diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/add_new_check.py b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/add_new_check.py
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/add_new_check.py
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/add_new_check.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 void %(check_name)s::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   // FIXME: Add callback implementation.
   const auto *MatchedDecl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("x");
-  if (MatchedDecl->getName().startswith("awesome_"))
+  if (!MatchedDecl->getIdentifier() || MatchedDecl->getName().startswith("awesome_"))
     return;
   diag(MatchedDecl->getLocation(), "function %%0 is insufficiently awesome")
       << MatchedDecl;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/Contributing.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/Contributing.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/Contributing.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/Contributing.rst
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
   void AwesomeFunctionNamesCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
     const auto *MatchedDecl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("x");
-    if (MatchedDecl->getName().startswith("awesome_"))
+    if (!MatchedDecl->getIdentifier() || MatchedDecl->getName().startswith("awesome_"))
       return;
     diag(MatchedDecl->getLocation(), "function %0 is insufficiently awesome")
         << MatchedDecl