diff --git a/src/stubs.ts b/src/stubs.ts
index a2747fc98..c1d0c555a 100644
--- a/src/stubs.ts
+++ b/src/stubs.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   defineComponent,
   VNodeTypes,
   ConcreteComponent,
-  ComponentPropsOptions
+  ComponentPropsOptions,
+  ComponentObjectPropsOptions
 } from 'vue'
 import { hyphenate } from './utils/vueShared'
 import { matchName } from './utils/matchName'
@@ -42,6 +43,17 @@ const shouldNotStub = (type: ConcreteComponent) => doNotStubComponents.has(type)
 export const addToDoNotStubComponents = (type: ConcreteComponent) =>
   doNotStubComponents.add(type)
 
+const stringifySymbols = (props: ComponentPropsOptions) => {
+  // props are always normalized to object syntax
+  const $props = props as unknown as ComponentObjectPropsOptions
+  return Object.keys($props).reduce((acc, key) => {
+    if (typeof $props[key] === 'symbol') {
+      return { ...acc, [key]: $props[key]?.toString() }
+    }
+    return { ...acc, [key]: $props[key] }
+  }, {})
+}
+
 export const createStub = ({
   name,
   propsDeclaration,
@@ -51,7 +63,19 @@ export const createStub = ({
   const tag = name ? `${hyphenate(name)}-stub` : anonName
 
   const render = (ctx: ComponentPublicInstance) => {
-    return h(tag, ctx.$props, renderStubDefaultSlot ? ctx.$slots : undefined)
+    // https://github.com/vuejs/vue-test-utils-next/issues/1076
+    // Passing a symbol as a static prop is not legal, since Vue will try to do
+    // something like `el.setAttribute('val', Symbol())` which is not valid and
+    // causes an error.
+    // Only a problem when shallow mounting. For this reason we iterate of the
+    // props that will be passed and stringify any that are symbols.
+    const propsWithoutSymbols = stringifySymbols(ctx.$props)
+
+    return h(
+      tag,
+      propsWithoutSymbols,
+      renderStubDefaultSlot ? ctx.$slots : undefined
+    )
   }
 
   return defineComponent({
diff --git a/tests/components/PropWithSymbol.vue b/tests/components/PropWithSymbol.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aea5e64fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/PropWithSymbol.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<template>
+  <div>Symbol: {{ $props.sym }}</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+interface Props {
+  sym?: Symbol
+}
+
+withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
+  sym: () => Symbol()
+})
+</script>
diff --git a/tests/props.spec.ts b/tests/props.spec.ts
index 968ef48fd..f4788c3e1 100644
--- a/tests/props.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/props.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { mount } from '../src'
+import { mount, shallowMount } from '../src'
 import WithProps from './components/WithProps.vue'
+import PropWithSymbol from './components/PropWithSymbol.vue'
 import Hello from './components/Hello.vue'
 import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
 
@@ -224,4 +225,55 @@ describe('props', () => {
 
     expect(wrapper.text()).toEqual('hello')
   })
+
+  describe('edge case with symbol props and stubs', () => {
+    it('works with Symbol as default', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        template: `<div>Symbol: {{ sym }}</div>`,
+        props: {
+          sym: {
+            type: Symbol,
+            default: () => Symbol()
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = shallowMount(Comp)
+
+      expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<div>Symbol: Symbol()</div>')
+    })
+
+    it('works with symbol as array syntax', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        name: 'Comp',
+        template: `<div>Symbol: {{ sym }}</div>`,
+        props: ['sym']
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = shallowMount({
+        render() {
+          return h(Comp, { sym: Symbol() })
+        }
+      })
+
+      expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<comp-stub sym="Symbol()"></comp-stub>')
+    })
+
+    it('works with symbol as default from SFC', () => {
+      const App = defineComponent({
+        template: `<PropWithSymbol :sym="sym" />`,
+        components: { PropWithSymbol },
+        data() {
+          return {
+            sym: Symbol()
+          }
+        }
+      })
+      const wrapper = shallowMount(App)
+
+      expect(wrapper.html()).toBe(
+        '<prop-with-symbol-stub sym="Symbol()"></prop-with-symbol-stub>'
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })