diff --git a/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs b/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a31e3a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Error as FmtError;
+use std::clone::Clone;
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+
+/**
+ * Kind of error
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum InteractionErrorKind {
+    Unknown
+}
+
+fn interaction_error_type_as_str(e: &InteractionErrorKind) -> &'static str {
+    match e {
+        &InteractionErrorKind::Unknown => "Unknown Error",
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for InteractionErrorKind {
+
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), FmtError> {
+        try!(write!(fmt, "{}", interaction_error_type_as_str(self)));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct InteractionError {
+    err_type: InteractionErrorKind,
+    cause: Option<Box<Error>>,
+}
+
+impl InteractionError {
+
+    /**
+     * Build a new InteractionError from an InteractionErrorKind, optionally with cause
+     */
+    pub fn new(errtype: InteractionErrorKind, cause: Option<Box<Error>>)
+        -> InteractionError
+        {
+            InteractionError {
+                err_type: errtype,
+                cause: cause,
+            }
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the error type of this InteractionError
+     */
+    pub fn err_type(&self) -> InteractionErrorKind {
+        self.err_type.clone()
+    }
+
+}
+
+impl Display for InteractionError {
+
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), FmtError> {
+        try!(write!(fmt, "[{}]", interaction_error_type_as_str(&self.err_type.clone())));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+}
+
+impl Error for InteractionError {
+
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        interaction_error_type_as_str(&self.err_type.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Error> {
+        self.cause.as_ref().map(|e| &**e)
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/libimaginteraction/src/lib.rs b/libimaginteraction/src/lib.rs
index 702e2ce6..2f947a35 100644
--- a/libimaginteraction/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimaginteraction/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ extern crate libimagstore;
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagutil;
 
 pub mod ask;
+pub mod error;
 pub mod filter;