diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
index 7c1ce2b..05fcab6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h`](../../../include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h)
 
+use crate::str::CStr;
+
 use alloc::{
     alloc::{AllocError, LayoutError},
     collections::TryReserveError,
 };
 
 use core::convert::From;
+use core::fmt;
 use core::num::TryFromIntError;
 use core::str::Utf8Error;
 
@@ -133,6 +136,42 @@ pub(crate) fn to_ptr<T>(self) -> *mut T {
         // SAFETY: self.0 is a valid error due to its invariant.
         unsafe { bindings::ERR_PTR(self.0.into()) as *mut _ }
     }
+
+    /// Returns a string representing the error, if one exists.
+    #[cfg(not(testlib))]
+    pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&'static CStr> {
+        // SAFETY: Just an FFI call, there are no extra safety requirements.
+        let ptr = unsafe { bindings::errname(-self.0) };
+        if ptr.is_null() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            // SAFETY: The string returned by `errname` is static and `NUL`-terminated.
+            Some(unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(ptr) })
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a string representing the error, if one exists.
+    ///
+    /// When `testlib` is configured, this always returns `None` to avoid the dependency on a
+    /// kernel function so that tests that use this (e.g., by calling [`Result::unwrap`]) can still
+    /// run in userspace.
+    #[cfg(testlib)]
+    pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&'static CStr> {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self.name() {
+            // Print out number if no name can be found.
+            None => f.debug_tuple("Error").field(&-self.0).finish(),
+            // SAFETY: These strings are ASCII-only.
+            Some(name) => f
+                .debug_tuple(unsafe { core::str::from_utf8_unchecked(name) })
+                .finish(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<AllocError> for Error {