diff --git a/scip-semanticdb/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/scip_semanticdb/SymbolDescriptor.java b/scip-semanticdb/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/scip_semanticdb/SymbolDescriptor.java
index 77bfb32a..db6a1c43 100644
--- a/scip-semanticdb/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/scip_semanticdb/SymbolDescriptor.java
+++ b/scip-semanticdb/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/scip_semanticdb/SymbolDescriptor.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public SymbolDescriptor entryPoint() {
       if (SemanticdbSymbols.isLocal(symbol)) {
         return new SymbolDescriptor(Descriptor.local(symbol), SemanticdbSymbols.NONE);
       }
-      if (SemanticdbSymbols.NONE.equals(symbol)) {
+      if (SemanticdbSymbols.isNone(symbol)) {
         return SymbolDescriptor.NONE;
       }
       readChar();
diff --git a/semanticdb-java/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/semanticdb_javac/SemanticdbSymbols.java b/semanticdb-java/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/semanticdb_javac/SemanticdbSymbols.java
index 94ca1695..652101c5 100644
--- a/semanticdb-java/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/semanticdb_javac/SemanticdbSymbols.java
+++ b/semanticdb-java/src/main/java/com/sourcegraph/semanticdb_javac/SemanticdbSymbols.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 public final class SemanticdbSymbols {
 
   public static String NONE = "";
+  public static String NONE_STUB = "<?>";
   public static String ROOT_PACKAGE = "_root_/";
 
   /** Creates a new global SemanticDB symbol. */
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ public static boolean isLocal(String symbol) {
     return symbol.startsWith("local");
   }
 
+  public static boolean isNone(String symbol) {
+    return NONE.equals(symbol) || NONE_STUB.equals(symbol);
+  }
+
   public static boolean isGlobal(String symbol) {
     return !isLocal(symbol);
   }