diff --git a/tests/bug01181.inc b/tests/bug01181.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac17b172b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bug01181.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+class BaseClass {
+    protected $protected = [1, 2, 3];
+    private $private = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+}
+
+class DerivedClass extends BaseClass {
+    function __get($name)
+    {
+        throw new \Exception('Derived class getter called with: ' . $name);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    $test = new DerivedClass();
+    echo "Statement to break on.\n"; // Breakpoint here
+}
+catch (\Exception $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage();
+}
+echo "Statement after try/catch\n";
+?>
diff --git a/tests/bug01181.phpt b/tests/bug01181.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c050fad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bug01181.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--TEST--
+Test for bug #1181: Derived class with __get gets called on fetching base class private property
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (getenv("SKIP_DBGP_TESTS")) { exit("skip Excluding DBGp tests"); } ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require 'dbgp/dbgpclient.php';
+$data = file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . '/bug01181.inc');
+
+$commands = array(
+	'step_into',
+	'breakpoint_set -t line -n 17',
+	'run',
+	'property_get -n $test->*BaseClass*private',
+	'step_into',
+);
+
+dbgpRun( $data, $commands );
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<init xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" fileuri="file:///tmp/xdebug-dbgp-test.php" language="PHP" protocol_version="1.0" appid="" idekey=""><engine version=""><![CDATA[Xdebug]]></engine><author><![CDATA[Derick Rethans]]></author><url><![CDATA[http://xdebug.org]]></url><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2002-2099 by Derick Rethans]]></copyright></init>
+
+-> step_into -i 1
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="step_into" transaction_id="1" status="break" reason="ok"><xdebug:message filename="file:///tmp/xdebug-dbgp-test.php" lineno="3"></xdebug:message></response>
+
+-> breakpoint_set -i 2 -t line -n 17
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="breakpoint_set" transaction_id="2" id=""></response>
+
+-> run -i 3
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="run" transaction_id="3" status="break" reason="ok"><xdebug:message filename="file:///tmp/xdebug-dbgp-test.php" lineno="17"></xdebug:message></response>
+
+-> property_get -i 4 -n $test->*BaseClass*private
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="property_get" transaction_id="4"><property name="$test-&gt;*BaseClass*private" fullname="$test-&gt;*BaseClass*private" address="" type="array" children="1" numchildren="3" page="0" pagesize="32"><property name="0" fullname="$test-&gt;*BaseClass*private[0]" address="" type="string" size="1" encoding="base64"><![CDATA[YQ==]]></property><property name="1" fullname="$test-&gt;*BaseClass*private[1]" address="" type="string" size="1" encoding="base64"><![CDATA[Yg==]]></property><property name="2" fullname="$test-&gt;*BaseClass*private[2]" address="" type="string" size="1" encoding="base64"><![CDATA[Yw==]]></property></property></response>
+
+-> step_into -i 5
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="step_into" transaction_id="5" status="break" reason="ok"><xdebug:message filename="file:///tmp/xdebug-dbgp-test.php" lineno="22"></xdebug:message></response>
diff --git a/xdebug_var.c b/xdebug_var.c
index d011f66d7..9d94fffe4 100644
--- a/xdebug_var.c
+++ b/xdebug_var.c
@@ -524,6 +524,10 @@ static zval* fetch_zval_from_symbol_table(zval *parent, char* name, unsigned int
 					retval_p = tmp_val;
 					goto cleanup;
 				}
+
+				if (EG(exception)) {
+					zend_clear_exception();
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* Then we try a public property */