diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 81f2b59..0ae5abc 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 #define debugX(level,fmt,args...)
 #endif	/* DEBUG */
 
+#define error(fmt, args...) do {					\
+		printf("ERROR: " fmt "\nat %s:%d/%s()\n",		\
+			##args, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);		\
+} while (0)
+
 #ifndef BUG
 #define BUG() do { \
 	printf("BUG: failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__); \