1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
index 3f00a8ee59..f8577c6794 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 6, 0):
 
 import os
 import logging
+import traceback
 
 class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
     def emit(self, record):
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ class BBLogger(Logger):
     def verbose(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.log(logging.INFO - 1, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def exception(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.critical("%s\n%s" % (msg, traceback.format_exc()), *args, **kwargs)
+
 logging.raiseExceptions = False
 logging.setLoggerClass(BBLogger)