diff --git a/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/package.json b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b59977dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Example TS/JS project with an empty package name",
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ada3e96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function main(): string {
+  return ''
+}
diff --git a/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..746b094a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function lib(): string {
+  return ''
+}
diff --git a/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/package.json b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caa280a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/input/empty-package-fields/src/version/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "empty-version",
+  "version": ""
+}
diff --git a/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts b/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5cbbcbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// language TypeScript
+// < definition . 1.0.0 src/`main.ts`/
+
+export function main(): string {
+//              ^^^^ definition . 1.0.0 src/`main.ts`/main().
+  return ''
+}
+
diff --git a/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts b/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..243c0857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/output/empty-package-fields/src/version/lib.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// language TypeScript
+// < definition empty-version . `lib.ts`/
+
+export function lib(): string {
+//              ^^^ definition empty-version . `lib.ts`/lib().
+  return ''
+}
+
diff --git a/src/ScipSymbol.ts b/src/ScipSymbol.ts
index 9d8d75a0..a52d4a62 100644
--- a/src/ScipSymbol.ts
+++ b/src/ScipSymbol.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ export class ScipSymbol {
   }
 
   public static package(name: string, version: string): ScipSymbol {
-    return new ScipSymbol(`scip-typescript npm ${name} ${version} `)
+    // SCIP spells an empty package field as `.`, because a double space is an
+    // escaped space.
+    return new ScipSymbol(
+      `scip-typescript npm ${name || '.'} ${version || '.'} `
+    )
   }
 
   public static anonymousPackage(): ScipSymbol {