diff --git a/src/strands/strands_api.js b/src/strands/strands_api.js
index 1dc1602887..3cb832717c 100644
--- a/src/strands/strands_api.js
+++ b/src/strands/strands_api.js
@@ -110,14 +110,26 @@ export function initGlobalStrandsAPI(p5, fn, strandsContext) {
     }
     strandsContext.vertexDeclarations.add(noiseGLSL);
     strandsContext.fragmentDeclarations.add(noiseGLSL);
-    // Handle noise(x, y) as noise(vec2)
+
+    // Make each input into a strands node so that we can check their dimensions
+    const strandsArgs = args.map(arg => p5.strandsNode(arg));
     let nodeArgs;
-    if (args.length === 3) {
-      nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(args[0], args[1], args[2])];
-    } else if (args.length === 2) {
-      nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(args[0], args[1], 0)];
+    if (strandsArgs.length === 3) {
+      nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(strandsArgs[0], strandsArgs[1], strandsArgs[2])];
+    } else if (strandsArgs.length === 2) {
+      nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(strandsArgs[0], strandsArgs[1], 0)];
+    } else if (strandsArgs.length === 1 && strandsArgs[0].dimension <= 3) {
+      if (strandsArgs[0].dimension === 3) {
+        nodeArgs = strandsArgs;
+      } else if (strandsArgs[0].dimension === 2) {
+        nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(strandsArgs[0], 0)];
+      } else {
+        nodeArgs = [fn.vec3(strandsArgs[0], 0, 0)];
+      }
     } else {
-      nodeArgs = args;
+      p5._friendlyError(
+        `It looks like you've called noise() with ${args.length} arguments. It only supports 1D to 3D input.`
+      );
     }
     const { id, dimension } = build.functionCallNode(strandsContext, 'noise', nodeArgs, {
       overloads: [{
diff --git a/test/unit/webgl/p5.Shader.js b/test/unit/webgl/p5.Shader.js
index 83b96c7265..17a02acd66 100644
--- a/test/unit/webgl/p5.Shader.js
+++ b/test/unit/webgl/p5.Shader.js
@@ -1337,5 +1337,67 @@ suite('p5.Shader', function() {
         assert.isNumber(pixelColor[2]);
       });
     });
+
+    suite('noise()', () => {
+      for (let i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+        test(`works with ${i}D vectors`, () => {
+          expect(() => {
+            myp5.createCanvas(50, 50, myp5.WEBGL);
+            const input = new Array(i).fill(10);
+            const testShader = myp5.baseFilterShader().modify(() => {
+              myp5.getColor(() => {
+                return [myp5.noise(input), 0, 0, 1];
+              });
+            }, { myp5, input });
+            myp5.shader(testShader);
+            myp5.plane(10, 10);
+          }).not.toThrowError();
+        });
+
+        test(`works with ${i}D positional arguments`, () => {
+          expect(() => {
+            myp5.createCanvas(50, 50, myp5.WEBGL);
+            const input = new Array(i).fill(10);
+            const testShader = myp5.baseFilterShader().modify(() => {
+              myp5.getColor(() => {
+                return [myp5.noise(...input), 0, 0, 1];
+              });
+            }, { myp5, input });
+            myp5.shader(testShader);
+            myp5.plane(10, 10);
+          }).not.toThrowError();
+        });
+      }
+
+      for (const i of [0, 4]) {
+        test(`Does not work in ${i}D`, () => {
+          expect(() => {
+            myp5.createCanvas(50, 50, myp5.WEBGL);
+            const input = new Array(i).fill(10);
+            const testShader = myp5.baseFilterShader().modify(() => {
+              myp5.getColor(() => {
+                return [myp5.noise(input), 0, 0, 1];
+              });
+            }, { myp5, input });
+            myp5.shader(testShader);
+            myp5.plane(10, 10);
+          }).toThrowError();
+        });
+
+        test(`Does not work in ${i}D with positional arguments`, () => {
+          expect(() => {
+            myp5.createCanvas(50, 50, myp5.WEBGL);
+            const input = new Array(i).fill(10);
+            const testShader = myp5.baseFilterShader().modify(() => {
+              myp5.getColor(() => {
+                return [myp5.noise(...input), 0, 0, 1];
+              });
+            }, { myp5, input });
+            myp5.shader(testShader);
+            myp5.plane(10, 10);
+          }).toThrowError();
+        });
+      }
+    });
   });
 });