diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/io/CompressionCodec.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/io/CompressionCodec.scala
index 607d5a321efca..9dc36704a676d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/io/CompressionCodec.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/io/CompressionCodec.scala
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class SnappyCompressionCodec(conf: SparkConf) extends CompressionCodec {
   try {
     Snappy.getNativeLibraryVersion
   } catch {
-    case e: Error => throw new IllegalArgumentException
+    case e: Error => throw new IllegalArgumentException(e)
   }
 
   override def compressedOutputStream(s: OutputStream): OutputStream = {