diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 2b340fe52..9b93e34a2 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ static void prim_addErrorContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * *
         auto message = state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context,
                 "while evaluating the error message passed to builtins.addErrorContext",
                 false, false).toOwned();
-        e.addTrace(nullptr, message);
+        e.addTrace(nullptr, message, true);
         throw;
     }
 }