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 fe82c07f6..d65fb0b24 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
             Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
             thread.setName("Smack Cached Executor");
             thread.setDaemon(true);
+            thread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
+                @Override
+                public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, t + " encountered uncaught exception", e);
+                }
+            });
             return thread;
         }
     });