diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
index b3834f3e8c..35fce96e56 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ public List<GlideModule> parse() {
           }
         }
       }
+      if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "Finished loading Glide modules");
+      }
     } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find metadata to parse GlideModules", e);
-    }
-    if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
-      Log.d(TAG, "Finished loading Glide modules");
+      if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.ERROR)) {
+        Log.e(TAG, "Failed to parse glide modules", e);
+      }
     }
 
     return modules;
diff --git a/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java b/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
index 7dcdb06374..86de11b400 100644
--- a/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
+++ b/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
@@ -125,20 +125,12 @@ public void parse_withNullMetadata_doesNotThrow() throws NameNotFoundException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void parse_withMissingName_throwsRuntimeException() throws NameNotFoundException {
+  public void parse_withMissingName_doesNotThrow() throws NameNotFoundException {
     PackageManager pm = mock(PackageManager.class);
     doThrow(new NameNotFoundException("name")).when(pm).getApplicationInfo(anyString(), anyInt());
     when(context.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(pm);
 
-    assertThrows(
-        "Unable to find metadata to parse GlideModules",
-        RuntimeException.class,
-        new ThrowingRunnable() {
-          @Override
-          public void run() {
-            parser.parse();
-          }
-        });
+    parser.parse();
   }
 
   private void addModuleToManifest(Class<?> moduleClass) {