diff --git a/libimagerror/src/into.rs b/libimagerror/src/into.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a959abd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libimagerror/src/into.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+
+/// Trait to help converting Error kinds into Error instances
+pub trait IntoError {
+    type Target: Error;
+
+    /// Convert the type into an error with no cause
+    fn into_error(self) -> Self::Target;
+
+    /// Convert the type into an error with cause
+    fn into_error_with_cause(self, cause: Box<Error>) -> Self::Target;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/libimagerror/src/lib.rs b/libimagerror/src/lib.rs
index d7f374a7..1d1f75e2 100644
--- a/libimagerror/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagerror/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 extern crate ansi_term;
 
+pub mod into;
 pub mod error_gen;
 pub mod trace;