diff --git a/src/checker.cpp b/src/checker.cpp
index bee3f1efe..9d822073f 100644
--- a/src/checker.cpp
+++ b/src/checker.cpp
@@ -2645,6 +2645,10 @@ gb_internal void generate_minimum_dependency_set_internal(Checker *c, Entity *st
 					is_init = false;
 				}
 
+				if (is_blank_ident(e->token)) {
+					error(e->token, "An @(init) procedure must not use a blank identifier as its name");
+				}
+
 				if (is_init) {
 					add_dependency_to_set(c, e);
 					array_add(&c->info.init_procedures, e);
@@ -2667,6 +2671,10 @@ gb_internal void generate_minimum_dependency_set_internal(Checker *c, Entity *st
 					is_fini = false;
 				}
 
+				if (is_blank_ident(e->token)) {
+					error(e->token, "An @(fini) procedure must not use a blank identifier as its name");
+				}
+
 				if (is_fini) {
 					add_dependency_to_set(c, e);
 					array_add(&c->info.fini_procedures, e);