diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/MiniJAXB.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/MiniJAXB.java
index 3add14a68b..34f4c9174f 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/MiniJAXB.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/MiniJAXB.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class MiniJAXB {
                 else {
                     jaxbAvailable = true;
                     log.debug("JAXB is available from the classpath / module path");
-                    throw t;
+                    throw new ConfigurationException("Error while reading xml", t);
                 }
             }
         }