diff --git a/security/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/security/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java b/security/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/security/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
index 9e2a0ca7..57531b8a 100644
--- a/security/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/security/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
+++ b/security/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/security/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public void secureLogin() {
       String hostPrincipal = SecurityUtil.getServerPrincipal(principal, "0.0.0.0");
       UserGroupInformation.loginUserFromKeytab(hostPrincipal, keytab);
     } catch (IOException ex) {
-      throw new SqoopException(AuthenticationError.AUTH_0003);
+      throw new SqoopException(AuthenticationError.AUTH_0003, ex);
     }
     LOG.info("Using Kerberos authentication, principal ["
             + principal + "] keytab [" + keytab + "]");