diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 366306a82a4..ee23bcf3346 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 # Unreleased
 
 - Make `FromRequest` default to being generic over `axum::body::Body` ([#146](/~https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/146))
+- Implement `std::error::Error` for all rejections
 
 ## Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/src/extract/rejection.rs b/src/extract/rejection.rs
index 44d1e0139a9..a2382db19b6 100644
--- a/src/extract/rejection.rs
+++ b/src/extract/rejection.rs
@@ -125,15 +125,24 @@ impl InvalidUrlParam {
     }
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for InvalidUrlParam {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "Invalid URL param. Expected something of type `{}`",
+            self.type_name
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for InvalidUrlParam {}
+
 impl IntoResponse for InvalidUrlParam {
     type Body = Full<Bytes>;
     type BodyError = Infallible;
 
     fn into_response(self) -> http::Response<Self::Body> {
-        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(format!(
-            "Invalid URL param. Expected something of type `{}`",
-            self.type_name
-        )));
+        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(self.to_string()));
         *res.status_mut() = http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST;
         res
     }
@@ -155,12 +164,20 @@ impl IntoResponse for InvalidPathParam {
     type BodyError = Infallible;
 
     fn into_response(self) -> http::Response<Self::Body> {
-        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(format!("Invalid URL param. {}", self.0)));
+        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(self.to_string()));
         *res.status_mut() = http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST;
         res
     }
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for InvalidPathParam {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Invalid URL param. {}", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for InvalidPathParam {}
+
 /// Rejection type for extractors that deserialize query strings if the input
 /// couldn't be deserialized into the target type.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -186,15 +203,24 @@ impl IntoResponse for FailedToDeserializeQueryString {
     type BodyError = Infallible;
 
     fn into_response(self) -> http::Response<Self::Body> {
-        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(format!(
-            "Failed to deserialize query string. Expected something of type `{}`. Error: {}",
-            self.type_name, self.error,
-        )));
+        let mut res = http::Response::new(Full::from(self.to_string()));
         *res.status_mut() = http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST;
         res
     }
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for FailedToDeserializeQueryString {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "Failed to deserialize query string. Expected something of type `{}`. Error: {}",
+            self.type_name, self.error,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for FailedToDeserializeQueryString {}
+
 composite_rejection! {
     /// Rejection used for [`Query`](super::Query).
     ///
@@ -321,6 +347,34 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> std::fmt::Display for ContentLengthLimitRejection<T>
+where
+    T: std::fmt::Display,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::PayloadTooLarge(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            Self::LengthRequired(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            Self::HeadersAlreadyExtracted(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            Self::Inner(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> std::error::Error for ContentLengthLimitRejection<T>
+where
+    T: std::error::Error + 'static,
+{
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::PayloadTooLarge(inner) => Some(inner),
+            Self::LengthRequired(inner) => Some(inner),
+            Self::HeadersAlreadyExtracted(inner) => Some(inner),
+            Self::Inner(inner) => Some(inner),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Rejection used for [`TypedHeader`](super::TypedHeader).
 #[cfg(feature = "headers")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "headers")))]
@@ -337,8 +391,24 @@ impl IntoResponse for TypedHeaderRejection {
     type BodyError = Infallible;
 
     fn into_response(self) -> http::Response<Self::Body> {
-        let mut res = format!("{} ({})", self.err, self.name).into_response();
+        let mut res = self.to_string().into_response();
         *res.status_mut() = http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST;
         res
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "headers")]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "headers")))]
+impl std::fmt::Display for TypedHeaderRejection {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{} ({})", self.err, self.name)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "headers")]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "headers")))]
+impl std::error::Error for TypedHeaderRejection {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        Some(&self.err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index daf4d0dd9f5..8bed0eb3d63 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ macro_rules! define_rejection {
                 res
             }
         }
+
+        impl std::fmt::Display for $name {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                write!(f, "{}", $body)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl std::error::Error for $name {}
     };
 
     (
@@ -90,6 +98,18 @@ macro_rules! define_rejection {
                 res
             }
         }
+
+        impl std::fmt::Display for $name {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                write!(f, "{}", $body)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl std::error::Error for $name {
+            fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+                Some(&self.0)
+            }
+        }
     };
 }
 
@@ -132,5 +152,25 @@ macro_rules! composite_rejection {
                 }
             }
         )+
+
+        impl std::fmt::Display for $name {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                match self {
+                    $(
+                        Self::$variant(inner) => write!(f, "{}", inner),
+                    )+
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl std::error::Error for $name {
+            fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+                match self {
+                    $(
+                        Self::$variant(inner) => Some(inner),
+                    )+
+                }
+            }
+        }
     };
 }