diff --git a/infer/src/java/jVerboseLexer.mll b/infer/src/java/jVerboseLexer.mll
index c568b97c3..9252bc607 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jVerboseLexer.mll
+++ b/infer/src/java/jVerboseLexer.mll
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ rule token = parse
 | ']'                       { RIGHT_SQUARE_BRACKET }
 | ':'                       { COLON }
 | ','                       { COMMA }
+| "\'\'"                    { EMPTY }
 | "parsing"                 { PARSING }
 | "started"                 { STARTED }
 | "wrote"                   { WROTE }
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jVerboseParser.mly b/infer/src/java/jVerboseParser.mly
index 53eb990e6..0cf47e64b 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jVerboseParser.mly
+++ b/infer/src/java/jVerboseParser.mly
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 %token EOL EOF
 %token LEFT_SQUARE_BRACKET RIGHT_SQUARE_BRACKET
 %token COLON COMMA
+%token EMPTY
 %token PARSING STARTED WROTE SEARCH_PATH
 %token REGULARFILEOBJECT ZIPFILEINDEXFILEOBJECT
 %token <string> CLASS_FILENAME
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ classpath:
 ;
 
 classpath_parts:
+  | EMPTY { [] }
   | PATH  { [$1] }
+  | EMPTY COMMA classpath_parts  { $3 }
   | PATH COMMA classpath_parts  { $1 :: $3 }
 ;