diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
index 3ef76b3f33..8814045a0d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
@@ -793,6 +793,13 @@ class Application
                 // exception related properties
                 $trace = $e->getTrace();
 
+                array_unshift($trace, array(
+                    'function' => '',
+                    'file' => $e->getFile() ?: 'n/a',
+                    'line' => $e->getLine() ?: 'n/a',
+                    'args' => array(),
+                ));
+
                 for ($i = 0, $count = \count($trace); $i < $count; ++$i) {
                     $class = isset($trace[$i]['class']) ? $trace[$i]['class'] : '';
                     $type = isset($trace[$i]['type']) ? $trace[$i]['type'] : '';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
index f6494f45d1..cf18bdcba2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
@@ -824,6 +824,20 @@ class ApplicationTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormatFile(self::$fixturesPath.'/application_renderexception_linebreaks.txt', $tester->getDisplay(true), '->renderException() keep multiple line breaks');
     }
 
+    public function testRenderExceptionStackTraceContainsRootException()
+    {
+        $application = new Application();
+        $application->setAutoExit(false);
+        $application->register('foo')->setCode(function () {
+            throw new \Exception('Verbose exception');
+        });
+
+        $tester = new ApplicationTester($application);
+        $tester->run(array('command' => 'foo'), array('decorated' => false, 'verbosity' => Output::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE));
+
+        $this->assertContains(sprintf('() at %s:', __FILE__), $tester->getDisplay());
+    }
+
     public function testRun()
     {
         $application = new Application();