diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20c4d9a001..dbb65078fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 - Added a description to the autocomplete command [#1472]
+- Log unhandled exceptions into logfile [#1481]
 
 ### Fixed
 - fix within() to also restore the working-path when the given callback throws a Exception [#1463]
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 ### Changed
 - Added support for GroupTask in invoke() [#1364]
 - Magento2 recipe optimizes the autoloader after the DI compilation [#1365]
-- Host's `roles()` API now can accept arrays too 
+- Host's `roles()` API now can accept arrays too
 - Fixed bug where wrong time format is passed to touch when deploying assets [#1390]
 - Added artisan:migrate:fresh task for laravel recipe
 - Added platform config to composer.json [#1426]
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 ### Changed
 - Laravel version check defaults to 5.5 if not found [#1352]
 
-### Fixed 
+### Fixed
 - Updated Laravel recipe to not run `artisan:optimize` on Laravel >= 5.5, as that command is now deprecated ([see upgrade notes](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/upgrade)) [#1352]
 
 
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@
 - Fixed typo3 recipe
 - Fixed remove of shared dir on first deploy
 
+[#1481]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/issues/1481
 [#1472]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1472
 [#1463]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1463
 [#1455]: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/pull/1455
diff --git a/src/Console/Application.php b/src/Console/Application.php
index 73f80ec98f..aadd556c0b 100644
--- a/src/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Console/Application.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Deployer\Component\PharUpdate\Console\Command as PharUpdateCommand;
 use Deployer\Component\PharUpdate\Console\Helper as PharUpdateHelper;
+use Deployer\Deployer;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application as Console;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputDefinition;
diff --git a/src/Console/TaskCommand.php b/src/Console/TaskCommand.php
index 7c0bdd53c5..602f0f5bfd 100644
--- a/src/Console/TaskCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/TaskCommand.php
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ protected function execute(Input $input, Output $output)
         try {
             $executor->run($tasks, $hosts);
         } catch (\Throwable $exception) {
+            $this->deployer->logger->log('['. get_class($exception) .'] '. $exception->getMessage());
+            $this->deployer->logger->log($exception->getTraceAsString());
+
             if ($exception instanceof GracefulShutdownException) {
                 throw $exception;
             } else {
diff --git a/src/Deployer.php b/src/Deployer.php
index df7cd69d12..cd19ee02f2 100644
--- a/src/Deployer.php
+++ b/src/Deployer.php
@@ -306,10 +306,13 @@ public static function run($version, $deployFile)
         $deployer = new self($console);
 
         // Pretty-print uncaught exceptions in symfony-console
-        set_exception_handler(function ($e) use ($input, $output) {
+        set_exception_handler(function ($e) use ($input, $output, $deployer) {
             $io = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
             $io->block($e->getMessage(), get_class($e), 'fg=white;bg=red', ' ', true);
             $io->block($e->getTraceAsString());
+
+            $deployer->logger->log('['. get_class($e) .'] '. $e->getMessage());
+            $deployer->logger->log($e->getTraceAsString());
             exit(1);
         });