diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
index 4a2d00f5a..d055abbc3 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DefaultLogger.java
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public class DefaultLogger implements BuildLogger {
         else {
             err.println(lSep + "BUILD FAILED" + lSep);
 
-            if (Project.MSG_VERBOSE <= msgOutputLevel) {
+            if (Project.MSG_VERBOSE <= msgOutputLevel ||
+                !(err instanceof BuildException)) {
                 error.printStackTrace(err);
             }
             else {