diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_mac_CoreGraphicsContext.mm b/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_mac_CoreGraphicsContext.mm
index 3e806498c3..584e6e7945 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_mac_CoreGraphicsContext.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/native/juce_mac_CoreGraphicsContext.mm
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ static CGGradientRef createGradient (const ColourGradient& g, CGColorSpaceRef co
         *comps++ = (CGFloat) colour.getFloatBlue();
         *comps++ = (CGFloat) colour.getFloatAlpha();
         locations[i] = (CGFloat) g.getColourPosition (i);
+
+        // There's a bug (?) in the way the CG renderer works where it seems
+        // to go wrong if you have two colour stops both at position 0..
+        jassert (i == 0 || locations[i] != 0);
     }
 
     return CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents (colourSpace, components, locations, (size_t) numColours);