diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
index 52caca13b..b1b8fb208 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -763,8 +763,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
     @Override
     public StanzaCollector createStanzaCollectorAndSend(StanzaFilter packetFilter, Stanza packet)
                     throws NotConnectedException, InterruptedException {
+        StanzaCollector.Configuration configuration = StanzaCollector.newConfiguration()
+                        .setStanzaFilter(packetFilter)
+                        .setRequest(packet);
         // Create the packet collector before sending the packet
-        StanzaCollector packetCollector = createStanzaCollector(packetFilter);
+        StanzaCollector packetCollector = createStanzaCollector(configuration);
         try {
             // Now we can send the packet as the collector has been created
             sendStanza(packet);
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/StanzaCollector.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/StanzaCollector.java
index 46a83530e..4a7c284eb 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/StanzaCollector.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/StanzaCollector.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public class StanzaCollector {
 
     private final XMPPConnection connection;
 
+    private final Stanza request;
+
     private boolean cancelled = false;
 
     /**
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ public class StanzaCollector {
         this.packetFilter = configuration.packetFilter;
         this.resultQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(configuration.size);
         this.collectorToReset = configuration.collectorToReset;
+        this.request = configuration.request;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ public class StanzaCollector {
         private StanzaFilter packetFilter;
         private int size = SmackConfiguration.getStanzaCollectorSize();
         private StanzaCollector collectorToReset;
+        private Stanza request;
 
         private Configuration() {
         }
@@ -366,5 +370,10 @@ public class StanzaCollector {
             this.collectorToReset = collector;
             return this;
         }
+
+        public Configuration setRequest(Stanza request) {
+            this.request = request;
+            return this;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPException.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPException.java
index 2fe2386a6..e9eb4d05b 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPException.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPException.java
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ public abstract class XMPPException extends Exception {
         private final StanzaError error;
         private final Stanza stanza;
 
+        /**
+         * The request which resulted in the XMPP protocol error response. May be {@code null}.
+         */
+        private final Stanza request;
+
         /**
          * Creates a new XMPPErrorException with the given builder.
          *
@@ -95,9 +100,22 @@ public abstract class XMPPException extends Exception {
          * @param error the root cause of the exception.
          */
         public XMPPErrorException(Stanza stanza, StanzaError error) {
+            this(stanza, error, null);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a new XMPPErrorException with the XMPPError that was the root case of the exception.
+         *
+         * @param request the request which triggered the error.
+         * @param stanza stanza that contained the exception.
+         * @param error the root cause of the exception.
+         * @since 4.3.0
+         */
+        public XMPPErrorException(Stanza stanza, StanzaError error, Stanza request) {
             super();
             this.error = error;
             this.stanza = stanza;
+            this.request = request;
         }
 
         /**
@@ -110,6 +128,16 @@ public abstract class XMPPException extends Exception {
             return error;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Get the request which triggered the error response causing this exception.
+         *
+         * @return the request or {@code null}.
+         * @since 4.3.0
+         */
+        public Stanza getRequest() {
+            return request;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public String getMessage() {
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -123,13 +151,22 @@ public abstract class XMPPException extends Exception {
 
             sb.append(error);
 
+            if (request != null) {
+                sb.append(" as result of the following request: ");
+                sb.append(request);
+            }
+
             return sb.toString();
         }
 
         public static void ifHasErrorThenThrow(Stanza packet) throws XMPPErrorException {
+            ifHasErrorThenThrow(packet, null);
+        }
+
+        public static void ifHasErrorThenThrow(Stanza packet, Stanza request) throws XMPPErrorException {
             StanzaError xmppError = packet.getError();
             if (xmppError != null) {
-                throw new XMPPErrorException(packet, xmppError);
+                throw new XMPPErrorException(packet, xmppError, request);
             }
         }
     }