diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl
index 7ab9b6412cb5b..dd0541505896e 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl
@@ -904,6 +904,9 @@ function dot(x, y) # arbitrary iterables
 end
 
 dot(x::Number, y::Number) = conj(x) * y
+dot(::Missing, ::Number) = missing
+dot(::Number, ::Missing) = missing
+dot(::Missing, ::Missing) = missing
 
 function dot(x::AbstractArray, y::AbstractArray)
     lx = length(x)
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/matmul.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/matmul.jl
index 1017134f2f6d4..8f2a2581ab37f 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/matmul.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/matmul.jl
@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@ dot2(x,y) = invoke(dot, Tuple{AbstractArray,AbstractArray}, x,y)
     end
 end
 
+@testset "dot with missings" begin
+    @test dot(1, missing) === dot(missing, 1) === dot(missing, missing) === missing
+    @test dot([1, missing], [1, 2]) === dot([1, 2], [1, missing]) === missing
+end
+
 @testset "Issue 11978" begin
     A = Matrix{Matrix{Float64}}(undef, 2, 2)
     A[1,1] = Matrix(1.0I, 3, 3)