diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index ca28bc57ba..4df28bb5df 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ This is useful to find duplicated sections in XML files.
 *   java-bestpractices
     *   [#2145](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2145): \[java] Deprecate rules PositionLiteralsFirstIn(CaseInsensitive)Comparisons in favor of LiteralsFirstInComparisons
     *   [#2288](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2288): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert: Add support for Hamcrest MatcherAssert.assertThat
+    *   [#2437](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2437): \[java] AvoidPrintStackTrace can't detect the case e.getCause().printStackTrace()
 *   java-codestyle
     *   [#2476](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2476): \[java] MethodNamingConventions - Add support for JUnit 5 method naming
 *   java-errorprone
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
index 3d2484562b..079cc0f5c4 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ Avoid printStackTrace(); use a logger call instead.
             <property name="xpath">
                 <value>
 <![CDATA[
-//PrimaryExpression
- [PrimaryPrefix/Name[contains(@Image,'printStackTrace')]]
- [PrimarySuffix[not(boolean(Arguments/ArgumentList/Expression))]]
+//PrimaryExpression[
+   ( PrimaryPrefix[Name[contains(@Image,'printStackTrace')]]
+   | PrimarySuffix[@Image='printStackTrace']
+   )/following-sibling::*[1][self::PrimarySuffix/Arguments[@ArgumentCount=0]]
+]
 ]]>
                 </value>
             </property>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace.xml
index 1be33f09e9..978cc8fa14 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <test-code>
         <description>simple failure</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>4</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     void bar() {
@@ -30,6 +31,62 @@ public class Foo {
             LOG.error(e, "Whoa!");
         }
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>pos in call chain #2437</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar() {
+        try {} catch (Exception e) {
+            e.getCause().printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>neg, not a real call</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar() {
+        try {} catch (Exception e) {
+            e.getCause().printStackTrace;
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>neg, not a real call 2</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar() {
+        try {} catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace;
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>neg, not a real call 3</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar() {
+        try {} catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace(e);
+        }
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>