diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index e147d9b19..49cff951d 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -160,4 +160,5 @@ Hebert J <hebert@mail.ru>
 Kevin Littlejohn <kevin@littlejohn.id.au>
 Wolfgang Schnerring <wosc@wosc.de>
 Jason Madden <jason@nextthought.com>
-Eugene Obukhov <irvind25@gmail.com>
\ No newline at end of file
+Eugene Obukhov <irvind25@gmail.com>
+Jan-Philip Gehrcke <jgehrcke@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index fe96ac00d..3e1f772d9 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import signal
 import sys
 import time
+import traceback
 
 from gunicorn.errors import HaltServer, AppImportError
 from gunicorn.pidfile import Pidfile
@@ -535,7 +536,8 @@ def spawn_worker(self):
                 worker.tmp.close()
                 self.cfg.worker_exit(self, worker)
             except:
-                pass
+                self.log.warning("Exception during worker exit:\n%s",
+                                  traceback.format_exc())
 
     def spawn_workers(self):
         """\