diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
index ba105c5a5e..c06dd3fa57 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ CHANGELOG
  * deprecated `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel::init()``
  * added the possibility to specify an id an extra attributes to hinclude tags
  * added the collect of data if a controller is a Closure in the Request collector
+ * pass exceptions from the ExceptionListener to the logger using the logging context to allow for more
+   detailed messages
 
 2.2.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
index b404de79a7..4ee5df4534 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ class ExceptionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
     protected function logException(\Exception $exception, $message, $original = true)
     {
         $isCritical = !$exception instanceof HttpExceptionInterface || $exception->getStatusCode() >= 500;
+        $context = array('exception' => $exception);
         if (null !== $this->logger) {
             if ($isCritical) {
-                $this->logger->critical($message);
+                $this->logger->critical($message, $context);
             } else {
-                $this->logger->error($message);
+                $this->logger->error($message, $context);
             }
         } elseif (!$original || $isCritical) {
             error_log($message);