diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
index aa57a280157..bcb1c6d08d7 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use super::Compilation;
 use serialize::json;
 
 use std::env;
-use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::ffi::{OsString, OsStr};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ pub fn build_output_filenames(input: &Input,
 
             OutputFilenames {
                 out_directory: out_file.parent().unwrap_or(cur_dir).to_path_buf(),
-                out_filestem: out_file.file_stem().unwrap()
+                out_filestem: out_file.file_stem().unwrap_or(OsStr::new(""))
                                       .to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
                 single_output_file: ofile,
                 extra: sess.opts.cg.extra_filename.clone(),
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e66e3a5380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+all:
+		$(RUSTC) -o "" blank.rs 2>&1 | \
+			grep 'No such file or directory'
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/blank.rs b/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/blank.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ae3d072362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/issue-26092/blank.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {}