diff --git a/autoload/ale/completion.vim b/autoload/ale/completion.vim
index 7b3a0e82..7440f8cd 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/completion.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/completion.vim
@@ -336,7 +336,9 @@ function! ale#completion#ParseLSPCompletions(response) abort
         endif
 
         " See :help complete-items for Vim completion kinds
-        if l:item.kind is s:LSP_COMPLETION_METHOD_KIND
+        if !has_key(l:item, 'kind')
+            let l:kind = 'v'
+        elseif l:item.kind is s:LSP_COMPLETION_METHOD_KIND
             let l:kind = 'm'
         elseif l:item.kind is s:LSP_COMPLETION_CONSTRUCTOR_KIND
             let l:kind = 'm'
diff --git a/test/completion/test_lsp_completion_parsing.vader b/test/completion/test_lsp_completion_parsing.vader
index 736353e3..d5a45b54 100644
--- a/test/completion/test_lsp_completion_parsing.vader
+++ b/test/completion/test_lsp_completion_parsing.vader
@@ -430,10 +430,10 @@ Execute(Should handle Python completion results correctly):
   \   }
   \ })
 
-Execute(Should handle missing detail keys):
+Execute(Should handle missing keys):
   AssertEqual
   \ [
-  \   {'word': 'x', 'menu': '', 'info': 'y', 'kind': 'f', 'icase': 1},
+  \   {'word': 'x', 'menu': '', 'info': '', 'kind': 'v', 'icase': 1},
   \ ],
   \ ale#completion#ParseLSPCompletions({
   \   'jsonrpc': '2.0',
@@ -443,8 +443,6 @@ Execute(Should handle missing detail keys):
   \     'items': [
   \       {
   \         'label': 'x',
-  \         'kind': 3,
-  \         'documentation': 'y',
   \       },
   \     ]
   \   }