diff --git a/query-projector/src/errors.rs b/query-projector/src/errors.rs
index d25366eb..0d500c64 100644
--- a/query-projector/src/errors.rs
+++ b/query-projector/src/errors.rs
@@ -10,17 +10,16 @@
 
 use std; // To refer to std::result::Result.
 
-use failure::{
-    Error,
-};
+use rusqlite;
 
 use mentat_core::{
     ValueTypeSet,
 };
-
+use mentat_db;
 use mentat_query::{
     PlainSymbol,
 };
+use mentat_query_pull;
 
 use aggregates::{
     SimpleAggregationOp,
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ macro_rules! bail {
     )
 }
 
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, ProjectorError>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Fail)]
 pub enum ProjectorError {
@@ -62,4 +61,33 @@ pub enum ProjectorError {
 
     #[fail(display = "min/max expressions: {} (max 1), corresponding: {}", _0, _1)]
     AmbiguousAggregates(usize, usize),
+
+    // It would be better to capture the underlying `rusqlite::Error`, but that type doesn't
+    // implement many useful traits, including `Clone`, `Eq`, and `PartialEq`.
+    #[fail(display = "SQL error: _0")]
+    RusqliteError(String),
+
+    #[fail(display = "{}", _0)]
+    DbError(#[cause] mentat_db::DbError),
+
+    #[fail(display = "{}", _0)]
+    PullError(#[cause] mentat_query_pull::PullError),
+}
+
+impl From<rusqlite::Error> for ProjectorError {
+    fn from(error: rusqlite::Error) -> ProjectorError {
+        ProjectorError::RusqliteError(error.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<mentat_db::DbError> for ProjectorError {
+    fn from(error: mentat_db::DbError) -> ProjectorError {
+        ProjectorError::DbError(error)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<mentat_query_pull::PullError> for ProjectorError {
+    fn from(error: mentat_query_pull::PullError) -> ProjectorError {
+        ProjectorError::PullError(error)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/query-projector/src/lib.rs b/query-projector/src/lib.rs
index c74fcc31..de80ca8e 100644
--- a/query-projector/src/lib.rs
+++ b/query-projector/src/lib.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub use relresult::{
     StructuredRelResult,
 };
 
-use errors::{
+pub use errors::{
     ProjectorError,
     Result,
 };
diff --git a/query-projector/tests/aggregates.rs b/query-projector/tests/aggregates.rs
index 584f6431..d2d676ea 100644
--- a/query-projector/tests/aggregates.rs
+++ b/query-projector/tests/aggregates.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn test_the_without_max_or_min() {
     use ::mentat_query_projector::errors::{
         ProjectorError,
     };
-    match projection.err().expect("expected failure").downcast().expect("expected specific error") {
+    match projection.err().expect("expected failure") {
         ProjectorError::InvalidProjection(s) => {
                 assert_eq!(s.as_str(), "Warning: used `the` without `min` or `max`.");
             },