diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/maven/MavenSettings.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/maven/MavenSettings.java
index 08ca2a6382..abf05c6447 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/maven/MavenSettings.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/maven/MavenSettings.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.cli.compiler.maven;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.ActivationOS;
 import org.apache.maven.model.ActivationProperty;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollectorRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.model.path.DefaultPathTranslator;
 import org.apache.maven.model.profile.DefaultProfileSelector;
 import org.apache.maven.model.profile.ProfileActivationContext;
 import org.apache.maven.model.profile.activation.FileProfileActivator;
@@ -147,15 +151,47 @@ public class MavenSettings {
 		PrintWriter printer = new PrintWriter(message);
 		printer.println("Failed to determine active profiles:");
 		for (ModelProblemCollectorRequest problem : problemCollector.getProblems()) {
-			printer.println(
-					"    " + problem.getMessage() + " at " + problem.getLocation());
+			printer.println("    " + problem.getMessage() + (problem.getLocation() != null
+					? " at " + problem.getLocation() : ""));
+			if (problem.getException() != null) {
+				printer.println(indentStackTrace(problem.getException(), "        "));
+			}
 		}
 		return message.toString();
 	}
 
+	private String indentStackTrace(Exception ex, String indent) {
+		return indentLines(printStackTrace(ex), indent);
+	}
+
+	private String printStackTrace(Exception ex) {
+		StringWriter stackTrace = new StringWriter();
+		PrintWriter printer = new PrintWriter(stackTrace);
+		ex.printStackTrace(printer);
+		return stackTrace.toString();
+	}
+
+	private String indentLines(String input, String indent) {
+		StringWriter indented = new StringWriter();
+		PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(indented);
+		String line;
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(input));
+		try {
+			while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+				writer.println(indent + line);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			return input;
+		}
+		return indented.toString();
+	}
+
 	private DefaultProfileSelector createProfileSelector() {
 		DefaultProfileSelector selector = new DefaultProfileSelector();
-		selector.addProfileActivator(new FileProfileActivator());
+
+		selector.addProfileActivator(new FileProfileActivator()
+				.setPathTranslator(new DefaultPathTranslator()));
 		selector.addProfileActivator(new JdkVersionProfileActivator());
 		selector.addProfileActivator(new PropertyProfileActivator());
 		selector.addProfileActivator(new OperatingSystemProfileActivator());
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic/.m2/settings.xml b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic/.m2/settings.xml
index b2b97db330..5439ce8cfb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic/.m2/settings.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic/.m2/settings.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,21 @@
 		</proxy>
 	</proxies>
 
-</settings>
\ No newline at end of file
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+    		<id>test-profile</id>
+    		<activation>
+	        	<file>
+	            	<exists>${user.home}/.m2/some_file</exists>
+	        	</file>
+    		</activation>
+	    	<repositories>
+	        	<repository>
+	            	<id>example-repository</id>
+	            	<url>http://repo.example.com</url>
+	        	</repository>
+	    	</repositories>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+</settings>