diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
index e9142ccdb565..94bc3203598d 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ 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, {
+			'dtype': 'float16'
+		});
+		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/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
index ce94d0782723..ba9edbace099 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/index.d.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>
 
 import { ComplexLike } from '@stdlib/types/complex';
-import { float64ndarray, float32ndarray, int32ndarray, int16ndarray, int8ndarray, uint32ndarray, uint16ndarray, uint8ndarray, uint8cndarray, complex128ndarray, complex64ndarray, genericndarray, boolndarray, DataType, Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';
+import { float64ndarray, float32ndarray, float16ndarray, int32ndarray, int16ndarray, int8ndarray, uint32ndarray, uint16ndarray, uint8ndarray, uint8cndarray, complex128ndarray, complex64ndarray, genericndarray, boolndarray, DataType, Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';
 
 /**
 * Interface defining common options.
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ interface Float32Options extends BaseOptions {
 	dtype: 'float32';
 }
 
+/**
+* Interface defining options when `dtype` is `'float16'`.
+*/
+interface Float16Options extends BaseOptions {
+	/**
+	* Output array data type.
+	*/
+	dtype: 'float16';
+}
+
 /**
 * Interface defining options when `dtype` is `'complex128'`.
 */
@@ -216,6 +226,30 @@ declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, options: Float64Options ): float
 */
 declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, options: Float32Options ): float32ndarray;
 
+/**
+* Returns a zero-dimensional ndarray containing a provided scalar value.
+*
+* @param value - scalar value
+* @param options - options
+* @returns zero-dimensional ndarray
+*
+* @example
+* var x = scalar2ndarray( 1.0, {
+*     'dtype': 'float16'
+* });
+* // returns <ndarray>
+*
+* var sh = x.shape;
+* // returns []
+*
+* var dt = x.dtype;
+* // returns 'float16'
+*
+* var v = x.get();
+* // returns 1.0
+*/
+declare function scalar2ndarray( value: number, options: Float16Options ): float16ndarray;
+
 /**
 * Returns a zero-dimensional ndarray containing a provided scalar value.
 *
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
index 25df3f568264..a37c975df5d4 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/docs/types/test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import scalar2ndarray = require( './index' );
 
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, { 'dtype': 'float64' } ); // $ExpectType float64ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, { 'dtype': 'float32' } ); // $ExpectType float32ndarray
+	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, { 'dtype': 'float16' } ); // $ExpectType float16ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, { 'dtype': 'complex128' } ); // $ExpectType complex128ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( 1.0, { 'dtype': 'complex64' } ); // $ExpectType complex64ndarray
 	scalar2ndarray( true, { 'dtype': 'bool' } ); // $ExpectType boolndarray
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/test/test.js
index 6221e5937619..18c997381fc6 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/from-scalar/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/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' );
@@ -321,6 +322,26 @@ 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, {
+		'dtype': 'float16'
+	});
+
+	t.strictEqual( instanceOf( arr, ndarray ), true, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( arr.dtype, 'float16', 'returns expected value' );
+	t.deepEqual( arr.shape, [], 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( instanceOf( arr.data, Float16Array ), true, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.deepEqual( arr.data, expected, 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( arr.order, 'row-major', 'returns expected value' );
+	t.strictEqual( arr.length, 1, 'returns expected value' );
+
+	t.end();
+});
+
 tape( 'the function returns a zero-dimensional ndarray (dtype=int32)', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
 	var arr;