diff --git a/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/WildFlyElytronClientDefaultSSLContextProvider.java b/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/WildFlyElytronClientDefaultSSLContextProvider.java
index 2dbe8f16a16..0f61bc06f44 100644
--- a/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/WildFlyElytronClientDefaultSSLContextProvider.java
+++ b/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/WildFlyElytronClientDefaultSSLContextProvider.java
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ public Object newInstance(Object ignored) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
                     throw ElytronMessages.log.sslContextForSecurityProviderCreatesInfiniteLoop();
                 }
             } catch (ConfigXMLParseException | GeneralSecurityException e) {
+                if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                    log.trace("Unable to obtain SSLContext", e);
+                }
                 if (e.getCause() instanceof FileNotFoundException) {
                     throw log.clientConfigurationFileNotFound();
                 }