diff --git a/src/Intervals.php b/src/Intervals.php
index a4800c5d..1329800d 100644
--- a/src/Intervals.php
+++ b/src/Intervals.php
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ private static function generateSingleConstraintIntervals(Constraint $constraint
             return array('numeric' => array(new Interval($constraint, Interval::untilPositiveInfinity())), 'branches' => Interval::noDev());
         }
         if ($op[0] === '<') { // < & <=
+            // filter out the invalid interval >= 0.0.0.0-dev - < 0.0.0.0-dev
+            if ($op === '<' && $constraint->getVersion() === '0.0.0.0-dev') {
+                return array('numeric' => array(), 'branches' => Interval::noDev());
+            }
+
             return array('numeric' => array(new Interval(Interval::fromZero(), $constraint)), 'branches' => Interval::noDev());
         }
         if ($op === '!=') {
diff --git a/tests/IntervalsTest.php b/tests/IntervalsTest.php
index bbc22771..7cd1189e 100644
--- a/tests/IntervalsTest.php
+++ b/tests/IntervalsTest.php
@@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ public static function intervalsProvider()
                 self::INTERVAL_ANY,
                 '== dev-foo || != dev-bar || != dev-foo'
             ),
+            'less than zero results in no interval' => array(
+                self::INTERVAL_NONE,
+                '< 0.0.0'
+            ),
             'match-none constraints result in no interval' => array(
                 self::INTERVAL_NONE,
                 new MatchNoneConstraint
diff --git a/tests/SubsetsTest.php b/tests/SubsetsTest.php
index 72f8d74d..9137b17e 100644
--- a/tests/SubsetsTest.php
+++ b/tests/SubsetsTest.php
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public static function subsets()
             array('= dev-foo',       '= dev-foo'),
             array('!= dev-foo',      '!= dev-foo'),
             array('< dev-foo',       '= dev-foo'), // invalid range matches nothing so is a subset of any other
+            array('< 0.0.0',         '< 0.0.0'), // empty numeric range matches nothing so is a subset of itself
+            array('< 0.0.0',         '^1.0'),
             array('1.5.*',           '^1.4'),
             array('1.5.*',           '1.3 - 1.6 || 1.8 - 1.9'),
             array('1.3.2',           '1.3.0 || 1.3.1 || 1.3.2'),