diff --git a/types/errors/errors.go b/types/errors/errors.go
index 1dcc63e656..c635beb976 100644
--- a/types/errors/errors.go
+++ b/types/errors/errors.go
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ func (e *Error) Is(err error) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+// Wrap extends this error with an additional information.
+// It's a handy function to call Wrap with sdk errors.
+func (e Error) Wrap(desc string) error { return Wrap(e, desc) }
+
+// Wrapf extends this error with an additional information.
+// It's a handy function to call Wrapf with sdk errors.
+func (e Error) Wrapf(desc string, args ...interface{}) error { return Wrapf(e, desc, args...) }
+
 func isNilErr(err error) bool {
 	// Reflect usage is necessary to correctly compare with
 	// a nil implementation of an error.