diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b76c9ea69..5323dedf7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "cranelift-module"
 version = "0.59.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "cranelift-entity",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -843,11 +844,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "faerie"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74b9ed6159e4a6212c61d9c6a86bee01876b192a64accecf58d5b5ae3b667b52"
+checksum = "dfef65b0e94693295c5d2fe2506f0ee6f43465342d4b5331659936aee8b16084"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "goblin",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90b2725131..5723e05f6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ wasmtime-wast = { path = "crates/wast" }
 wasmtime-wasi = { path = "crates/wasi" }
 wasi-common = { path = "crates/wasi-common" }
 structopt = { version = "0.3.5", features = ["color", "suggestions"] }
-faerie = "0.14.0"
+faerie = "0.15.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.19"
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/cranelift/faerie/Cargo.toml b/cranelift/faerie/Cargo.toml
index dc5d80e70a..a692b3db11 100644
--- a/cranelift/faerie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cranelift/faerie/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 cranelift-module = { path = "../module", version = "0.59.0" }
-faerie = "0.14.0"
+faerie = "0.15.0"
 goblin = "0.1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 target-lexicon = "0.10"
diff --git a/cranelift/faerie/src/backend.rs b/cranelift/faerie/src/backend.rs
index 2518893974..4f1c4455ef 100644
--- a/cranelift/faerie/src/backend.rs
+++ b/cranelift/faerie/src/backend.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::container;
 use crate::traps::{FaerieTrapManifest, FaerieTrapSink};
-use anyhow::Error;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use cranelift_codegen::binemit::{
     Addend, CodeOffset, NullStackmapSink, NullTrapSink, Reloc, RelocSink, Stackmap, StackmapSink,
 };
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ impl FaerieBuilder {
         libcall_names: Box<dyn Fn(ir::LibCall) -> String>,
     ) -> ModuleResult<Self> {
         if !isa.flags().is_pic() {
-            return Err(ModuleError::Backend(
-                "faerie requires TargetIsa be PIC".to_owned(),
-            ));
+            return Err(ModuleError::Backend(anyhow!(
+                "faerie requires TargetIsa be PIC"
+            )));
         }
         Ok(Self {
             isa,
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ impl Backend for FaerieBackend {
                     to,
                     at: u64::from(offset),
                 })
-                .map_err(|e| ModuleError::Backend(e.to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ModuleError::Backend(e.into()))?;
         }
         for &(offset, id, addend) in data_relocs {
             debug_assert_eq!(
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ impl Backend for FaerieBackend {
                     to,
                     at: u64::from(offset),
                 })
-                .map_err(|e| ModuleError::Backend(e.to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ModuleError::Backend(e.into()))?;
         }
 
         match *init {
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ impl FaerieProduct {
     }
 
     /// Call `emit` on the faerie `Artifact`, producing bytes in memory.
-    pub fn emit(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+    pub fn emit(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, faerie::ArtifactError> {
         self.artifact.emit()
     }
 
     /// Call `write` on the faerie `Artifact`, writing to a file.
-    pub fn write(&self, sink: File) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn write(&self, sink: File) -> Result<(), faerie::ArtifactError> {
         self.artifact.write(sink)
     }
 }
diff --git a/cranelift/module/Cargo.toml b/cranelift/module/Cargo.toml
index 765179c649..423b2fdf85 100644
--- a/cranelift/module/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cranelift/module/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cranelift-entity = { path = "../entity", version = "0.59.0" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.6", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0.4"
+anyhow = "1.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/cranelift/module/src/module.rs b/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
index daa83c2956..470eea17fe 100644
--- a/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
+++ b/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub enum ModuleError {
     Compilation(#[from] CodegenError),
     /// Wraps a generic error from a backend
     #[error("Backend error: {0}")]
-    Backend(String),
+    Backend(#[source] anyhow::Error),
 }
 
 /// A convenient alias for a `Result` that uses `ModuleError` as the error type.
diff --git a/crates/debug/Cargo.toml b/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
index 0f02660553..618dffbe1a 100644
--- a/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 gimli = "0.20.0"
 wasmparser = "0.51.2"
-faerie = "0.14.0"
+faerie = "0.15.0"
 wasmtime-environ = { path = "../environ", version = "0.12.0" }
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 anyhow = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/debug/src/write_debuginfo.rs b/crates/debug/src/write_debuginfo.rs
index d5cf56fe54..accdb17d40 100644
--- a/crates/debug/src/write_debuginfo.rs
+++ b/crates/debug/src/write_debuginfo.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ pub fn emit_dwarf(
             id.name(),
             Decl::section(SectionKind::Debug),
             s.writer.take(),
-        )
+        )?;
+        Ok(())
     })?;
     sections.for_each_mut(|id, s| -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         for reloc in &s.relocs {
diff --git a/crates/obj/Cargo.toml b/crates/obj/Cargo.toml
index aa141ecbbb..7b3aa60a54 100644
--- a/crates/obj/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/obj/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 wasmtime-environ = { path = "../environ", version = "0.12.0" }
-faerie = "0.14.0"
+faerie = "0.15.0"
 more-asserts = "0.2.1"
 
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