{Union{Integer,AbstractUnitRange}}}) where T = PseudoBlockArray($op(T, map(length,axs)...), axs)
 end
 
 Base.replace_in_print_matrix(f::PseudoBlockVecOrMat, i::Integer, j::Integer, s::AbstractString) =
diff --git a/test/test_blockarrays.jl b/test/test_blockarrays.jl
index 2a66d10e..8fb46c51 100644
--- a/test/test_blockarrays.jl
+++ b/test/test_blockarrays.jl
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ end
             @test blocksizes(B) == ([2,1], [2,1])
             @test B == reshape([1:9;],3,3)
             @test blocks(B) isa Matrix{Matrix{Int}}
+
+            @testset "zeros/ones" begin
+                br = blockedrange(2:3)
+                z = zeros(Float64, br)
+                @test all(iszero, z)
+                @test axes(z) == (br,)
+                o = ones(Float64, br)
+                @test all(isone, o)
+                @test axes(o) == (br,)
+            end
         end
 
         @testset "PseudoBlockArray constructors" begin