diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index 2dae2f2..5bd5cac 100755
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ void simplecpp::preprocess(simplecpp::TokenList &output, const simplecpp::TokenL
                     inc2.takeTokens(inc1);
                 }
 
-                if (!inc2.empty() && inc2.cfront()->op == '<' && inc2.cback()->op == '>') {
+                if (!inc1.empty() && !inc2.empty() && inc2.cfront()->op == '<' && inc2.cback()->op == '>') {
                     TokenString hdr;
                     // TODO: Sometimes spaces must be added in the string
                     // Somehow preprocessToken etc must be told that the location should be source location not destination location
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 1f979dd..d8e359e 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -1829,6 +1829,14 @@ static void missingHeader3()
     ASSERT_EQUALS("", toString(outputList));
 }
 
+static void missingHeader4()
+{
+    const char code[] = "#/**/include <>\n";
+    simplecpp::OutputList outputList;
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("", preprocess(code, &outputList));
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("file0,1,syntax_error,No header in #include\n", toString(outputList));
+}
+
 static void nestedInclude()
 {
     const char code[] = "#include \"test.h\"\n";
@@ -3057,6 +3065,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     TEST_CASE(missingHeader1);
     TEST_CASE(missingHeader2);
     TEST_CASE(missingHeader3);
+    TEST_CASE(missingHeader4);
     TEST_CASE(nestedInclude);
     TEST_CASE(systemInclude);