diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 4b57d69e0..5fdc61a64 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use cookie;
 use httparse;
 use futures::Canceled;
+use failure;
 use failure::{Fail, Backtrace};
 use http2::Error as Http2Error;
 use http::{header, StatusCode, Error as HttpError};
@@ -95,6 +96,16 @@ impl<T: ResponseError> From<T> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> ResponseError for failure::Compat<T>
+    where T: fmt::Display + fmt::Debug + Sync + Send + 'static
+{ }
+
+impl From<failure::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: failure::Error) -> Error {
+        Error { cause: Box::new(err.compat()), backtrace: None }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Default error is `InternalServerError`
 #[cfg(actix_nightly)]
 default impl<T: StdError + Sync + Send + 'static> ResponseError for T {