diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
index 588e3017f36..29fd5e55a89 100644
--- a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -990,6 +991,10 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                catch (AccessControlException ace)
+                {
+                    ace.printStackTrace(System.err);
+                }
                 catch ( Exception e )
                 {
                     Log.warn( Log.EXCEPTION, e );