diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/file_store.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/file_store.rb
index 89bdb741d0..5be63af342 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/file_store.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/file_store.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def read_entry(key, options)
           if File.exist?(file_name)
             File.open(file_name) { |f| Marshal.load(f) }
           end
-        rescue
+        rescue => e
+          logger.error("FileStoreError (#{e}): #{e.message}") if logger
           nil
         end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/test/caching_test.rb b/activesupport/test/caching_test.rb
index d62b782e2d..a75db47be8 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/caching_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/caching_test.rb
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ def setup
     @cache = ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(:file_store, cache_dir, :expires_in => 60)
     @peek = ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(:file_store, cache_dir, :expires_in => 60)
     @cache_with_pathname = ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(:file_store, Pathname.new(cache_dir), :expires_in => 60)
+
+    @buffer = StringIO.new
+    @cache.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(@buffer)
   end
 
   def teardown
@@ -612,6 +615,12 @@ def test_delete_matched_when_cache_directory_does_not_exist
       ActiveSupport::Cache::FileStore.new('/test/cache/directory').delete_matched(/does_not_exist/)
     end
   end
+
+  def test_log_exception_when_cache_read_fails
+    File.expects(:exist?).raises(StandardError, "failed")
+    @cache.send(:read_entry, "winston", {})
+    assert_present @buffer.string
+  end
 end
 
 class MemoryStoreTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase