diff --git a/stanza/src/sasl.rs b/stanza/src/sasl.rs
index 0a3f06f..598a91b 100644
--- a/stanza/src/sasl.rs
+++ b/stanza/src/sasl.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::{fmt::Display, ops::Deref};
 
 use peanuts::{
     element::{FromElement, IntoElement},
     DeserializeError, Element,
 };
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub const XMLNS: &str = "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl";
 
@@ -168,12 +169,48 @@ impl IntoElement for Response {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Failure {
     r#type: Option<FailureType>,
     text: Option<Text>,
 }
 
+impl Display for Failure {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let mut had_type = false;
+        let mut had_text = false;
+        if let Some(r#type) = &self.r#type {
+            had_type = true;
+            match r#type {
+                FailureType::Aborted => f.write_str("aborted"),
+                FailureType::AccountDisabled => f.write_str("account disabled"),
+                FailureType::CredentialsExpired => f.write_str("credentials expired"),
+                FailureType::EncryptionRequired => f.write_str("encryption required"),
+                FailureType::IncorrectEncoding => f.write_str("incorrect encoding"),
+                FailureType::InvalidAuthzid => f.write_str("invalid authzid"),
+                FailureType::InvalidMechanism => f.write_str("invalid mechanism"),
+                FailureType::MalformedRequest => f.write_str("malformed request"),
+                FailureType::MechanismTooWeak => f.write_str("mechanism too weak"),
+                FailureType::NotAuthorized => f.write_str("not authorized"),
+                FailureType::TemporaryAuthFailure => f.write_str("temporary auth failure"),
+            }?;
+        }
+        if let Some(text) = &self.text {
+            if let Some(text) = &text.text {
+                if had_type {
+                    f.write_str(": ")?;
+                }
+                f.write_str(text)?;
+                had_text = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if !had_type && !had_text {
+            f.write_str("failure")?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 impl FromElement for Failure {
     fn from_element(mut element: Element) -> peanuts::element::DeserializeResult<Self> {
         element.check_name("failure")?;
@@ -186,18 +223,29 @@ impl FromElement for Failure {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum FailureType {
+    #[error("aborted")]
     Aborted,
+    #[error("account disabled")]
     AccountDisabled,
+    #[error("credentials expired")]
     CredentialsExpired,
+    #[error("encryption required")]
     EncryptionRequired,
+    #[error("incorrect encoding")]
     IncorrectEncoding,
+    #[error("invalid authzid")]
     InvalidAuthzid,
+    #[error("invalid mechanism")]
     InvalidMechanism,
+    #[error("malformed request")]
     MalformedRequest,
+    #[error("mechanism too weak")]
     MechanismTooWeak,
+    #[error("not authorized")]
     NotAuthorized,
+    #[error("temporary auth failure")]
     TemporaryAuthFailure,
 }
 
@@ -220,8 +268,9 @@ impl FromElement for FailureType {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Text {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     lang: Option<String>,
     text: Option<String>,
 }