diff --git a/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8251.md b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8251.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f9b0fd86cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8251.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed an issue with EuiDataGrid with auto row height resulting in a table of 0 height
+
diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/utils/grid_height_width.ts b/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/utils/grid_height_width.ts
index 686acc38323..144c06195e0 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/utils/grid_height_width.ts
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/utils/grid_height_width.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const useUnconstrainedHeight = ({
         rowHeightsOptions
       );
 
-      if (rowHeightOption) {
+      if (rowHeightOption && rowHeightOption !== 'auto') {
         // this row's height is known
         knownRowCount++;
         knownHeight += rowHeightUtils.getCalculatedHeight(