diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index d7551bfa..39c94e0a 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
  ===== trunk =====
+17.09.2013
+ - improvement added patch for additional SmartyCompilerException properties for better access to scource information (forum topic 24559)
+
 16.09.2013
  - bugfix recompiled templates did not show on first request with zend opcache cache (forum topic 24320)
  
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 294e662c..897b385a 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -1528,7 +1528,26 @@ class SmartyCompilerException extends SmartyException
     {
         return ' --> Smarty Compiler: ' . $this->message . ' <-- ';
     }
-
+    /**
+     * The line number of the template error
+     * @type int|null
+     */
+    public $line = null;
+    /**
+     * The template source snippet relating to the error
+     * @type string|null
+     */
+    public $source = null;
+    /**
+     * The raw text of the error message
+     * @type string|null
+     */
+    public $desc = null;
+    /**
+     * The resource identifier or template name
+     * @type string|null
+     */
+    public $template = null;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
index c7b242c8..d7268fbf 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
@@ -798,7 +798,12 @@ abstract class Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase
                 $error_text .= ', expected one of: ' . implode(' , ', $expect);
             }
         }
-        throw new SmartyCompilerException($error_text);
+        $e = new SmartyCompilerException($error_text);
+        $e->line = $line;
+        $e->source = trim(preg_replace('![\t\r\n]+!', ' ', $match[$line - 1]));
+        $e->desc = $args;
+        $e->template = $this->template->source->filepath;
+        throw $e;
     }
 
 }