diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
index 5c660b38..cfad167b 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
@@ -17,18 +17,42 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class InvalidJsonException extends JsonPathException {
 
+    /**
+     * Problematic JSON if available.
+     */
+    private final String json;
+    
     public InvalidJsonException() {
+        json = null;
     }
 
     public InvalidJsonException(String message) {
         super(message);
+        json = null;
     }
 
     public InvalidJsonException(String message, Throwable cause) {
         super(message, cause);
+        json = null;
     }
 
     public InvalidJsonException(Throwable cause) {
         super(cause);
+        json = null;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Rethrow the exception with the problematic JSON captured.
+     */
+    public InvalidJsonException(final Throwable cause, final String json) {
+        super(cause);
+        this.json = json;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return the problematic JSON if available.
+     */
+    public String getJson() {
+        return json;
     }
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider.java
index 0ad06527..7cf2c105 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TextNode;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPathException;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -21,8 +19,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JacksonJsonProvider.class);
-
     private static final ObjectMapper defaultObjectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
     protected ObjectMapper objectMapper;
@@ -52,8 +48,7 @@ public class JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         try {
             return objectMapper.readTree(json);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.debug("Invalid JSON: \n" + json);
-            throw new InvalidJsonException(e);
+            throw new InvalidJsonException(e, json);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
index 1d864bdc..ca60048c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class JacksonJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JacksonJsonProvider.class);
-
     private static final ObjectMapper defaultObjectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
     private static final ObjectReader defaultObjectReader = defaultObjectMapper.reader().withType(Object.class);
 
@@ -73,8 +69,7 @@ public class JacksonJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         try {
             return objectReader.readValue(json);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.debug("Invalid JSON: \n" + json);
-            throw new InvalidJsonException(e);
+            throw new InvalidJsonException(e, json);
         }
     }