diff --git a/Sources/SourceKitLSP/SourceKitLSPServer.swift b/Sources/SourceKitLSP/SourceKitLSPServer.swift
index 38dc2dcf3..7b59f8ca1 100644
--- a/Sources/SourceKitLSP/SourceKitLSPServer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SourceKitLSP/SourceKitLSPServer.swift
@@ -2025,8 +2025,23 @@ extension SourceKitLSPServer {
       }
     }
 
-    if occurrences.isEmpty, let bestLocalDeclaration = symbol.bestLocalDeclaration {
-      return [bestLocalDeclaration]
+    if occurrences.isEmpty {
+      if let bestLocalDeclaration = symbol.bestLocalDeclaration {
+        return [bestLocalDeclaration]
+      }
+      // Fallback: The symbol was not found in the index. This often happens with
+      // third-party binary frameworks or libraries where indexing data is missing.
+      // If module info is available, fallback to generating the textual interface.
+      if let systemModule = symbol.systemModule {
+        let location = try await self.definitionInInterface(
+          moduleName: systemModule.moduleName,
+          groupName: systemModule.groupName,
+          symbolUSR: symbol.usr,
+          originatorUri: uri,
+          languageService: languageService
+        )
+        return [location]
+      }
     }
 
     return occurrences.compactMap { indexToLSPLocation($0.location) }.sorted()
diff --git a/Tests/SourceKitLSPTests/DefinitionTests.swift b/Tests/SourceKitLSPTests/DefinitionTests.swift
index e8940aafc..84d955c10 100644
--- a/Tests/SourceKitLSPTests/DefinitionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SourceKitLSPTests/DefinitionTests.swift
@@ -689,4 +689,40 @@ class DefinitionTests: SourceKitLSPTestCase {
     )
     XCTAssertEqual(response?.locations?.map(\.uri), [try project.uri(for: "Test.h")])
   }
+
+  func testJumpToSwiftInterfaceIfIndexLookupFails() async throws {
+    let project = try await SwiftPMTestProject(
+      files: [
+        "Lib/Lib.swift": """
+        public func abc() {}
+        """,
+        "Executable/Executable.swift": """
+        import Lib
+
+        func test() {
+          1️⃣abc()
+        }
+        """,
+      ],
+      manifest: """
+        let package = Package(
+          name: "MyLibrary",
+          targets: [
+            .target(name: "Lib"),
+            .executableTarget(name: "Executable", dependencies: ["Lib"])
+          ]
+        )
+        """
+    )
+    try await SwiftPMTestProject.build(
+      at: project.scratchDirectory,
+      extraArguments: ["--disable-index-store", "-Xswiftc", "-avoid-emit-module-source-info"]
+    )
+
+    let (uri, positions) = try project.openDocument("Executable.swift")
+    let definitions = try await project.testClient.send(
+      DefinitionRequest(textDocument: TextDocumentIdentifier(uri), position: positions["1️⃣"])
+    )
+    XCTAssertTrue(definitions?.locations?.first?.uri.pseudoPath.hasSuffix("Lib.swiftinterface") ?? false)
+  }
 }