diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad7a161..80263d2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ set( sources
   src/json_rpc_tcp_connection.cpp
   src/json_rpc_tcp_server.cpp
   src/json_rpc_error_object.cpp
+  src/error_report.cpp
   src/value.cpp
   src/lexical_cast.cpp
   src/spin_lock.cpp 
diff --git a/include/fc/error_report.hpp b/include/fc/error_report.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d59e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/fc/error_report.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <fc/vector.hpp>
+#include <fc/string.hpp>
+#include <fc/value.hpp>
+#include <fc/optional.hpp>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+   /**
+    * Represents one stack frame within an error_report.
+    */
+   class error_frame {
+      public:
+         error_frame( const fc::string& file, uint64_t line, const fc::string& method, const fc::string& desc, fc::value m );
+         error_frame(){}
+         error_frame(const error_frame& );
+         error_frame(error_frame&& );
+
+         error_frame& operator=(const error_frame& );
+         error_frame& operator=(error_frame&& );
+
+         fc::string                  desc;
+         fc::string                  file;
+         int64_t                     line;
+         fc::string                  method;
+         uint64_t                    time;
+         fc::optional<fc::value>     meta;
+   };
+   typedef fc::vector<error_frame> error_context;
+
+   /**
+    *  This class is used for rich error reporting that captures relevant errors the
+    *  whole way up the stack.  By using FC_THROW_REPORT(...) and FC_REPORT_PUSH( e, ...)
+    *  you can capture the file, line, and method where the error was caught / rethrown.
+    */
+   class error_report {
+      public:
+         error_report();
+         error_report( const fc::string& file, uint64_t line, const fc::string& method, const fc::string& desc, fc::value meta = fc::value() );
+
+         error_frame&  current();
+         error_report& pop_frame();
+         error_report& push_frame( const fc::string& file, uint64_t line, const fc::string& method, const fc::string& desc, fc::value meta = fc::value() );
+         error_report& append( const error_report& e );
+
+         error_context stack;    ///< Human readable stack of what we were atempting to do.
+   };
+
+} // namespace fc
+
+#include <fc/reflect.hpp>
+FC_REFLECT( fc::error_frame,  (desc)(file)(line)(method)(time)(meta) )
+FC_REFLECT( fc::error_report, (stack) )
+
+#include <fc/exception.hpp>
+#define FC_REPORT( X, ... )         fc::error_report X( __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, __VA_ARGS__ )
+#define FC_THROW_REPORT( ... )      FC_THROW( fc::error_report( __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, __VA_ARGS__ ))
+#define FC_REPORT_CURRENT(ER, ... ) (ER).pop_frame().push_frame( __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, __VA_ARGS__ )
+#define FC_REPORT_PUSH( ER, ... )   (ER).push_frame( __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, __VA_ARGS__ );
+#define FC_REPORT_POP(ER)           (ER).pop_frame()
diff --git a/src/error_report.cpp b/src/error_report.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..577543d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error_report.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#include <fc/error_report.hpp>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+error_frame::error_frame( const fc::string& f, uint64_t l, const fc::string& m, const fc::string& d, fc::value met )
+:desc(d),file(f),line(l),method(m),meta(fc::move(met)){}
+
+error_report::error_report()
+{
+}
+error_frame::error_frame(const fc::error_frame& e)
+:desc(e.desc),file(e.file),line(e.line),method(e.method),time(e.time),meta(e.meta){}
+
+error_frame::error_frame(fc::error_frame&& e)
+:desc(fc::move(e.desc)),
+ file(fc::move(e.file)),
+ line(e.line),
+ method(fc::move(e.method)),
+ time(e.time),
+ meta(fc::move(e.meta))
+  {}
+
+fc::error_frame& fc::error_frame::operator=(const fc::error_frame& f ) {
+    auto tmp = f;
+    fc_swap( tmp, *this );
+    return *this;
+}
+fc::error_frame& fc::error_frame::operator=(fc::error_frame&& e )
+{
+    desc=fc::move(e.desc);
+    file=fc::move(e.file);
+    line=fc::move(e.line);
+    method=fc::move(e.method);
+    time=e.time;
+    meta=fc::move(e.meta);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+error_report::error_report( const fc::string& file, uint64_t line, const fc::string& method, const fc::string& desc, fc::value meta  )
+{
+   push_frame( file, line, method, desc, meta );
+}
+
+
+fc::error_frame&  error_report::current()
+{
+    if( !stack.size() ) stack.resize(1);
+    return stack.back();
+}
+
+fc::error_report&         error_report::pop_frame()
+{
+   stack.pop_back();
+   return *this;
+}
+
+fc::error_report& error_report::push_frame( const fc::string& file, uint64_t line, const fc::string& method, const fc::string& desc, fc::value meta  )
+{
+   stack.push_back( fc::error_frame( file, line, method, desc, meta ) );
+   return *this;
+}
+
+fc::error_report&         error_report::append( const error_report& e )
+{
+   // TODO: what to do about the 'failure...?'
+   stack.reserve( stack.size()+e.stack.size());
+   for( uint32_t i = 0; i < e.stack.size(); ++i ) {
+      stack.push_back( e.stack[i] );
+   }
+   return *this;
+}
+
+} // namespace fc
diff --git a/src/json_rpc_connection.cpp b/src/json_rpc_connection.cpp
index 32ca5ab..6f00d0b 100644
--- a/src/json_rpc_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/json_rpc_connection.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <fc/log.hpp>
 #include <fc/thread.hpp>
 #include <fc/error.hpp>
+#include <fc/error_report.hpp>
 #include <fc/json_rpc_error_object.hpp>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ namespace fc { namespace json {
             auto id = value_cast<uint64_t>(id_itr->val);
             try {
                send_result( id, smeth->second->call(params) );
+            } catch ( fc::error_report& eo ) {
+               if( eo.stack.size() ) {
+                  send_error( id, error_object( eo.current().desc, fc::value(eo) ) );
+               } else {
+                  send_error( id, error_object( "error report", fc::value(eo) ) );
+               }
             } catch ( const fc::json::error_object& eo ) {
                send_error( id, eo );
             } catch ( ... ) {