diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
index 6db327724cac5..4d52eb6b805c3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
@@ -215,8 +215,10 @@ function createUnsuitableInjectionTokenError(
         makeRelatedInformation(
             reason.typeNode,
             'This type does not have a value, so it cannot be used as injection token.'),
-        makeRelatedInformation(reason.decl, 'The type is declared here.'),
       ];
+      if (reason.decl !== null) {
+        hints.push(makeRelatedInformation(reason.decl, 'The type is declared here.'));
+      }
       break;
     case ValueUnavailableKind.TYPE_ONLY_IMPORT:
       chainMessage =
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/host.ts
index 3d28a12d31940..8ad56ce32c75b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/host.ts
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export interface UnsupportedType {
 export interface NoValueDeclaration {
   kind: ValueUnavailableKind.NO_VALUE_DECLARATION;
   typeNode: ts.TypeNode;
-  decl: ts.Declaration;
+  decl: ts.Declaration|null;
 }
 
 export interface TypeOnlyImport {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
index eea33c9bfe5c7..bfacb8987e6ae 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ export function typeToValue(
   // has a value declaration associated with it. Note that const enums are an exception,
   // because while they do have a value declaration, they don't exist at runtime.
   if (decl.valueDeclaration === undefined || decl.flags & ts.SymbolFlags.ConstEnum) {
-    return noValueDeclaration(typeNode, decl.declarations[0]);
+    let typeOnlyDecl: ts.Declaration|null = null;
+    if (decl.declarations !== undefined && decl.declarations.length > 0) {
+      typeOnlyDecl = decl.declarations[0];
+    }
+    return noValueDeclaration(typeNode, typeOnlyDecl);
   }
 
   // The type points to a valid value declaration. Rewrite the TypeReference into an
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ function unsupportedType(typeNode: ts.TypeNode): UnavailableTypeValueReference {
 }
 
 function noValueDeclaration(
-    typeNode: ts.TypeNode, decl: ts.Declaration): UnavailableTypeValueReference {
+    typeNode: ts.TypeNode, decl: ts.Declaration|null): UnavailableTypeValueReference {
   return {
     kind: TypeValueReferenceKind.UNAVAILABLE,
     reason: {kind: ValueUnavailableKind.NO_VALUE_DECLARATION, typeNode, decl},
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index 74b4fdc6014c6..3fc856389f421 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -2214,6 +2214,35 @@ runInEachFileSystem(os => {
           expect(diags[0].relatedInformation![1].messageText).toBe('The type is declared here.');
         });
 
+        it('should report an error when using a missing type as injection token', () => {
+          // This test replicates the situation where a symbol does not have any declarations at
+          // all, e.g. because it's imported from a missing module. This would result in a
+          // semantic TypeScript diagnostic which we ignore in this test to verify that ngtsc's
+          // analysis is able to operate in this situation.
+          env.tsconfig({strictInjectionParameters: true});
+          env.write(`test.ts`, `
+             import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
+             // @ts-expect-error
+             import {Interface} from 'missing';
+
+             @Injectable()
+             export class MyService {
+               constructor(param: Interface) {}
+             }
+          `);
+
+          const diags = env.driveDiagnostics();
+          expect(diags.length).toBe(1);
+          expect(ts.flattenDiagnosticMessageText(diags[0].messageText, '\n'))
+              .toBe(
+                  `No suitable injection token for parameter 'param' of ` +
+                  `class 'MyService'.\n` +
+                  `  Consider using the @Inject decorator to specify an injection token.`);
+          expect(diags[0].relatedInformation!.length).toBe(1);
+          expect(diags[0].relatedInformation![0].messageText)
+              .toBe('This type does not have a value, so it cannot be used as injection token.');
+        });
+
         it('should report an error when no type is present', () => {
           env.tsconfig({strictInjectionParameters: true, noImplicitAny: false});
           env.write(`test.ts`, `