diff --git a/lib/eunit/src/eunit_lib.erl b/lib/eunit/src/eunit_lib.erl
index 4751f1094a5b..45d2387e7b80 100644
--- a/lib/eunit/src/eunit_lib.erl
+++ b/lib/eunit/src/eunit_lib.erl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 -export([dlist_next/1, uniq/1, fun_parent/1, is_string/1, command/1,
 	 command/2, command/3, trie_new/0, trie_store/2, trie_match/2,
 	 split_node/1, consult_file/1, list_dir/1, format_exit_term/1,
-	 format_exception/1, format_error/1]).
+	 format_exception/1, format_exception/2, format_error/1]).
 
 
 %% Type definitions for describing exceptions
@@ -55,21 +55,23 @@
 
 %% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Formatting of error descriptors
+format_exception(Exception) ->
+    format_exception(Exception, 20).
 
-format_exception({Class,Term,Trace})
+format_exception({Class,Term,Trace}, Depth)
   when is_atom(Class), is_list(Trace) ->
     case is_stacktrace(Trace) of
 	true ->
 	    io_lib:format("~w:~P\n~s",
-			  [Class, Term, 20, format_stacktrace(Trace)]);
+			  [Class, Term, Depth, format_stacktrace(Trace)]);
 	false ->
-	    format_term(Term)
+	    format_term(Term, Depth)
     end;
-format_exception(Term) ->
-    format_term(Term).
+format_exception(Term, Depth) ->
+    format_term(Term, Depth).
 
-format_term(Term) ->
-    io_lib:format("~P\n", [Term, 15]).
+format_term(Term, Depth) ->
+    io_lib:format("~P\n", [Term, Depth]).
 
 format_exit_term(Term) ->
     {Reason, Trace} = analyze_exit_term(Term),
diff --git a/lib/eunit/src/eunit_surefire.erl b/lib/eunit/src/eunit_surefire.erl
index eb994a990a7b..f289cd724ab7 100644
--- a/lib/eunit/src/eunit_surefire.erl
+++ b/lib/eunit/src/eunit_surefire.erl
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ write_testcase(
 format_testcase_result(ok) -> [<<>>];
 format_testcase_result({failed, {error, {Type, _}, _} = Exception}) when is_atom(Type) ->
     [?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"<failure type=\"">>, escape_attr(atom_to_list(Type)), <<"\">">>, ?NEWLINE,
-    <<"::">>, escape_text(eunit_lib:format_exception(Exception)),
+    <<"::">>, escape_text(eunit_lib:format_exception(Exception, 100)),
     ?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"</failure>">>, ?NEWLINE];
 format_testcase_result({failed, Term}) ->
     [?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"<failure type=\"unknown\">">>, ?NEWLINE,
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ format_testcase_result({failed, Term}) ->
     ?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"</failure>">>, ?NEWLINE];
 format_testcase_result({aborted, {Class, _Term, _Trace} = Exception}) when is_atom(Class) ->
     [?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"<error type=\"">>, escape_attr(atom_to_list(Class)), <<"\">">>, ?NEWLINE,
-    <<"::">>, escape_text(eunit_lib:format_exception(Exception)),
+    <<"::">>, escape_text(eunit_lib:format_exception(Exception, 100)),
     ?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"</error>">>, ?NEWLINE];
 format_testcase_result({aborted, Term}) ->
     [?INDENT, ?INDENT, <<"<error type=\"unknown\">">>, ?NEWLINE,