diff --git a/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
index f7f2ebc19c..09cd825142 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class IOSDebuggerPortService implements IIOSDebuggerPortService {
 	private canStartLookingForDebuggerPort(data: IProjectDir): boolean {
 		const projectData = this.$projectDataService.getProjectData(data && data.projectDir);
 		const frameworkVersion = this.$iOSProjectService.getFrameworkVersion(projectData);
-		return semver.gt(frameworkVersion, IOSDebuggerPortService.MIN_REQUIRED_FRAMEWORK_VERSION);
+		return !frameworkVersion || semver.gt(frameworkVersion, IOSDebuggerPortService.MIN_REQUIRED_FRAMEWORK_VERSION);
 	}
 
 	@cache()
diff --git a/lib/services/platform-project-service-base.ts b/lib/services/platform-project-service-base.ts
index 2b7dc9fec0..49e5d26b23 100644
--- a/lib/services/platform-project-service-base.ts
+++ b/lib/services/platform-project-service-base.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export abstract class PlatformProjectServiceBase extends EventEmitter implements
 	}
 
 	public getFrameworkVersion(projectData: IProjectData): string {
-		return this.$projectDataService.getNSValue(projectData.projectDir, this.getPlatformData(projectData).frameworkPackageName).version;
+		const frameworkData = this.$projectDataService.getNSValue(projectData.projectDir, this.getPlatformData(projectData).frameworkPackageName);
+		return frameworkData && frameworkData.version;
 	}
 
 	protected getAllNativeLibrariesForPlugin(pluginData: IPluginData, platform: string, filter: (fileName: string, _pluginPlatformsFolderPath: string) => boolean): string[] {