diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TreeWalker.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TreeWalker.java
index 7cb84c223..75b0905f9 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TreeWalker.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TreeWalker.java
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ public final class TreeWalker
             walk(rootAST, contents);
         }
         catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+            Utils.getExceptionLogger()
+                .debug("FileNotFoundException occured.", fnfe);
             getMessageCollector().add(
                 new LocalizedMessage(
                     0,
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ public final class TreeWalker
                     this.getClass()));
         }
         catch (IOException ioe) {
+            Utils.getExceptionLogger().debug("IOException occured.", ioe);
             getMessageCollector().add(
                 new LocalizedMessage(
                     0,
@@ -233,6 +236,8 @@ public final class TreeWalker
                     this.getClass()));
         }
         catch (RecognitionException re) {
+            Utils.getExceptionLogger()
+                .debug("RecognitionException occured.", re);
             getMessageCollector().add(
                 new LocalizedMessage(
                     0,
@@ -242,6 +247,8 @@ public final class TreeWalker
                     this.getClass()));
         }
         catch (TokenStreamException te) {
+            Utils.getExceptionLogger()
+                .debug("TokenStreamException occured.", te);
             getMessageCollector().add(
                 new LocalizedMessage(
                     0,
@@ -251,6 +258,7 @@ public final class TreeWalker
                     this.getClass()));
         }
         catch (Throwable err) {
+            Utils.getExceptionLogger().debug("Throwable occured.", err);
             getMessageCollector().add(
                 new LocalizedMessage(
                     0,
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/Utils.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/Utils.java
index 6de3ad60c..f240f72c9 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/Utils.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/Utils.java
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
 import org.apache.regexp.RE;
 import org.apache.regexp.RESyntaxException;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 /**
  * Contains utility methods.
  *
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ public final class Utils
 {
     /** Map of all created regular expressions **/
     private static final Map CREATED_RES = new HashMap();
+    /** Shared instance of logger for exception logging. */
+    private static final Log EXCEPTION_LOG =
+        LogFactory.getLog("com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ExceptionLog");
 
     ///CLOVER:OFF
     /** stop instances being created **/
@@ -48,6 +54,17 @@ public final class Utils
     }
     ///CLOVER:ON
 
+    /**
+     * Accessor for shared instance of logger which should be
+     * used to log all exceptions occured during <code>FileSetCheck</code>
+     * work (<code>debug()</code> should be used).
+     * @return shared exception logger.
+     */
+    public static Log getExceptionLogger()
+    {
+        return EXCEPTION_LOG;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns whether the specified string contains only whitespace up to the
      * specified index.
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck.java
index 301218ba3..2d338f33a 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Defn;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.LocalizedMessage;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.MessageDispatcher;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Utils;
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
 
 /**
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ public class NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck
                 args,
                 this.getClass());
         getMessageCollector().add(message);
+        Utils.getExceptionLogger().debug("IOException occured.", aEx);
     }
     ///CLOVER:ON
 }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TranslationCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TranslationCheck.java
index 12934c352..49f7c2c2b 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TranslationCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TranslationCheck.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Defn;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.LocalizedMessage;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.MessageDispatcher;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Utils;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ public class TranslationCheck
                 this.getClass());
         final LocalizedMessage[] messages = new LocalizedMessage[] {message};
         getMessageDispatcher().fireErrors(aFile.getPath(), messages);
+        Utils.getExceptionLogger().debug("IOException occured.", aEx);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/AbstractUsageCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/AbstractUsageCheck.java
index ec1aaa375..2edbfabfb 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/AbstractUsageCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/AbstractUsageCheck.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUsageCheck
     public void logError(Exception aException)
     {
         log(0, "general.exception", new String[] {aException.getMessage()});
+        Utils.getExceptionLogger().debug("An exception occured.", aException);
     }
 
     /**