diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/altera/StructPackAlignCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/altera/StructPackAlignCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/altera/StructPackAlignCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/altera/StructPackAlignCheck.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@
     // For each StructField, record how big it is (in bits).
     // Would be good to use a pair of <offset, size> to advise a better
     // packing order.
+    QualType StructFieldTy = StructField->getType();
+    if (StructFieldTy->isIncompleteType())
+      return;
     unsigned int StructFieldWidth =
-        (unsigned int)Result.Context
-            ->getTypeInfo(StructField->getType().getTypePtr())
+        (unsigned int)Result.Context->getTypeInfo(StructFieldTy.getTypePtr())
             .Width;
     FieldSizes.emplace_back(StructFieldWidth, StructField->getFieldIndex());
     // FIXME: Recommend a reorganization of the struct (sort by StructField
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/altera-struct-pack-align-no-crash.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/altera-struct-pack-align-no-crash.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/altera-struct-pack-align-no-crash.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -expect-clang-tidy-error %s altera-struct-pack-align %t -- -header-filter=.*
+
+struct A;
+struct B {
+  A a;
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: error: field has incomplete type 'A' [clang-diagnostic-error]
+};