diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3c8ed1b4d7..eb7fb378dee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Here is an overview of all new **experimental** features:
 ### Improvements
 
 - **Cassandra Scaler**: Add TLS support for cassandra scaler ([#5802](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/5802))
+- **GCP Pub/Sub**: Add optional valueIfNull to allow a default scaling value and prevent errors when GCP metric returns no value. ([#5896](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/5896))
 - **GCP Scalers**: Added custom time horizon in GCP scalers ([#5778](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/5778))
 - **GitHub Scaler**: Fixed pagination, fetching repository list ([#5738](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/5738))
 - **Kafka**: Fix logic to scale to zero on invalid offset even with earliest offsetResetPolicy ([#5689](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/5689))
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go b/pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go
index 7384f035b59..87893a3979e 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func (s StackDriverClient) GetMetrics(
 //
 // MQL provides a more expressive query language than
 // the current filtering options of GetMetrics
-func (s StackDriverClient) QueryMetrics(ctx context.Context, projectID, query string) (float64, error) {
+func (s StackDriverClient) QueryMetrics(ctx context.Context, projectID, query string, valueIfNull *float64) (float64, error) {
 	req := &monitoringpb.QueryTimeSeriesRequest{
 		Query:    query,
 		PageSize: 1,
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ func (s StackDriverClient) QueryMetrics(ctx context.Context, projectID, query st
 	resp, err := it.Next()
 
 	if err == iterator.Done {
-		return value, fmt.Errorf("could not find stackdriver metric with query %s", req.Query)
+		if valueIfNull == nil {
+			return value, fmt.Errorf("could not find stackdriver metric with query %s", req.Query)
+		}
+		return *valueIfNull, nil
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/gcp_pubsub_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/gcp_pubsub_scaler.go
index dd9b9873ebc..4d4534a3305 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/gcp_pubsub_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/gcp_pubsub_scaler.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type pubsubMetadata struct {
 	triggerIndex     int
 	aggregation      string
 	timeHorizon      string
+	valueIfNull      *float64
 }
 
 // NewPubSubScaler creates a new pubsubScaler
@@ -177,6 +178,14 @@ func parsePubSubMetadata(config *scalersconfig.ScalerConfig, logger logr.Logger)
 			}
 			meta.value = triggerValue
 		}
+
+		if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["valueIfNull"]; ok && val != "" {
+			valueIfNull, err := strconv.ParseFloat(val, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("valueIfNull parsing error %w", err)
+			}
+			meta.valueIfNull = &valueIfNull
+		}
 	}
 
 	meta.aggregation = config.TriggerMetadata["aggregation"]
@@ -291,7 +300,7 @@ func (s *pubsubScaler) getMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricType string) (float
 
 	// Pubsub metrics are collected every 60 seconds so no need to aggregate them.
 	// See: https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp#gcp-pubsub
-	return s.client.QueryMetrics(ctx, projectID, query)
+	return s.client.QueryMetrics(ctx, projectID, query, s.metadata.valueIfNull)
 }
 
 func getResourceData(s *pubsubScaler) (string, string) {