diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
index 8a26ab3ea4a..3233e38cce7 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class QueryPhase implements SearchPhase {
             }
             searchContext.queryResult().topDocs(topDocs);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new QueryPhaseExecutionException(searchContext);
+            throw new QueryPhaseExecutionException(searchContext, e);
         }
 
         facetsPhase.execute(searchContext);
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
index d52306021ce..dd7f8f82f32 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
  */
 public class QueryPhaseExecutionException extends SearchException {
 
-    public QueryPhaseExecutionException(SearchContext context) {
-        super("Failed to execute query [" + context.query() + "], sort [" + context.sort() + "], from [" + context.from() + "], size [" + context.size() + "]");
+    public QueryPhaseExecutionException(SearchContext context, Throwable cause) {
+        super("Failed to execute query [" + context.query() + "], sort [" + context.sort() + "], from [" + context.from() + "], size [" + context.size() + "]", cause);
     }
 }