diff --git a/examples/db/api_test.go b/examples/db/api_test.go
index 76ab7b1..b40b9b7 100644
--- a/examples/db/api_test.go
+++ b/examples/db/api_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 
+	txdb "github.com/DATA-DOG/go-txdb"
 	"github.com/DATA-DOG/godog"
 	"github.com/DATA-DOG/godog/gherkin"
 )
diff --git a/fmt_pretty.go b/fmt_pretty.go
index 9d317b1..153ab5a 100644
--- a/fmt_pretty.go
+++ b/fmt_pretty.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (f *pretty) printStepKind(res *stepResult) {
 
 	f.printStep(res.step, res.def, res.typ.clr())
 	if res.err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(f.indent*2)+redb(res.err))
+		fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(f.indent*2)+redb(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", res.err)))
 	}
 	if res.typ == pending {
 		fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(f.indent*3)+yellow("TODO: write pending definition"))
diff --git a/fmt_progress.go b/fmt_progress.go
index 8a20b1c..ba47b11 100644
--- a/fmt_progress.go
+++ b/fmt_progress.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (f *progress) Summary() {
 		fmt.Fprintln(f.out, "\n--- "+red("Failed steps:")+"\n")
 		for _, fail := range f.failed {
 			fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(4)+red(fail.step.Keyword+" "+fail.step.Text)+black(" # "+fail.line()))
-			fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(6)+red("Error: ")+redb(fail.err)+"\n")
+			fmt.Fprintln(f.out, s(6)+red("Error: ")+redb(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", fail.err))+"\n")
 		}
 	}
 	f.basefmt.Summary()
diff --git a/stacktrace.go b/stacktrace.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03d2835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stacktrace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package godog
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Frame represents a program counter inside a stack frame.
+type stackFrame uintptr
+
+// pc returns the program counter for this frame;
+// multiple frames may have the same PC value.
+func (f stackFrame) pc() uintptr { return uintptr(f) - 1 }
+
+// file returns the full path to the file that contains the
+// function for this Frame's pc.
+func (f stackFrame) file() string {
+	fn := runtime.FuncForPC(f.pc())
+	if fn == nil {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+	file, _ := fn.FileLine(f.pc())
+	return file
+}
+
+// line returns the line number of source code of the
+// function for this Frame's pc.
+func (f stackFrame) line() int {
+	fn := runtime.FuncForPC(f.pc())
+	if fn == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	_, line := fn.FileLine(f.pc())
+	return line
+}
+
+// Format formats the frame according to the fmt.Formatter interface.
+//
+//    %s    source file
+//    %d    source line
+//    %n    function name
+//    %v    equivalent to %s:%d
+//
+// Format accepts flags that alter the printing of some verbs, as follows:
+//
+//    %+s   path of source file relative to the compile time GOPATH
+//    %+v   equivalent to %+s:%d
+func (f stackFrame) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) {
+	funcname := func(name string) string {
+		i := strings.LastIndex(name, "/")
+		name = name[i+1:]
+		i = strings.Index(name, ".")
+		return name[i+1:]
+	}
+
+	switch verb {
+	case 's':
+		switch {
+		case s.Flag('+'):
+			pc := f.pc()
+			fn := runtime.FuncForPC(pc)
+			if fn == nil {
+				io.WriteString(s, "unknown")
+			} else {
+				file, _ := fn.FileLine(pc)
+				fmt.Fprintf(s, "%s\n\t%s", fn.Name(), file)
+			}
+		default:
+			io.WriteString(s, path.Base(f.file()))
+		}
+	case 'd':
+		fmt.Fprintf(s, "%d", f.line())
+	case 'n':
+		name := runtime.FuncForPC(f.pc()).Name()
+		io.WriteString(s, funcname(name))
+	case 'v':
+		f.Format(s, 's')
+		io.WriteString(s, ":")
+		f.Format(s, 'd')
+	}
+}
+
+// stack represents a stack of program counters.
+type stack []uintptr
+
+func (s *stack) Format(st fmt.State, verb rune) {
+	switch verb {
+	case 'v':
+		switch {
+		case st.Flag('+'):
+			for _, pc := range *s {
+				f := stackFrame(pc)
+				fmt.Fprintf(st, "\n%+v", f)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func callStack() *stack {
+	const depth = 32
+	var pcs [depth]uintptr
+	n := runtime.Callers(3, pcs[:])
+	var st stack = pcs[0:n]
+	return &st
+}
+
+// fundamental is an error that has a message and a stack, but no caller.
+type traceError struct {
+	msg string
+	*stack
+}
+
+func (f *traceError) Error() string { return f.msg }
+
+func (f *traceError) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) {
+	switch verb {
+	case 'v':
+		if s.Flag('+') {
+			io.WriteString(s, f.msg)
+			f.stack.Format(s, verb)
+			return
+		}
+		fallthrough
+	case 's':
+		io.WriteString(s, f.msg)
+	case 'q':
+		fmt.Fprintf(s, "%q", f.msg)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/suite.go b/suite.go
index 7682bc4..55fd057 100644
--- a/suite.go
+++ b/suite.go
@@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ func (s *Suite) runStep(step *gherkin.Step, prevStepErr error) (err error) {
 
 	defer func() {
 		if e := recover(); e != nil {
-			var ok bool
-			err, ok = e.(error)
-			if !ok {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("%v", e)
+			err = &traceError{
+				msg:   fmt.Sprintf("%v", e),
+				stack: callStack(),
 			}
 		}
 		switch err {
diff --git a/suite_test.go b/suite_test.go
index 4907516..6c28314 100644
--- a/suite_test.go
+++ b/suite_test.go
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ func (s *suiteContext) iRunFeatureSuite() error {
 	s.testedSuite.fmt = testFormatterFunc("godog", &s.out)
 	s.testedSuite.run()
 	s.testedSuite.fmt.Summary()
+
 	return nil
 }