diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
index d35d64957b7b4..1f00086e32fe1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Collector<'a, 'tcx> {
            !self.tcx.features().static_nobundle {
             feature_gate::emit_feature_err(&self.tcx.sess.parse_sess,
                                            "static_nobundle",
-                                           span.unwrap(),
+                                           span.unwrap_or_else(|| syntax_pos::DUMMY_SP),
                                            GateIssue::Language,
                                            "kind=\"static-nobundle\" is feature gated");
         }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.rs b/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92844f9306d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//~ ERROR kind="static-nobundle" is feature gated
+// Test the behavior of rustc when non-existent library is statically linked
+
+// compile-flags: -l static-nobundle=nonexistent
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.stderr b/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..419c21901a02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/feature-gate/feature-gate-static-nobundle-2.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+error[E0658]: kind="static-nobundle" is feature gated (see issue #37403)
+   |
+   = help: add #![feature(static_nobundle)] to the crate attributes to enable
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0658`.