diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
index f9e74706..5f66e4ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, CompilationFailureException
         try {
             compiler = compilerManager.getCompiler(compilerId);
         } catch (NoSuchCompilerException e) {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException("No such compiler '" + e.getCompilerId() + "'.");
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("No such compiler '" + e.getCompilerId() + "'.", e);
         }
 
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