diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
index f8c368822e3..04510bd46d7 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
@@ -475,10 +475,10 @@ public class CommonsHttpSolrServer extends SolrServer
       return processor.processResponse(respBody, charset);
     }
     catch (HttpException e) {
-      throw new SolrServerException( e );
+      throw new SolrServerException(getBaseURL(), e);
     }
     catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new SolrServerException( e );
+      throw new SolrServerException(getBaseURL(), e);
     }
     finally {
       method.releaseConnection();