diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RuntimeConfigurationException.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RuntimeConfigurationException.java
index 53fcaa109d42..0501340e634a 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RuntimeConfigurationException.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RuntimeConfigurationException.java
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ public class RuntimeConfigurationException extends ConfigurationException {
   public RuntimeConfigurationException(final String message) {
     super(message, ExecutionBundle.message("run.configuration.error.dialog.title"));
   }
+
+  public RuntimeConfigurationException(final String message, Throwable cause) {
+    super(message, cause, ExecutionBundle.message("run.configuration.error.dialog.title"));
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurationException.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurationException.java
index 9a2779496ebc..7792d7003bee 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurationException.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurationException.java
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ public class ConfigurationException extends Exception {
     myTitle = title;
   }
 
+  public ConfigurationException(String message, Throwable cause, String title) {
+    super(message, cause);
+    myTitle = title;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return the title describing the problem in short
    */