diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index aa9d238..b1faad5 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
     return errlist;
 }
 
+void exception_from_error_queue(PyObject *the_Error)
+{ 
+    PyObject *errlist = error_queue_to_list();
+    PyErr_SetObject(the_Error, errlist);
+    Py_DECREF(errlist);
+} 
+
 /*
  * Flush OpenSSL's error queue and ignore the result
  *