diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 08540c49b..34cf622d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
  "vm-memory",
  "vm-migration",
 ]
diff --git a/arch/Cargo.toml b/arch/Cargo.toml
index 6efa1a0b3..75e1cc35a 100644
--- a/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ default = []
 acpi = ["acpi_tables"]
 
 [dependencies]
+acpi_tables = { path = "../acpi_tables", optional = true }
 anyhow = "1.0"
+arch_gen = { path = "../arch_gen" }
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
 libc = "0.2.86"
@@ -16,10 +18,9 @@ log = "0.4.14"
 serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
+thiserror = "1.0"
 vm-memory = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["backend-mmap"] }
 vm-migration = { path = "../vm-migration" }
-acpi_tables = { path = "../acpi_tables", optional = true }
-arch_gen = { path = "../arch_gen" }
 
 [dependencies.linux-loader]
 git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/linux-loader"
diff --git a/arch/src/lib.rs b/arch/src/lib.rs
index 8ee09eb9d..ef5810690 100644
--- a/arch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/arch/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern crate vm_migration;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate thiserror;
 
 use std::fmt;
 use std::result;