diff --git a/lib/reporters/base.js b/lib/reporters/base.js
index 40b5996461..e96235d60c 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/base.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/base.js
@@ -221,6 +221,23 @@ var generateDiff = (exports.generateDiff = function (actual, expected) {
   }
 });
 
+/**
+ * This function dumps long stack traces for exceptions having
+ *  an Error cause() method
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @memberof Mocha.reporters.Base
+ * @param {Error} ex
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+exports.getFullErrorStack = function (err, message) {
+  var ret = err.stack || message || '';
+  if (err.cause) {
+    ret += '\n' + '   ' + 'Caused by: ' + exports.getFullErrorStack(err.cause);
+  }
+  return ret;
+};
+
 /**
  * Outputs the given `failures` as a list.
  *
@@ -260,7 +277,7 @@ exports.list = function (failures) {
     } else {
       message = '';
     }
-    var stack = err.stack || message;
+    var stack = exports.getFullErrorStack(err, message);
     var index = message ? stack.indexOf(message) : -1;
 
     if (index === -1) {
diff --git a/lib/runner.js b/lib/runner.js
index 12807725fb..b02ddfd473 100644
--- a/lib/runner.js
+++ b/lib/runner.js
@@ -450,6 +450,22 @@ Runner.prototype.fail = function (test, err, force) {
     // some environments do not take kindly to monkeying with the stack
   }
 
+  // Support for error causes
+  try {
+    let nextErr = err;
+
+    while (nextErr.cause && nextErr.cause.stack) {
+      nextErr = nextErr.cause;
+
+      err.stack +=
+        '\n' + (this.fullStackTrace || !nextErr.stack)
+          ? nextErr.stack
+          : stackFilter(nextErr.stack);
+    }
+  } catch (ignore) {
+    // some environments do not take kindly to monkeying with the stack
+  }
+
   this.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL, test, err);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/reporters/base.spec.js b/test/reporters/base.spec.js
index 6b30b2ccc7..66c1cca0cb 100644
--- a/test/reporters/base.spec.js
+++ b/test/reporters/base.spec.js
@@ -477,6 +477,32 @@ describe('Base reporter', function () {
     expect(errOut, 'to be', '1) test title:');
   });
 
+  it('should append any error cause trail to stack traces', function () {
+    var err = {
+      message: 'Error',
+      stack: 'Error\nfoo\nbar',
+      showDiff: false,
+      cause: {
+        message: 'Cause1',
+        stack: 'Cause1\nbar\nfoo',
+        showDiff: false,
+        cause: {
+          message: 'Cause2',
+          stack: 'Cause2\nabc\nxyz',
+          showDiff: false
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    var test = makeTest(err);
+
+    Base.list([test]);
+
+    var errOut = stdout.join('\n').trim();
+    errOut.should.equal(
+      '1) test title:\n     Error\n  foo\n  bar\n     Caused by: Cause Stack'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should not modify stack if it does not contain message', function () {
     var err = {
       message: 'Error',