diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index a15b81f233..641a839810 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ class CookerParser(object):
             raise
         except ParsingFailure as exc:
             self.shutdown(clean=False)
-            bb.fatal('Error parsing %s: %s' %
+            bb.fatal('Unable to parse %s: %s' %
                      (exc.recipe, bb.exceptions.to_string(exc.realexception)))
         except bb.parse.ParseError as exc:
             bb.fatal(str(exc))
@@ -1233,13 +1233,11 @@ class CookerParser(object):
             logger.error('Unable to parse %s', exc.recipe)
             sys.exit(1)
         except Exception as exc:
-            import traceback
             etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
-            formatted = bb.exceptions.format_extracted(value.traceback, limit=5)
-            formatted.extend(traceback.format_exception_only(etype, value))
-
+            logger.error('Unable to parse %s', value.recipe,
+                         exc_info=(etype, value, exc.traceback))
             self.shutdown(clean=False)
-            bb.fatal('Error parsing %s:\n%s' % (value.recipe, ''.join(formatted)))
+            sys.exit(1)
 
         self.current += 1
         self.virtuals += len(result)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 4ff530fcb4..a3288b619b 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ except ImportError:
     import pickle
 import logging
 import atexit
+import traceback
 import bb.utils
 
 # This is the pid for which we should generate the event. This is set when
@@ -423,6 +424,12 @@ class LogHandler(logging.Handler):
     """Dispatch logging messages as bitbake events"""
 
     def emit(self, record):
+        if record.exc_info:
+            etype, value, tb = record.exc_info
+            if hasattr(tb, 'tb_next'):
+                tb = list(bb.exceptions.extract_traceback(tb, context=3))
+            record.bb_exc_info = (etype, value, tb)
+            record.exc_info = None
         fire(record, None)
 
     def filter(self, record):
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
index a7ac850790..12d19ff8e1 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
@@ -65,9 +65,15 @@ class BBLogFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     def format(self, record):
         record.levelname = self.getLevelName(record.levelno)
         if record.levelno == self.PLAIN:
-            return record.getMessage()
+            msg = record.getMessage()
         else:
-            return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+            msg = logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+        if hasattr(record, 'bb_exc_info'):
+            etype, value, tb = record.bb_exc_info
+            formatted = bb.exceptions.format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=5)
+            msg += '\n' + ''.join(formatted)
+        return msg
 
 class Loggers(dict):
     def __getitem__(self, key):