diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
index 296504ff29..b963618257 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ public class ClassTypeResolver extends JavaParserVisitorAdapter implements Nulla
                 }
             } catch (final NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
                 // swallow
-            } catch (final LinkageError e) {
+            } catch (final TypeNotPresentException | LinkageError e) {
+                // might be thrown by getGenericType()
                 if (LOG.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                     String message = "Error during type resolution of field '" + fieldImage + "' in "
                             + typeToSearch.getType() + " due to: " + e;
@@ -518,8 +519,21 @@ public class ClassTypeResolver extends JavaParserVisitorAdapter implements Nulla
                 return null;
             }
 
-            // transform the type into it's supertype
-            typeToSearch = typeToSearch.resolveTypeDefinition(typeToSearch.getType().getGenericSuperclass());
+            try {
+                // transform the type into it's supertype
+                typeToSearch = typeToSearch.resolveTypeDefinition(typeToSearch.getType().getGenericSuperclass());
+            } catch (final TypeNotPresentException | LinkageError e) {
+                // might be thrown by getGenericSuperclass()
+                // Note: This try block can't be moved up, because we need to go to the super type
+                // in case of NoSuchFieldException and search there. Otherwise we have a endless loop.
+                if (LOG.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
+                    String message = "Error during type resolution of field '" + fieldImage + "' in "
+                            + typeToSearch.getType() + " due to: " + e;
+                    LOG.log(Level.WARNING, message);
+                }
+                // TODO : report a missing class once we start doing that...
+                return null;
+            }
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/MethodTypeResolution.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/MethodTypeResolution.java
index 5b30f6bd52..e00ed03859 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/MethodTypeResolution.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/MethodTypeResolution.java
@@ -482,22 +482,34 @@ public final class MethodTypeResolution {
 
         // search it's supertype
         if (!contextClass.equals(Object.class)) {
-            List<MethodType> inheritedMethods = getApplicableMethods(context.resolveTypeDefinition(contextClass.getGenericSuperclass()),
+            try {
+                List<MethodType> inheritedMethods = getApplicableMethods(context.resolveTypeDefinition(contextClass.getGenericSuperclass()),
                                                methodName, typeArguments, argArity, accessingClass);
 
-            // but only add the found methods of the supertype, if they have not been overridden
-            // TODO: verify whether this simplified overriding detection is good enough and at the correct place
-            for (MethodType inherited : inheritedMethods) {
-                if (!result.contains(inherited)) {
-                    result.add(inherited);
+                // but only add the found methods of the supertype, if they have not been overridden
+                // TODO: verify whether this simplified overriding detection is good enough and at the correct place
+                for (MethodType inherited : inheritedMethods) {
+                    if (!result.contains(inherited)) {
+                        result.add(inherited);
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (TypeNotPresentException | LinkageError e) {
+                // might be thrown by contextClass.getGenericSuperclass()
+                // This is an incomplete classpath, report the missing class
+                LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Possible incomplete auxclasspath: Error while processing methods", e);
             }
         }
 
         // search it's interfaces
-        for (Type interfaceType : contextClass.getGenericInterfaces()) {
-            result.addAll(getApplicableMethods(context.resolveTypeDefinition(interfaceType),
-                                               methodName, typeArguments, argArity, accessingClass));
+        try {
+            for (Type interfaceType : contextClass.getGenericInterfaces()) {
+                result.addAll(getApplicableMethods(context.resolveTypeDefinition(interfaceType),
+                                                   methodName, typeArguments, argArity, accessingClass));
+            }
+        } catch (TypeNotPresentException | LinkageError e) {
+            // might be thrown by contextClass.getGenericInterface()
+            // This is an incomplete classpath, report the missing class
+            LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Possible incomplete auxclasspath: Error while processing methods", e);
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.java
index 1f0fbbd7e5..78d99e5fc4 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.java
@@ -349,13 +349,19 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
     protected Set<JavaTypeDefinition> getSuperTypeSet(Set<JavaTypeDefinition> destinationSet) {
         destinationSet.add(this);
 
-        if (this.clazz != Object.class) {
+        try {
+            if (this.clazz != Object.class) {
 
-            resolveTypeDefinition(clazz.getGenericSuperclass()).getSuperTypeSet(destinationSet);
+                resolveTypeDefinition(clazz.getGenericSuperclass()).getSuperTypeSet(destinationSet);
 
-            for (Type type : clazz.getGenericInterfaces()) {
-                resolveTypeDefinition(type).getSuperTypeSet(destinationSet);
+                for (Type type : clazz.getGenericInterfaces()) {
+                    resolveTypeDefinition(type).getSuperTypeSet(destinationSet);
+                }
             }
+        } catch (TypeNotPresentException | LinkageError e) {
+            // might be thrown by clazz.getGenericSuperclass(), clazz.getGenericInterfaces()
+            // This is an incomplete classpath, report the missing class
+            LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Possible incomplete auxclasspath: Error while processing methods", e);
         }
 
         return destinationSet;