diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/compatibility/SpellCheckerSupport.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/compatibility/SpellCheckerSupport.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5fc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/compatibility/SpellCheckerSupport.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.chylex.intellij.inspectionlens.compatibility
+
+import com.chylex.intellij.inspectionlens.editor.LensSeverity
+import com.intellij.lang.annotation.HighlightSeverity
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
+import com.intellij.profile.codeInspection.InspectionProfileManager
+import com.intellij.spellchecker.SpellCheckerSeveritiesProvider
+
+object SpellCheckerSupport {
+	private val log = logger<SpellCheckerSupport>()
+	
+	fun load() {
+		typoSeverity?.let { LensSeverity.registerMapping(it, LensSeverity.TYPO) }
+	}
+	
+	private val typoSeverity: HighlightSeverity?
+		get() = try {
+			SpellCheckerSeveritiesProvider.TYPO
+		} catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {
+			log.warn("Falling back to registered severity search due to ${e.javaClass.simpleName}: ${e.message}")
+			InspectionProfileManager.getInstance().severityRegistrar.getSeverity("TYPO")
+		}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/editor/LensSeverity.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/editor/LensSeverity.kt
index e452a4f..6b581f3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/editor/LensSeverity.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/chylex/intellij/inspectionlens/editor/LensSeverity.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package com.chylex.intellij.inspectionlens.editor
 
 import com.chylex.intellij.inspectionlens.InspectionLensRefresher
+import com.chylex.intellij.inspectionlens.compatibility.SpellCheckerSupport
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.HighlightSeverity
-import com.intellij.spellchecker.SpellCheckerSeveritiesProvider
 import com.intellij.ui.ColorUtil
 import com.intellij.ui.ColorUtil.toAlpha
 import com.intellij.ui.JBColor
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ enum class LensSeverity(baseColor: Color, lightThemeDarkening: Int, darkThemeBri
 			HighlightSeverity.WARNING                         to WARNING,
 			HighlightSeverity.WEAK_WARNING                    to WEAK_WARNING,
 			HighlightSeverity.GENERIC_SERVER_ERROR_OR_WARNING to SERVER_PROBLEM,
-			SpellCheckerSeveritiesProvider.TYPO               to TYPO,
 		))
 		
+		init {
+			SpellCheckerSupport.load()
+		}
+		
 		/**
 		 * Registers a mapping from a [HighlightSeverity] to a [LensSeverity], and refreshes all open editors.
 		 */