1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/transaction.rb b/lib/puppet/transaction.rb
index bb756740d..d0997d4df 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/transaction.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/transaction.rb
@@ -487,6 +487,9 @@ class Transaction
             begin
                 provider.prefetch(resources)
             rescue => detail
+                if Puppet[:trace]
+                    puts detail.backtrace
+                end
                 Puppet.err "Could not prefetch % provider %s: %s" % [resources[0].class.name, provider.name, detail]
             end
         end