diff --git a/platform/drupal/install_8.inc b/platform/drupal/install_8.inc
index fa697fffd6e821a4209fbf5eaa02bad2ce1fb540..937463a97ee02d22372c7ed35036b61cb3fbecaf 100644
--- a/platform/drupal/install_8.inc
+++ b/platform/drupal/install_8.inc
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ function install_main() {
   }
   catch (Exception $e) {
     drush_set_error('DRUPAL_INSTALL_FAILED');
+    drush_log('Site installation caused an exception: ' . $e->getMessage(), 'error');
+    drush_log("Trace: \n" . $e->getTraceAsString(), 'debug');
     dlm($e);
   }
   _provision_drupal_create_directories();
diff --git a/platform/drupal/install_9.inc b/platform/drupal/install_9.inc
index f6528c278a15281def9667c56e74ccd220445cbc..c7666ccef2864f0b9fbd8beab8c446337afb62ee 100644
--- a/platform/drupal/install_9.inc
+++ b/platform/drupal/install_9.inc
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ function install_main() {
     install_drupal($class_loader, $settings);
   }
   catch (Exception $e) {
-    drush_set_error('DRUPAL_INSTALL_FAILED');
+    drush_log('Site installation caused an exception: ' . $e->getMessage(), 'error');
+    drush_log("Trace: \n" . $e->getTraceAsString(), 'debug');
     dlm($e);
   }
   _provision_drupal_create_directories();