diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/packet/AbstractError.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/packet/AbstractError.java
index ece30af7b..e75e7a0e9 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/packet/AbstractError.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/packet/AbstractError.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ExceptionUtil;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.Objects;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketUtil;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.XmlStringBuilder;
@@ -150,6 +151,17 @@ public class AbstractError {
             return getThis();
         }
 
+        public B setDescriptiveEnText(String descriptiveEnText, Exception exception) {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(512);
+            sb.append(descriptiveEnText)
+                .append('\n');
+
+            String stacktrace = ExceptionUtil.getStackTrace(exception);
+            sb.append(stacktrace);
+
+            return setDescriptiveEnText(sb.toString());
+        }
+
         public B setTextNamespace(String textNamespace) {
             this.textNamespace = textNamespace;
             return getThis();