diff --git a/pxr/usdImaging/usdviewq/appController.py b/pxr/usdImaging/usdviewq/appController.py
index 53549ea762..6cb8e15915 100644
--- a/pxr/usdImaging/usdviewq/appController.py
+++ b/pxr/usdImaging/usdviewq/appController.py
@@ -1672,11 +1672,11 @@ def _configureColorManagement(self):
 
         try:
             import PyOpenColorIO as OCIO
-        except ImportError:
+        except ImportError as e:
             PrintWarning(
                 "Could not import PyOpenColorIO. OCIO may be configured via the"
                 "interpreter and will fallback to the default display, view "
-                "and color space.")
+                "and color space.", e)
             # NOTE: This only disallows population of the OCIO menu in usdview.
             # The OCIO plugin may be enabled, so we don't disable OCIO here.
             return