diff --git a/tor-units/Cargo.toml b/tor-units/Cargo.toml
index 12a3aa855..9e2ee22b1 100644
--- a/tor-units/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tor-units/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ keywords = [ "tor", "arti" ]
 
 [dependencies]
 derive_more = "0.99.0"
+thiserror = "1.0.24"
 
 # [derive_more]
 # default-features = false
diff --git a/tor-units/src/lib.rs b/tor-units/src/lib.rs
index 9ca559e2f..3c2525b64 100644
--- a/tor-units/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tor-units/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,47 +38,27 @@ use derive_more::{Add, Display, Div, From, FromStr, Mul};
 
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use std::time::Duration;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 /// Conversion errors from converting a value into a [`BoundedInt32`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum Error {
     /// A passed value was below the lower bound for the type.
+    #[error("Value {0} was below the lower bound {1} for this type.")]
     BelowLowerBound(i32, i32),
     /// A passed value was above the upper bound for the type.
+    #[error("Value {0} was above the lower bound {1} for this type.")]
     AboveUpperBound(i32, i32),
     /// Tried to parse a value that was not representable as the
     /// underlying type.
+    #[error("Value could not be represented as an i32")]
     Unrepresentable,
     /// Tried to instantiate an uninhabited type.
+    #[error("No value is valid for this type")]
     Uninhabited,
 }
 
-impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Error::BelowLowerBound(x, y) => {
-                write!(f, "Value {} was below the lower bound {}", x, y)
-            }
-            Error::AboveUpperBound(x, y) => {
-                write!(
-                    f,
-                    "Value {} was above the upper bound {} for this type",
-                    x, y
-                )
-            }
-            Error::Unrepresentable => {
-                write!(f, "Value could not be represented as an i32")
-            }
-            Error::Uninhabited => {
-                write!(f, "Lower bound was above the upper bound on type")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::error::Error for Error {}
-
 /// A 32-bit signed integer with a restricted range.
 ///
 /// This type holds an i32 value such that `LOWER` <= value <= `UPPER`