diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/rmi/RemoteObject.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/rmi/RemoteObject.java
index 7ddb088747e6..b912b50b820d 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/rmi/RemoteObject.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/rmi/RemoteObject.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class RemoteObject implements Remote, Unreferenced {
     if (foreignException) {
       final RuntimeException wrapper = new RuntimeException(ex.toString());
       wrapper.setStackTrace(ex.getStackTrace());
+      wrapper.initCause(wrapException(ex.getCause()));
       ex = wrapper;
     }
     return ex;