diff --git a/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/JavaModels/JavaClassModel.cs b/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/JavaModels/JavaClassModel.cs
index 1457b8295..38a7090f7 100644
--- a/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/JavaModels/JavaClassModel.cs
+++ b/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/JavaModels/JavaClassModel.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ public override void Resolve (JavaTypeCollection types, ICollection<JavaUnresolv
 					throw;
 				}
 
+				// Apparently some Java obfuscator sets a class's base type to itself, which
+				// results in a stack overflow. Check for this case and remove the offending type.
+				if (BaseTypeReference.ReferencedType is JavaClassModel jcm && jcm == this) {
+					unresolvables.Add (new JavaUnresolvableModel (this, BaseTypeGeneric, UnresolvableType.InvalidBaseType));
+					throw new JavaTypeResolutionException (BaseTypeGeneric);
+				}
+
 				// We don't resolve reference-only types by default, so if our base class
 				// is a reference only type, we need to force it to resolve here. This will be
 				// needed later when we attempt to resolve base methods.
diff --git a/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/Utilities/JavaUnresolvableModel.cs b/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/Utilities/JavaUnresolvableModel.cs
index 55202f408..35deb706f 100644
--- a/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/Utilities/JavaUnresolvableModel.cs
+++ b/src/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem/Utilities/JavaUnresolvableModel.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ public string GetDisplayMessage ()
 					$"The type '{member?.DeclaringType.FullName}' was removed because the required {GetUnresolvableType ()} '{GetUnresolvable ()}' was removed because its name contains a dollar sign." :
 					$"The {GetUnresolvableType ()} '{GetUnresolvable ()}' was removed because its name contains a dollar sign.";
 
+			if (Type == UnresolvableType.InvalidBaseType)
+				return $"The {GetUnresolvableType ()} '{GetUnresolvable ()}' was removed because the base type '{MissingType}' is invalid.";
+
 			if (Unresolvable is JavaTypeModel)
 				return $"The {GetUnresolvableType ()} '{GetUnresolvable ()}' was removed because the Java {GetReason ()} '{MissingType}' could not be found.";
 
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ public enum UnresolvableType
 		ReturnType,
 		ParameterType,
 		BaseType,
-		ImplementsType
+		ImplementsType,
+		InvalidBaseType,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem-Tests/JavaTypeCollectionTests.cs b/tests/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem-Tests/JavaTypeCollectionTests.cs
index 913aae904..dbb53d96f 100644
--- a/tests/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem-Tests/JavaTypeCollectionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Java.Interop.Tools.JavaTypeSystem-Tests/JavaTypeCollectionTests.cs
@@ -122,5 +122,30 @@ public void InheritedGenericTypeParameters ()
 			Assert.IsNotNull (t.Methods.SingleOrDefault (m => m.Name == "DoT"), "Method with generic T not found");
 			Assert.IsNotNull (t.Methods.SingleOrDefault (m => m.Name == "DoU"), "Method with generic U not found");
 		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void InvalidBaseTypeResolution ()
+		{
+			var api = new JavaTypeCollection ();
+
+			// Create "my.ns" package
+			var my_ns = api.AddPackage ("my.ns", "my/ns");
+
+			// Create new "my.ns.MyObject" type with "my.ns.MyObject" as base type
+			var jlo = JavaApiTestHelper.CreateClass (my_ns, "MyObject", javaBaseType: "my.ns.MyObject", javaBaseTypeGeneric: "my.ns.MyObject");
+
+			api.AddType (jlo);
+
+			// Run the resolver
+			var results = api.ResolveCollection ();
+
+			// Ensure we marked it as unresolvable
+			Assert.AreEqual (1, results.Count);
+			Assert.AreEqual (1, results [0].Unresolvables.Count);
+			Assert.AreEqual ("The class '[Class] my.ns.MyObject' was removed because the base type 'my.ns.MyObject' is invalid.", results [0].Unresolvables [0].GetDisplayMessage ());
+
+			// Ensure we removed the type from the collection
+			Assert.AreEqual (0, api.TypesFlattened.Count);
+		}
 	}
 }