diff --git a/src/peg.js b/src/peg.js
index fd6522f..0150dca 100644
--- a/src/peg.js
+++ b/src/peg.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  */
 var PEG = (function(undefined) {
 
+// @include "utils.js"
+
 var PEG = {
   /* PEG.js version (uses semantic versioning). */
   VERSION: "@VERSION",
@@ -35,9 +37,8 @@ PEG.GrammarError = function(message) {
   this.message = message;
 };
 
-PEG.GrammarError.prototype = Error.prototype;
+subclass(PEG.GrammarError, Error);
 
-// @include "utils.js"
 // @include "parser.js"
 // @include "compiler.js"
 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 24e2739..967168f 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ function defaults(object, defaults) {
   }
 }
 
+function subclass(child, parent) {
+  function ctor() { this.constructor = child; }
+  ctor.prototype = parent.prototype;
+  child.prototype = new ctor();
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns a string padded on the left to a desired length with a character.
  *