diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 30b5885..00f8df1 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -147,6 +147,20 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// Wrapf returns an error annotating the cause with the format specifier.
+// If cause is nil, Wrapf returns nil.
+func Wrapf(cause error, format string, args ...interface{}) error {
+	if cause == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	pc, _, _, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
+	return &e{
+		cause:   cause,
+		message: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...),
+		loc:     loc(pc),
+	}
+}
+
 type causer interface {
 	Cause() error
 }
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 5eed1d5..c54bec1 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@
 	}, {
 		err:  Wrap(Wrap(x, "message"), "another message"),
 		want: "github.com/pkg/errors/errors_test.go:131: another message\ngithub.com/pkg/errors/errors_test.go:131: message\ngithub.com/pkg/errors/errors_test.go:106: error\n",
+	}, {
+		err:  Wrapf(x, "message"),
+		want: "github.com/pkg/errors/errors_test.go:134: message\ngithub.com/pkg/errors/errors_test.go:106: error\n",
 	}}
 
 	for i, tt := range tests {
@@ -141,3 +144,29 @@
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWrapfNil(t *testing.T) {
+	got := Wrapf(nil, "no error")
+	if got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Wrapf(nil, \"no error\"): got %#v, expected nil", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWrapf(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		err     error
+		message string
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{io.EOF, "read error", "read error: EOF"},
+		{Wrapf(io.EOF, "read error without format specifiers"), "client error", "client error: read error without format specifiers: EOF"},
+		{Wrapf(io.EOF, "read error with %d format specifier", 1), "client error", "client error: read error with 1 format specifier: EOF"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := Wrapf(tt.err, tt.message).Error()
+		if got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("Wrapf(%v, %q): got: %v, want %v", tt.err, tt.message, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 168cb96..088d009 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -54,3 +54,11 @@
 	// github.com/pkg/errors/example_test.go:34: inner
 	// github.com/pkg/errors/example_test.go:33: error
 }
+
+func ExampleWrapf() {
+	cause := errors.New("whoops")
+	err := errors.Wrapf(cause, "oh noes #%d", 2)
+	fmt.Println(err)
+
+	// Output: oh noes #2: whoops
+}