diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 469070533..2d70aeb27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ makefiles = \
   misc/upstart/local.mk \
   doc/manual/local.mk \
   tests/local.mk \
-  tests/plugins/local.mk
+  tests/plugins/local.mk \
+  tests/errors/local.mk
 
 -include Makefile.config
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index d69e29158..0b55c6788 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "logging.hh"
 #include "ansicolor.hh"
+#include "error.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/tests/errors/local.mk b/tests/errors/local.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5b9cc5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errors/local.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+programs += error-test
+
+error-test_DIR := $(d)
+
+error-test_SOURCES := \
+  $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc) \
+
+error-test_LIBS = libutil
+
+error-test_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lboost_context -lboost_thread -lboost_system
+
+# $(foreach name, \
+#   nix-build nix-channel nix-collect-garbage nix-copy-closure nix-daemon nix-env nix-hash nix-instantiate nix-prefetch-url nix-shell nix-store, \
+#   $(eval $(call install-symlink, nix, $(bindir)/$(name))))
+# $(eval $(call install-symlink, $(bindir)/nix, $(libexecdir)/nix/build-remote))
+
+# src/nix-env/user-env.cc: src/nix-env/buildenv.nix.gen.hh
diff --git a/tests/errors/main.cc b/tests/errors/main.cc
index 35d2a1cdf..39adc2ece 100644
--- a/tests/errors/main.cc
+++ b/tests/errors/main.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int main()
 {
   using namespace nix; 
 
-  ErrorInfo::programName = optional("errorTest");
+  ErrorInfo::programName = optional("error-test");
 
   /*
   ColumnRange columnRange;
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ int main()
                 .columnRange(13,7)
                 .linesOfCode(nullopt
                             ,"this is the problem line of code"
-                            ,nullopt));
+                            ,nullopt)
+                .hint(hintfmt("this hint has %1% templated %2%!!") % "yellow" % "values")
+                );
 
   printErrorInfo(MkNixError()
                 .name("error name")