diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_clara.cpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_clara.cpp
index c76089eea1..f9dd913857 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_clara.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_clara.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Catch {
                                 { TokenType::Argument,
                                   next.substr( delimiterPos + 1, next.size() ) } );
                         } else {
-                            if ( next[1] != '-' && next.size() > 2 ) {
+                            if ( next.size() > 1 && next[1] != '-' && next.size() > 2 ) {
                                 // Combined short args, e.g. "-ab" for "-a -b"
                                 for ( size_t i = 1; i < next.size(); ++i ) {
                                     m_tokenBuffer.push_back(
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp
index 14ba433dad..1b0c531158 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ TEST_CASE("Clara::Arg supports single-arg parse the way Opt does", "[clara][arg]
     REQUIRE(name == "foo");
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("Clara::Arg does not crash on incomplete input", "[clara][arg][compilation]") {
+    std::string name;
+    auto p = Catch::Clara::Arg(name, "-");
+
+    CHECK(name.empty());
+
+    p.parse( Catch::Clara::Args{ "UnitTest", "-" } );
+    CHECK( name.empty() );
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("Clara::Opt supports accept-many lambdas", "[clara][opt]") {
     using namespace Catch::Clara;
     std::vector<std::string> res;