Index: cfe/trunk/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
===================================================================
--- cfe/trunk/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
+++ cfe/trunk/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
@@ -2639,7 +2639,8 @@
 
 /// Overloaded method as shortcut for \c isDerivedFrom(hasName(...)).
 AST_MATCHER_P_OVERLOAD(CXXRecordDecl, isDerivedFrom, std::string, BaseName, 1) {
-  assert(!BaseName.empty());
+  if (BaseName.empty())
+    return false;
   return isDerivedFrom(hasName(BaseName)).matches(Node, Finder, Builder);
 }
 
@@ -2655,7 +2656,8 @@
 /// \c isSameOrDerivedFrom(hasName(...)).
 AST_MATCHER_P_OVERLOAD(CXXRecordDecl, isSameOrDerivedFrom, std::string,
                        BaseName, 1) {
-  assert(!BaseName.empty());
+  if (BaseName.empty())
+    return false;
   return isSameOrDerivedFrom(hasName(BaseName)).matches(Node, Finder, Builder);
 }
 
@@ -2687,7 +2689,8 @@
 /// Overloaded method as shortcut for \c isDirectlyDerivedFrom(hasName(...)).
 AST_MATCHER_P_OVERLOAD(CXXRecordDecl, isDirectlyDerivedFrom, std::string,
                        BaseName, 1) {
-  assert(!BaseName.empty());
+  if (BaseName.empty())
+    return false;
   return isDirectlyDerivedFrom(hasName(BaseName))
       .matches(Node, Finder, Builder);
 }
Index: cfe/trunk/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- cfe/trunk/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
+++ cfe/trunk/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
@@ -566,6 +566,13 @@
     cxxRecordDecl(isDerivedFrom(namedDecl(hasName("X"))))));
 }
 
+TEST(DeclarationMatcher, IsDerivedFromEmptyName) {
+  const char *const Code = "class X {}; class Y : public X {};";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notMatches(Code, cxxRecordDecl(isDerivedFrom(""))));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notMatches(Code, cxxRecordDecl(isDirectlyDerivedFrom(""))));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notMatches(Code, cxxRecordDecl(isSameOrDerivedFrom(""))));
+}
+
 TEST(DeclarationMatcher, IsLambda) {
   const auto IsLambda = cxxMethodDecl(ofClass(cxxRecordDecl(isLambda())));
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches("auto x = []{};", IsLambda));