diff --git a/merr/kv.go b/merr/kv.go
index 030b24a..a5ec63f 100644
--- a/merr/kv.go
+++ b/merr/kv.go
@@ -101,3 +101,20 @@ func KV(e error) KVer {
 
 	return KVer{kvm}
 }
+
+type kvKey string
+
+// WithKV embeds key/value pairs into an error, just like WithValue, but it does
+// so via one or more passed in maps
+func WithKV(e error, kvMaps ...map[string]interface{}) error {
+	if e == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	er := wrap(e, true, 1)
+	for _, kvMap := range kvMaps {
+		for k, v := range kvMap {
+			er.attr[kvKey(k)] = val{val: v, visible: true}
+		}
+	}
+	return er
+}
diff --git a/merr/kv_test.go b/merr/kv_test.go
index dc1f107..7738598 100644
--- a/merr/kv_test.go
+++ b/merr/kv_test.go
@@ -77,4 +77,22 @@ func TestKV(t *T) {
 		),
 		"kv: %#v", kv,
 	))
+
+	er = WithKV(er, map[string]interface{}{"D": 4, "k": 5})
+	kv = KV(er).KV()
+	massert.Fatal(t, massert.Comment(
+		massert.All(
+			massert.Len(kv, 8),
+			massert.Equal("foo", kv["err"]),
+			massert.Equal("baz", kv["bar"]),
+			massert.Equal(true,
+				strings.HasPrefix(kv["errSrc"].(string), "merr/kv_test.go:")),
+			massert.Equal("1", kv["merr.A(k)"]),
+			massert.Equal("2", kv["merr.B(k)"]),
+			massert.Equal("3", kv["merr.C(k)"]),
+			massert.Equal(4, kv["D"]),
+			massert.Equal(5, kv["merr.kvKey(k)"]),
+		),
+		"kv: %#v", kv,
+	))
 }