diff --git a/lib/log_overrider.rb b/lib/log_overrider.rb
index 47df57b97..6ef3dcf72 100644
--- a/lib/log_overrider.rb
+++ b/lib/log_overrider.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ class ActionView::LogSubscriber
   alias :render_collection :render_template
 end
 
+module ActionDispatch
+  class ShowExceptions
+    private
+      def log_error(exception)
+        return unless logger
+
+        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+          message = "event=error error_class=#{exception.class} error_message='#{exception.message}' "
+          message << "orig_error_message='#{exception.original_exception.message}'" if exception.respond_to?(:original_exception)
+          message << "annotated_source='#{exception.annoted_source_code.to_s}' " if exception.respond_to?(:annoted_source_code)
+          message << "app_backtrace='#{application_trace(exception).join(";")}'"
+          logger.fatal("\n\n#{message}\n\n")
+        end
+      end
+  end
+end
+
 class ActionController::LogSubscriber
   def start_processing(event)
     #noop
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index 57ec10329..11fe163a3 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ describe AspectsController do
     it_should_behave_like "it overrides the logs on success"
   end
 
+  describe "custom logging on error" do
+    class FakeError < RuntimeError; attr_accessor :original_exception; end
+    before do
+      @action = :index
+      @desired_error_message = "I love errors"
+      @error = FakeError.new(@desired_error_message)
+      @orig_error_message = "I loooooove nested errors!"
+      @error.original_exception = NoMethodError.new(@orig_error_message)
+      @controller.stub(:index).and_raise(@error)
+    end
+    it_should_behave_like "it overrides the logs on error"
+  end
+
   describe "custom logging on redirect" do
     before do
       @action = :show
diff --git a/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb b/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
index 8a604ec08..f91538215 100644
--- a/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 class FakeLogger
   attr_accessor :infos
+  attr_accessor :lines
 
   def initialize
     self.infos = []
+    self.lines = []
   end
 
   def info line
     self.infos << line
+    self.lines << line
+  end
+  def fatal line
+    self.lines << line
   end
 end
 
@@ -51,6 +57,27 @@ shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on success' do
   end
 end
 
+shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on error' do
+  before do
+    Rails.stub(:logger).and_return(FakeLogger.new)
+    begin
+      get @action, @action_params
+    rescue Exception => e
+      ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions.new(nil).send(:log_error,e)
+    end
+    @line = Rails.logger.lines.last
+  end
+  it 'logs the backtrace' do
+    @line.should =~ /app_backtrace=/
+  end
+  it 'logs the error message' do
+    @line.should =~ /error_message='#{@desired_error_message}'/
+  end
+  it 'logs the original error message, if it exists' do
+    @line.should =~ /orig_error_message='#{@orig_error_message}'/ if @orig_error_message
+  end
+end
+
 shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on redirect' do
   before do
     Rails.stub(:logger).and_return(FakeLogger.new)