diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 862aedfcf..bcb1b0aed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
+					<!-- Retain stack traces -->
+					<argLine>-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow</argLine>
 					<includes>
 						<include>**/*Tests.java</include>
 						<include>**/*Test.java</include>