Fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine - comprising an injector body having an injector shaft and a receiving hole for an injector needle, wherein the receiving hole is implemented as a blind hole that forms an injector ring chamber in the injector shaft and that comprises at its base a cone-shaped valve seat and in the region of the cone-shaped tip of the valve seat a blind injector hole, - comprising at least one injector hole issuing from this blind injector hole and connecting the injector ring chamber below the valve seat to the outer region, and - comprising an injector needle having a needle tip formed at least partially in the shape of a cone, wherein the injector needle is disposed displaceably in the longitudinal direction in the receiving hole and when the fuel injection valve is in the closed state the said injector needle lies with the needle tip in the valve seat such that it seals off the blind injector hole and consequently the at least one injector hole from the injector ring chamber, wherein the needle tip comprises a needle pilot that is adapted in contour and extent to the blind injector hole and protrudes into the blind injector hole of the valve seat and thereby reduces a compression volume formed between the valve seat and the injector hole, wherein the blind injector hole comprising the valve seat is implemented at least partially in the shape of a cone and comprises a smaller angle of taper than the valve seat, characterized in that the cross-section area of the annular gap formed between the blind injector hole of the valve seat and the needle pilot of the needle tip is widened in places by virtue of at least one partial depression on the needle pilot periphery and/or in the blind injector hole periphery, wherein the depression is implemented as a punctiform depression. - comprising an injector body having an injector shaft and a receiving hole for an injector needle, wherein the receiving hole is implemented as a blind hole that forms an injector ring chamber in the injector shaft and that comprises at its base a cone-shaped valve seat and in the region of the cone-shaped tip of the valve seat a blind injector hole, - comprising at least one injector hole issuing from this blind injector hole and connecting the injector ring chamber below the valve seat to the outer region, and - comprising an injector needle having a needle tip formed at least partially in the shape of a cone, wherein the injector needle is disposed displaceably in the longitudinal direction in the receiving hole and when the fuel injection valve is in the closed state the said injector needle lies with the needle tip in the valve seat such that it seals off the blind injector hole and consequently the at least one injector hole from the injector ring chamber, wherein the needle tip comprises a needle pilot that is adapted in contour and extent to the blind injector hole and protrudes into the blind injector hole of the valve seat and thereby reduces a compression volume formed between the valve seat and the injector hole, wherein the blind injector hole comprising the valve seat is implemented at least partially in the shape of a cone and comprises a smaller angle of taper than the valve seat, characterized in that the cross-section area of the annular gap formed between the blind injector hole of the valve seat and the needle pilot of the needle tip is widened in places by virtue of at least one partial depression on the needle pilot periphery and/or in the blind injector hole periphery, wherein the depression is implemented as a punctiform depression.