diff --git a/deps/generate_wrapper.jl b/deps/generate_wrapper.jl
index 7be0447..34502b0 100644
--- a/deps/generate_wrapper.jl
+++ b/deps/generate_wrapper.jl
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ function object_decl_handler(ctx::BindgenContext, classdecl::CLCursor)::Tuple{Un
     end
 
     # handle simple inheritance
-    if length(children(classdecl)) > 1 && kind(children(classdecl)[1]) == Clang.CXCursor_CXXBaseSpecifier
-
-        if startswith(get_full_name(children(classdecl)[1]), "class ")
-            base_class = split(get_full_name(children(classdecl)[1]), "class ")[2]
+    subnodes = children(classdecl)
+    if length(subnodes) > 1 && kind(subnodes[1]) == Clang.CXCursor_CXXBaseSpecifier
+        base_class = get_full_name(subnodes[1])
+        if !isempty(base_class)
 
             ctx.outputSupertypes *= "template<> struct SuperType<$full_name> { typedef $base_class type; };\n"