1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 5a03a31f43..29b14f6c32 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -610,8 +610,9 @@ class LogHandler(logging.Handler):
             if hasattr(tb, 'tb_next'):
                 tb = list(bb.exceptions.extract_traceback(tb, context=3))
             # Need to turn the value into something the logging system can pickle
-            value = str(value)
             record.bb_exc_info = (etype, value, tb)
+            record.bb_exc_formatted = bb.exceptions.format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=5)
+            value = str(value)
             record.exc_info = None
         fire(record, None)