diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
index 3fb9a6c331..91267cc724 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
@@ -169,11 +169,29 @@ class AnsibleAWSModule(object):
         except AttributeError:
             response = None
 
-        if response is None:
-            self._module.fail_json(msg=message, exception=last_traceback)
-        else:
-            self._module.fail_json(msg=message, exception=last_traceback,
-                                   **camel_dict_to_snake_dict(response))
+        failure = dict(
+            msg=message,
+            exception=last_traceback,
+            **self._gather_versions()
+        )
+
+        if response is not None:
+            failure.update(**camel_dict_to_snake_dict(response))
+
+        self._module.fail_json(**failure)
+
+    def _gather_versions(self):
+        """Gather AWS SDK (boto3 and botocore) dependency versions
+
+        Returns {'boto3_version': str, 'botocore_version': str}
+        Returns {} if neither are installed
+        """
+        if not HAS_BOTO3:
+            return {}
+        import boto3
+        import botocore
+        return dict(boto3_version=boto3.__version__,
+                    botocore_version=botocore.__version__)
 
 
 class _RetryingBotoClientWrapper(object):