diff --git a/src/Models/PaymentItem/PaymentItemContainer.php b/src/Models/PaymentItem/PaymentItemContainer.php
index 14766bc..ff7336c 100644
--- a/src/Models/PaymentItem/PaymentItemContainer.php
+++ b/src/Models/PaymentItem/PaymentItemContainer.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class PaymentItemContainer
 
     private bool $unreliable = false;
 
+    private bool $zeroPriceAllowed = false;
+
     /**
      * Is true if container contains GenericPaymentItem, which means
      * some payment item type was not registered in PaymentItemContainerFactory
@@ -26,6 +28,16 @@ public function setUnreliable(bool $unreliable = true): void
         $this->unreliable = $unreliable;
     }
 
+    public function isZeroPriceAllowed(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->zeroPriceAllowed;
+    }
+
+    public function setZeroPriceAllowed(bool $zeroPriceAllowed = true): void
+    {
+        $this->zeroPriceAllowed = $zeroPriceAllowed;
+    }
+
     public function addItem(PaymentItemInterface $item): self
     {
         $this->items[] = $item;
diff --git a/src/Presenters/MethodsPresenter.php b/src/Presenters/MethodsPresenter.php
index f78d772..92242e3 100644
--- a/src/Presenters/MethodsPresenter.php
+++ b/src/Presenters/MethodsPresenter.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public function renderAdd(string $paymentGatewayCode, int $recurrentPaymentId =
         $paymentItemContainer = (new PaymentItemContainer())->addItem(
             new AuthorizationPaymentItem('authorization', $gateway->getAuthorizationAmount())
         );
+        $paymentItemContainer->setZeroPriceAllowed();
 
         $countryResolution  = $this->oneStopShop->resolveCountry(
             user: $userRow,
diff --git a/src/Repositories/PaymentsRepository.php b/src/Repositories/PaymentsRepository.php
index a5738e2..b4e0bea 100644
--- a/src/Repositories/PaymentsRepository.php
+++ b/src/Repositories/PaymentsRepository.php
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ final public function add(
         // It's not possible to generate payment amount based on payment items as postal fees of product module were
         // not refactored yet to separate payment item. Therefore custom "$amount" is still allowed.
 
-        if ($data['amount'] <= 0) {
-            throw new \Exception('attempt to create payment with zero or negative amount: ' . $data['amount']);
+        if ($data['amount'] < 0) {
+            throw new \Exception('attempt to create payment with negative amount: ' . $data['amount']);
+        }
+
+        if ($data['amount'] === 0.0 && !$paymentItemContainer->isZeroPriceAllowed()) {
+            throw new \Exception('attempt to create payment with zero amount.');
         }
 
         if ($subscriptionType) {