diff --git a/spqr_mini/Makefile.am b/spqr_mini/Makefile.am
index 9a63ff241..5f8496394 100644
--- a/spqr_mini/Makefile.am
+++ b/spqr_mini/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ includedir = ${prefix}/include/spqr_mini
 libdir = ${exec_prefix}/lib
 
 if USE_LAPACK_MACOS
-   sources = cholmod_common.c cholmod_memory.c spqr_front.cpp spqr_larftb.cpp
+   sources = cholmod_error.c cholmod_common.c cholmod_memory.c spqr_front.cpp spqr_larftb.cpp
    headers = UFconfig.h cholmod_common.h cholmod_internal.h cholmod_blas.h cholmod_core.h
    headers += SuiteSparseQR_definitions.h SuiteSparseQR_subset.hpp spqr_subset.hpp spqr_larftb.h spqr_front.h
 
diff --git a/spqr_mini/cholmod_error.c b/spqr_mini/cholmod_error.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..193598c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spqr_mini/cholmod_error.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* ========================================================================== */
+/* === Core/cholmod_error =================================================== */
+/* ========================================================================== */
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * CHOLMOD/Core Module.  Copyright (C) 2005-2006,
+ * Univ. of Florida.  Author: Timothy A. Davis
+ * The CHOLMOD/Core Module is licensed under Version 2.1 of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License.  See lesser.txt for a text of the license.
+ * CHOLMOD is also available under other licenses; contact authors for details.
+ * http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* CHOLMOD error-handling routine.  */
+
+#include "cholmod_internal.h"
+#include "cholmod_core.h"
+
+/* ========================================================================== */
+/* ==== cholmod_error ======================================================= */
+/* ========================================================================== */
+
+/* An error has occurred.  Set the status, optionally print an error message,
+ * and call the user error-handling routine (if it exists).  If
+ * Common->try_catch is TRUE, then CHOLMOD is inside a try/catch block.
+ * The status is set, but no message is printed and the user error handler
+ * is not called.  This is not (yet) an error, since CHOLMOD may recover.
+ *
+ * In the current version, this try/catch mechanism is used internally only in
+ * cholmod_analyze, which tries multiple ordering methods and picks the best
+ * one.  If one or more ordering method fails, it keeps going.  Only one
+ * ordering needs to succeed for cholmod_analyze to succeed.
+ */
+
+int CHOLMOD(error)
+(
+    /* ---- input ---- */
+    int status,		/* error status */
+    const char *file,	/* name of source code file where error occured */ 
+    int line,		/* line number in source code file where error occured*/
+    const char *message,    /* error message */
+    /* --------------- */
+    cholmod_common *Common
+)
+{
+    RETURN_IF_NULL_COMMON (FALSE) ;
+
+    Common->status = status ;
+
+    if (!(Common->try_catch))
+    {
+
+#ifndef NPRINT
+	/* print a warning or error message */
+	if (Common->print_function != NULL)
+	{
+	    if (status > 0 && Common->print > 1)
+	    {
+		(Common->print_function) ("CHOLMOD warning: %s\n", message) ;
+		fflush (stdout) ;
+		fflush (stderr) ;
+	    }
+	    else if (Common->print > 0)
+	    {
+		(Common->print_function) ("CHOLMOD error: %s\n", message) ;
+		fflush (stdout) ;
+		fflush (stderr) ;
+	    }
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* call the user error handler, if it exists */
+	if (Common->error_handler != NULL)
+	{
+	    Common->error_handler (status, file, line, message) ;
+	}
+    }
+
+    return (TRUE) ;
+}