diff --git a/modules/core/shared/src/main/scala/weaver/Formatter.scala b/modules/core/shared/src/main/scala/weaver/Formatter.scala
index 6da10ab4..1823a04b 100644
--- a/modules/core/shared/src/main/scala/weaver/Formatter.scala
+++ b/modules/core/shared/src/main/scala/weaver/Formatter.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package weaver
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+import scala.util.Try
 
 import cats.data.Chain
 import cats.syntax.show._
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ object Formatter {
     import outcome._
     import TestOutcome.{ Verbose, Summary }
 
+    val maxStackFrames = sys.props.get("WEAVER_MAX_STACKFRAMES").flatMap(s =>
+      Try(s.trim.toInt).toOption).getOrElse(50)
+
     val builder = new StringBuilder()
     val newLine = '\n'
     builder.append(formatResultStatus(name, result, outcome.duration))
@@ -100,6 +104,19 @@ object Formatter {
         }
         builder.append(newLine)
 
+        entry.cause.map { t =>
+          builder.append(TAB4)
+          builder.append(t.toString)
+          builder.append(newLine)
+
+          TestErrorFormatter.formatStackTrace(t, Some(maxStackFrames)).map {
+            line =>
+              builder.append(TAB4.prefix * 2)
+              builder.append(line)
+              builder.append(newLine)
+          }
+        }
+
         ()
       }
 
diff --git a/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/DogFoodTests.scala b/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/DogFoodTests.scala
index db404b2f..e8540945 100644
--- a/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/DogFoodTests.scala
+++ b/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/DogFoodTests.scala
@@ -121,6 +121,30 @@ object DogFoodTests extends IOSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("failures with exceptions in logs display them correctly") {
+    _.runSuite(Meta.SucceedsWithErrorInLogs).map {
+      case (logs, _) =>
+        val expected =
+          """
+             |- failure 0ms
+             |  expected (src/main/DogFoodTests.scala:5)
+             |
+             |    [ERROR] 12:54:35 [DogFoodTests.scala:5] error
+             |    weaver.framework.test.Meta$CustomException: surfaced error
+             |        DogFoodTests.scala:15    my.package.MyClass#MyMethod
+             |        DogFoodTests.scala:20    my.package.ClassOfDifferentLength#method$new$1
+             |        <snipped>                cats.effect.internals.<...>
+             |        <snipped>                java.util.concurrent.<...>
+             |""".stripMargin.trim
+
+        exists(extractLogEventAfterFailures(logs) {
+          case LoggedEvent.Error(msg) => msg
+        }) { actual =>
+          expect.same(actual, expected)
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("failures with multi-line test name are rendered correctly") {
     _.runSuite(Meta.Rendering).map {
       case (logs, _) =>
diff --git a/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/Meta.scala b/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/Meta.scala
index 90ddd5c8..58709e49 100644
--- a/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/Meta.scala
+++ b/modules/framework-cats/shared/src/test/scala/Meta.scala
@@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ object Meta {
     }
   }
 
+  object SucceedsWithErrorInLogs extends SimpleIOSuite {
+    override implicit protected def effectCompat: UnsafeRun[IO] =
+      SetTimeUnsafeRun
+    implicit val sourceLocation: SourceLocation = TimeCop.sourceLocation
+
+    loggedTest("failure") { log =>
+      for {
+        _ <- log.error(
+          "error",
+          cause = CustomException(
+            "surfaced error",
+            withSnips = true
+          )
+        )
+      } yield failure("expected")
+    }
+  }
+
   case class CustomException(
       str: String,
       causedBy: Exception = null,