diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ErrorPageErrorHandler.java b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ErrorPageErrorHandler.java
index 47578e7d920e..e91e67ef31e2 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ErrorPageErrorHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ErrorPageErrorHandler.java
@@ -75,7 +75,13 @@ public String getErrorPage(HttpServletRequest request)
             if (errorPage != null)
                 matchedThrowable = exClass;
 
-            th = (th instanceof ServletException) ? ((ServletException)th).getRootCause() : null;
+            if (th instanceof ServletException){
+                th = ((ServletException)th).getRootCause();
+                if (th != null) {
+                    request.setAttribute(Dispatcher.ERROR_EXCEPTION_TYPE, th.getClass());
+                }
+            }
+
         }
 
         Integer errorStatusCode = null;