diff -r a8134c4ee2cf -r b659ca23d5f5 langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java
--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Wed Jul 05 16:51:35 2017 +0200
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Mon May 04 21:04:04 2009 -0700
@@ -1034,7 +1034,13 @@
                     return illegal(pos);
                 }
             } else {
-                return illegal();
+                // Support the corner case of myMethodHandle.<void>invoke() by passing
+                // a void type (like other primitive types) to the next phase.
+                // The error will be reported in Attr.attribTypes or Attr.visitApply.
+                JCPrimitiveTypeTree ti = to(F.at(pos).TypeIdent(TypeTags.VOID));
+                S.nextToken();
+                return ti;
+                //return illegal();
             }
             break;
         default: