diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a9b42b7..f33568c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use std::collections::TreeMap;
 use std::from_str::FromStr;
 use std::string;
 
-pub use parser::{Parser,ParserError};
+pub use parser::{Parser, ParserError};
 pub use serialization::{Encoder, encode, encode_str};
 pub use serialization::{Decoder, decode, decode_str};
 pub use serialization::{Error, NeedsKey, NoValue};
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index ce3571e..e1d784d 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::char;
 use std::collections::{TreeMap, HashSet};
+use std::error::Error;
 use std::num::FromStrRadix;
 use std::str;
 
@@ -760,6 +761,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+impl Error for ParserError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str { "TOML parse error" }
+    fn detail(&self) -> Option<String> { Some(self.desc.clone()) }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use {Table, Parser};
diff --git a/src/serialization.rs b/src/serialization.rs
index 0ee527d..3c5eb87 100644
--- a/src/serialization.rs
+++ b/src/serialization.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::TreeMap;
 use std::mem;
 use std::fmt;
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
 
 use serialize;
 use {Value, Table, Array, Integer, Float, Boolean, Parser, TomlTable};
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ pub struct Decoder {
 
 /// Enumeration of errors which can occur while encoding a rust value into a
 /// TOML value.
-#[deriving(Show)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Indication that a key was needed when a value was emitted, but no key
     /// was previously emitted.
@@ -762,6 +762,39 @@ impl fmt::Show for DecodeError {
     }
 }
 
+impl StdError for DecodeError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        match self.kind {
+            ApplicationError(ref s) => s.as_slice(),
+            ExpectedField(..) => "expected a field",
+            ExpectedType(..) => "expected a type",
+            ExpectedMapKey(..) => "expected a map key",
+            ExpectedMapElement(..) => "expected a map element",
+            NoEnumVariants => "no enum variants to decode to",
+            NilTooLong => "nonzero length string representing nil",
+        }
+    }
+    fn detail(&self) -> Option<String> { Some(self.to_string()) }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Show for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match *self {
+            NeedsKey => write!(f, "need a key to encode"),
+            NoValue => write!(f, "not value to emit for a previous key"),
+            InvalidMapKeyLocation => write!(f, "a map cannot be emitted at \
+                                                this location"),
+            InvalidMapKeyType => write!(f, "only strings can be used as \
+                                            key types"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl StdError for Error {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str { "TOML encoding error" }
+    fn detail(&self) -> Option<String> { Some(self.to_string()) }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::{TreeMap, HashSet};