diff --git a/query-translator/src/types.rs b/query-translator/src/types.rs
index d149455a..7484dac7 100644
--- a/query-translator/src/types.rs
+++ b/query-translator/src/types.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ use mentat_query_algebrizer::{
     SourceAlias,
 };
 
+use mentat_sql;
+
 use mentat_sql::{
-    BuildQueryError,
     BuildQueryResult,
     QueryBuilder,
     QueryFragment,
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ impl QueryFragment for SelectQuery {
 }
 
 impl SelectQuery {
-    pub fn to_sql_query(&self) -> Result<SQLQuery, BuildQueryError> {
+    pub fn to_sql_query(&self) -> mentat_sql::Result<SQLQuery> {
         let mut builder = SQLiteQueryBuilder::new();
         self.push_sql(&mut builder).map(|_| builder.finish())
     }
diff --git a/sql/Cargo.toml b/sql/Cargo.toml
index 0a15dde6..d6e57d77 100644
--- a/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
+error-chain = "0.9.0"
 ordered-float = "0.4.0"
 
 [dependencies.mentat_core]
diff --git a/sql/src/lib.rs b/sql/src/lib.rs
index 62fb8f11..35dfface 100644
--- a/sql/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sql/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,23 +8,35 @@
 // CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate error_chain;
 extern crate ordered_float;
 extern crate mentat_core;
 
-use std::error::Error;
-
 use ordered_float::OrderedFloat;
 
 use mentat_core::TypedValue;
 
-pub type BuildQueryError = Box<Error + Send + Sync>;
-pub type BuildQueryResult = Result<(), BuildQueryError>;
+error_chain! {
+    types {
+        Error, ErrorKind, ResultExt, Result;
+    }
 
-pub enum BindParamError {
-    InvalidParameterName(String),
-    BindParamCouldBeGenerated(String),
+    errors {
+        InvalidParameterName(name: String) {
+            description("invalid parameter name")
+            display("invalid parameter name: '{}'", name)
+        }
+
+        BindParamCouldBeGenerated(name: String) {
+            description("parameter name could be generated")
+            display("parameter name could be generated: '{}'", name)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
+pub type BuildQueryResult = Result<()>;
+
 /// We want to accumulate values that will later be substituted into a SQL statement execution.
 /// This struct encapsulates the generated string and the _initial_ argument list.
 /// Additional user-supplied argument bindings, with their placeholders accumulated via
@@ -42,7 +54,7 @@ pub trait QueryBuilder {
     fn push_sql(&mut self, sql: &str);
     fn push_identifier(&mut self, identifier: &str) -> BuildQueryResult;
     fn push_typed_value(&mut self, value: &TypedValue) -> BuildQueryResult;
-    fn push_bind_param(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<(), BindParamError>;
+    fn push_bind_param(&mut self, name: &str) -> BuildQueryResult;
     fn finish(self) -> SQLQuery;
 }
 
@@ -134,16 +146,16 @@ impl QueryBuilder for SQLiteQueryBuilder {
     /// returns an `InvalidParameterName` error result.
     /// Callers should make sure that the name doesn't overlap with generated parameter names. If
     /// it does, `BindParamCouldBeGenerated` is the error.
-    fn push_bind_param(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<(), BindParamError> {
+    fn push_bind_param(&mut self, name: &str) -> BuildQueryResult {
         // Do some validation first.
         // This is not free, but it's probably worth it for now.
         if !name.chars().all(char::is_alphanumeric) {
-            return Err(BindParamError::InvalidParameterName(name.to_string()));
+            bail!(ErrorKind::InvalidParameterName(name.to_string()));
         }
 
         if name.starts_with(self.arg_prefix.as_str()) &&
            name.chars().skip(self.arg_prefix.len()).all(char::is_numeric) {
-               return Err(BindParamError::BindParamCouldBeGenerated(name.to_string()));
+               bail!(ErrorKind::BindParamCouldBeGenerated(name.to_string()));
         }
 
         self.push_sql("$");