--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java	Thu Apr 11 15:36:09 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java	Thu Apr 11 17:55:18 2019 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.MethodSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.ModuleSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.PackageSymbol;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.RootPackageSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.TypeSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.VarSymbol;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type.BottomType;
@@ -382,7 +383,9 @@
 
         messages = JavacMessages.instance(context);
 
-        rootPackage = new PackageSymbol(names.empty, null);
+        MissingInfoHandler missingInfoHandler = MissingInfoHandler.instance(context);
+
+        rootPackage = new RootPackageSymbol(names.empty, null, missingInfoHandler);
 
         // create the basic builtin symbols
         unnamedModule = new ModuleSymbol(names.empty, null) {