diff --git a/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlers.java b/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlers.java
index de1d33b9288..6366ded8381 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlers.java
+++ b/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlers.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ private void handleError(ConnectionContext ctx,
         if (!response.reset()) {
             ctx.log(LOGGER, System.Logger.Level.WARNING, "Unable to reset response for error handler.");
             throw new CloseConnectionException(
-                    "Cannot send response of a simple handler, status and headers already written");
+                    "Cannot send response of a simple handler, status and headers already written", e);
         }
         try {
             it.handle(request, response, e);
diff --git a/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlersTest.java b/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlersTest.java
index 977db939f01..b24202598ae 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlersTest.java
+++ b/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/http/ErrorHandlersTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.helidon.http.Method;
 import io.helidon.http.Status;
 import io.helidon.http.media.ReadableEntityBase;
+import io.helidon.webserver.CloseConnectionException;
 import io.helidon.webserver.ConnectionContext;
 import io.helidon.webserver.ListenerContext;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertAll;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -121,6 +124,24 @@ void testHandler() {
         testNoHandler(handlers, new OtherException(), "Other");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCloseConnectionExceptionContainsCause() {
+        ConnectionContext ctx = mock(ConnectionContext.class);
+        RoutingRequest req = mock(RoutingRequest.class);
+        RoutingResponse res = mock(RoutingResponse.class);
+        when(res.reset()).thenReturn(false);
+        ErrorHandlers handlers = ErrorHandlers.create(Map.of(OtherException.class,
+                (request, response, t) -> res.send(t.getMessage())));
+        try {
+            handlers.runWithErrorHandling(ctx, req, res, () -> {
+                throw new OtherException();
+            });
+            fail("It is expected a CloseConnectionException");
+        } catch (CloseConnectionException e) {
+            assertEquals(OtherException.class, e.getCause().getClass());
+        }
+    }
+
     private void testNoHandler(ErrorHandlers handlers, Exception e, String message) {
         ConnectionContext ctx = mock(ConnectionContext.class);
         RoutingRequest req = mock(RoutingRequest.class);