diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
index a83ee988b2b1..1a9b63b7a960 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -69,6 +69,25 @@ bench( format( '%s:dtype=float32', pkg ), function benchmark( b ) {
 	b.end();
 });
 
+bench( format( '%s:dtype=float16', pkg ), function benchmark( b ) {
+	var x;
+	var i;
+
+	b.tic();
+	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
+		x = scalar2ndarray( i, 'float16', 'row-major' );
+		if ( x.length !== 1 ) {
+			b.fail( 'should have length 1' );
+		}
+	}
+	b.toc();
+	if ( !isndarrayLike( x ) ) {
+		b.fail( 'should return an ndarray' );
+	}
+	b.pass( 'benchmark finished' );
+	b.end();
+});
+
 bench( format( '%s:dtype=complex128', pkg ), function benchmark( b ) {
 	var x;
 	var v;
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
index d10a19ea0f3f..fbfec53f4103 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>
 
 import { ComplexLike } from '@stdlib/types/complex';
-import { genericndarray, float64ndarray, float32ndarray, int32ndarray, int16ndarray, int8ndarray, uint32ndarray, uint16ndarray, uint8ndarray, uint8cndarray, complex128ndarray, complex64ndarray, boolndarray, Float64DataType, Float32DataType, Complex128DataType, Complex64DataType, Int32DataType, Int16DataType, Int8DataType, Uint32DataType, Uint16DataType, Uint8DataType, Uint8cDataType, BooleanDataType, DataType, Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';
+import { genericndarray, float64ndarray, float32ndarray, float16ndarray, int32ndarray, int16ndarray, int8ndarray, uint32ndarray, uint16ndarray, uint8ndarray, uint8cndarray, complex128ndarray, complex64ndarray, boolndarray, Float64DataType, Float32DataType, Float16DataType, Complex128DataType, Complex64DataType, Int32DataType, Int16DataType, Int8DataType, Uint32DataType, Uint16DataType, Uint8DataType, Uint8cDataType, BooleanDataType, DataType, Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';
 
 /**
 * Returns a zero-dimensional ndarray containing a provided scalar value.
@@ -75,6 +75,32 @@ declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, dtype: Float64DataType, order: O
 */
 declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, dtype: Float32DataType, order: Order ): float32ndarray;
 
+/**
+* Returns a zero-dimensional ndarray containing a provided scalar value.
+*
+* @param value - scalar value
+* @param dtype - array data type
+* @param order - memory layout (row-major or column-major)
+* @returns zero-dimensional ndarray
+*
+* @example
+* var getShape = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/shape' );
+* var getDType = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtype' );
+*
+* var x = scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'float16', 'row-major' );
+* // returns <ndarray>
+*
+* var sh = getShape( x );
+* // returns []
+*
+* var dt = String( getDType( x ) );
+* // returns 'float16'
+*
+* var v = x.get();
+* // returns 1.0
+*/
+declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, dtype: Float16DataType, order: Order ): float16ndarray;
+
 /**
 * Returns a zero-dimensional ndarray containing a provided scalar value.
 *
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
index 6292a8937c7e..a28cb1fa6b17 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import scalar2ndarray = require( './index' );
 {
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'float64', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType float64ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'float32', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType float32ndarray
+	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'float16', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType float16ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'complex128', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType complex128ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'complex64', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType complex64ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'int32', 'row-major' ); // $ExpectType int32ndarray
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/test/test.js
index 749bd5692b70..a1993c260c10 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/from-scalar/test/test.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float64' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
+var Float16Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float16' );
 var Int32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/int32' );
 var Uint32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/uint32' );
 var Int16Array = require( '@stdlib/array/int16' );
@@ -120,6 +121,24 @@ tape( 'the function returns a zero-dimensional ndarray (dtype=float32)', functio
 	t.end();
 });
 
+tape( 'the function returns a zero-dimensional ndarray (dtype=float16)', function test( t ) {
+	var expected;
+	var arr;
+
+	expected = new Float16Array( [ 1.0 ] );
+	arr = scalar2ndarray( 1.0, 'float16', 'column-major' );
+
+	t.strictEqual( instanceOf( arr, base ), true, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( String( getDType( arr ) ), 'float16', 'returns expected value' );
+	t.deepEqual( getShape( arr ), [], 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( instanceOf( getData( arr ), Float16Array ), true, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.deepEqual( getData( arr ), expected, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( getOrder( arr ), 'column-major', 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( numel( arr ), 1, 'returns expected value' );
+
+	t.end();
+});
+
 tape( 'the function returns a zero-dimensional ndarray (dtype=int32)', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
 	var arr;