diff --git a/list.rkt b/list.rkt
index a949f81..05b5e71 100644
--- a/list.rkt
+++ b/list.rkt
@@ -90,16 +90,18 @@
     [(>= j i) (take (drop xs i) (- j i))]
     [else (error 'sublist (format "starting index ~a is larger than ending index ~a" i j))]))
 
-(define increasing-positive? (λ(xs) (apply < 0 xs)))
-(define increasing-positive-list? (and/c list? increasing-positive?))
+(define increasing-nonnegative? (λ(xs) (apply < -1 xs)))
+(define increasing-nonnegative-list? (and/c list? increasing-nonnegative?))
 
 (define+provide/contract (break-at xs bps)
-  (list? (and/c coerce/list? (or/c empty? increasing-positive-list?)) . -> . (listof list?))
+  (list? (and/c coerce/list? (or/c empty? increasing-nonnegative-list?)) . -> . (listof list?))
   (when (ormap (λ(bp) (>= bp (length xs))) bps)
     (error 'break-at (format "breakpoint in ~v is greater than or equal to input list length = ~a" bps (length xs))))
   ;; easier to do back to front, because then the list index for each item won't change during the recursion
-  (reverse (let loop ([xs xs][bps (reverse bps)])
-             (if (empty? bps)
+  ;; cons a zero onto bps (which may already start with zero) and then use that as the terminating condition
+  ;; because breaking at zero means we've reached the start of the list
+  (reverse (let loop ([xs xs][bps (reverse (cons 0 bps))])
+             (if (= (car bps) 0)
                  (cons xs null) ; return whatever's left, because no more splits are possible
                  (let-values ([(head tail) (split-at xs (car bps))])
                    (cons tail (loop head (cdr bps))))))))
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diff --git a/tests.rkt b/tests.rkt
index 0696297..a39fc8c 100644
--- a/tests.rkt
+++ b/tests.rkt
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 (check-equal? (sublist (range 5) 0 5) '(0 1 2 3 4))
 
 (check-equal? (break-at '(5 6 7 8) '()) '((5 6 7 8)))
+(check-equal? (break-at '(5 6 7 8) '(0)) '((5 6 7 8)))
 (check-equal? (break-at '(5 6 7 8) '(1 2 3)) '((5) (6) (7) (8)))
 (check-equal? (break-at '(5 6 7 8) '(1 3)) '((5) (6 7) (8)))
 (check-equal? (break-at '(5 6 7 8) '(1)) (break-at '(5 6 7 8) 1))