diff --git a/ledger/error/BUILD.bazel b/ledger/error/BUILD.bazel
index 69a290de6e..ae7bd12253 100644
--- a/ledger/error/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ledger/error/BUILD.bazel
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ da_scala_library(
     deps = [
         ":error",
         "//libs-scala/contextualized-logging",
+        "@maven//:com_google_api_grpc_proto_google_common_protos",
+        "@maven//:com_google_protobuf_protobuf_java",
         "@maven//:io_grpc_grpc_api",
         "@maven//:org_slf4j_slf4j_api",
     ],
diff --git a/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/BaseError.scala b/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/BaseError.scala
index 8fc254fa61..1a60528ead 100644
--- a/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/BaseError.scala
+++ b/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/BaseError.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 package com.daml.error
 
+import com.google.rpc.Status
 import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException
 
 /** The main error interface for everything that should be logged and notified.
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ trait BaseError extends LocationMixin {
   ): Unit =
     errorCodeLoggingContext.logError(this, extra)
 
+  def asGrpcStatusFromContext(implicit
+      errorCodeLoggingContext: ErrorCodeLoggingContext
+  ): Status =
+    code.asGrpcStatus(this)
+
   def asGrpcErrorFromContext(implicit
       errorCodeLoggingContext: ErrorCodeLoggingContext
   ): StatusRuntimeException =
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ object BaseError {
   val SecuritySensitiveMessageOnApi =
     "An error occurred. Please contact the operator and inquire about the request"
 
-  def extractContext[D](obj: D): Map[String, String] = {
+  def extractContext[D](obj: D): Map[String, String] =
     obj.getClass.getDeclaredFields
       .filterNot(x => ignoreFields.contains(x.getName) || x.getName.startsWith("_"))
       .map { field =>
@@ -96,7 +102,6 @@ object BaseError {
         (field.getName, field.get(obj).toString)
       }
       .toMap
-  }
 
   abstract class Impl(
       override val cause: String,
@@ -116,9 +121,11 @@ object BaseError {
 
     def log(): Unit = logWithContext()(loggingContext)
 
-    def asGrpcError: StatusRuntimeException = {
+    def asGrpcStatus: Status =
+      code.asGrpcStatus(this)(loggingContext)
+
+    def asGrpcError: StatusRuntimeException =
       code.asGrpcError(this)(loggingContext)
-    }
 
     // Automatically log the error on generation
     if (logOnCreation) {
diff --git a/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/ErrorCode.scala b/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/ErrorCode.scala
index 45a6289c0a..400f986da7 100644
--- a/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/ErrorCode.scala
+++ b/ledger/error/src/main/scala/com/daml/error/ErrorCode.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.daml.error
 
 import com.daml.error.ErrorCode.{ValidMetadataKeyRegex, truncateResourceForTransport}
+import com.google.rpc.Status
 import io.grpc.Status.Code
 import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException
 import io.grpc.protobuf.StatusProto
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ abstract class ErrorCode(val id: String, val category: ErrorCategory)(implicit
   def toMsg(cause: => String, correlationId: Option[String]): String =
     s"${codeStr(correlationId)}: ${ErrorCode.truncateCause(cause)}"
 
-  def asGrpcError(err: BaseError)(implicit
+  def asGrpcStatus(err: BaseError)(implicit
       loggingContext: ErrorCodeLoggingContext
-  ): StatusRuntimeException = {
+  ): Status = {
     val ErrorCode.StatusInfo(codeGrpc, message, contextMap, correlationId) =
       getStatusInfo(err)
 
@@ -126,9 +127,15 @@ abstract class ErrorCode(val id: String, val category: ErrorCategory)(implicit
       .foldLeft(statusBuilder) { case (acc, item) =>
         acc.addDetails(item)
       }
+    statusBuilder.build()
+  }
 
+  def asGrpcError(err: BaseError)(implicit
+      loggingContext: ErrorCodeLoggingContext
+  ): StatusRuntimeException = {
+    val status = asGrpcStatus(err)
     // Builder methods for metadata are not exposed, so going route via creating an exception
-    val ex = StatusProto.toStatusRuntimeException(statusBuilder.build())
+    val ex = StatusProto.toStatusRuntimeException(status)
     // Strip stack trace from exception
     new ErrorCode.ApiException(ex.getStatus, ex.getTrailers)
   }