diff --git a/es5-shim.js b/es5-shim.js
index 6296b64d..bbd01991 100644
--- a/es5-shim.js
+++ b/es5-shim.js
@@ -2003,6 +2003,12 @@
         parseInt = (function (origParseInt) {
             var hexRegex = /^[-+]?0[xX]/;
             return function parseInt(str, radix) {
+                if (typeof str === 'symbol') {
+                    // handle Symbols in node 8.3/8.4
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line no-implicit-coercion, no-unused-expressions
+                    '' + str; // jscs:ignore disallowImplicitTypeConversion
+                }
+
                 var string = trim(String(str));
                 var defaultedRadix = $Number(radix) || (hexRegex.test(string) ? 16 : 10);
                 return origParseInt(string, defaultedRadix);
diff --git a/tests/spec/s-global.js b/tests/spec/s-global.js
index 515553ed..b7bbc9be 100644
--- a/tests/spec/s-global.js
+++ b/tests/spec/s-global.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ describe('global methods', function () {
     var foo = function foo() {};
     var functionsHaveNames = foo.name === 'foo';
     var ifFunctionsHaveNamesIt = functionsHaveNames ? it : xit;
+    var hasSymbols = typeof Symbol === 'function' && typeof Symbol.iterator === 'symbol';
+    var ifSymbolsIt = hasSymbols ? it : xit;
 
     var is = function (x, y) {
         if (x === 0 && y === 0) {
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ describe('global methods', function () {
             expect(parseInt(null)).toBeNaN();
             expect(parseInt(NaN)).toBeNaN();
         });
+
+        ifSymbolsIt('throws on symbols', function () {
+            expect(function () { parseInt(Symbol('')); }).toThrow();
+            expect(function () { parseInt(Object(Symbol(''))); }).toThrow();
+        });
         /* eslint-enable radix */
     });