diff --git a/infer/src/harness/stacktrace.ml b/infer/src/harness/stacktrace.ml
index 77b7a485f..4d401fa6d 100644
--- a/infer/src/harness/stacktrace.ml
+++ b/infer/src/harness/stacktrace.ml
@@ -60,10 +60,16 @@ let parse_stack_frame frame_str =
   if string_equal file_and_line "Native Method" then
     make_frame class_str method_str "Native Method" (-1)
   else begin
-    (* separate the filename and line number *)
-    ignore(Str.string_match file_and_line_regexp file_and_line 0);
-    let file_str = Str.matched_group 1 file_and_line in
-    let line_num = int_of_string (Str.matched_group 2 file_and_line) in
+    (* Separate the filename and line number.
+       note that a few methods might not have line number information,
+       for those, file_and_line includes only the filename. *)
+    let is_file_line = Str.string_match file_and_line_regexp file_and_line 0 in
+    let file_str = if is_file_line
+      then Str.matched_group 1 file_and_line
+      else file_and_line in
+    let line_num = if is_file_line
+      then int_of_string (Str.matched_group 2 file_and_line)
+      else -1 in
     make_frame class_str method_str file_str line_num
   end
 
diff --git a/infer/src/unit/stacktraceTests.ml b/infer/src/unit/stacktraceTests.ml
index 6ce2cd2fd..b56fa5747 100644
--- a/infer/src/unit/stacktraceTests.ml
+++ b/infer/src/unit/stacktraceTests.ml
@@ -69,5 +69,23 @@ let tests =
       assert_equal trace expected in
     "multi_frame_trace_test">::multi_frame_trace_test_ in
 
+  let missing_line_info_test =
+    let missing_line_info_test_s =
+      "Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.NullPointerException\n" ^
+      "\tat endtoend.java.checkers.crashcontext.MinimalCrashTest.main" ^
+      "(MinimalCrashTest.java)" in
+    let trace = Stacktrace.of_string missing_line_info_test_s in
+    let expected = Stacktrace.make
+        "java.lang.NullPointerException"
+        [Stacktrace.make_frame
+           "endtoend.java.checkers.crashcontext.MinimalCrashTest"
+           "main"
+           "MinimalCrashTest.java"
+           (-1)] in
+    let missing_line_info_test_ _ =
+      assert_equal trace expected in
+    "missing_line_info_test">::missing_line_info_test_ in
+
   "all_tests_suite">:::[empty_string_test; empty_trace_test;
-                        one_frame_trace_test; multi_frame_trace_test]
+                        one_frame_trace_test; multi_frame_trace_test;
+                        missing_line_info_test]