diff --git a/pkg/util/errutil/errors.go b/pkg/util/errutil/errors.go
index afdba2604f3..6feb0c7dac9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/errutil/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/util/errutil/errors.go
@@ -80,16 +80,40 @@ func (b Base) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) Error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Error makes Base implement the error type. Relying on this is
+// discouraged, as the Error type can carry additional information
+// that's valuable when debugging.
+func (b Base) Error() string {
+	return b.Errorf("").Error()
+}
+
+func (b Base) Status() StatusReason {
+	if b.reason == nil {
+		return StatusUnknown
+	}
+	return b.reason.Status()
+}
+
 // Is validates that an Error has the same reason and messageID as the
 // Base.
 func (b Base) Is(err error) bool {
-	gfErr := Error{}
-	ok := errors.As(err, &gfErr)
-	if !ok {
+	// The linter complains that it wants to use errors.As because it
+	// handles unwrapping, we don't want to do that here since we want
+	// to validate the equality between the two objects.
+	// errors.Is handles the unwrapping, should you want it.
+	//nolint:errorlint
+	base, isBase := err.(Base)
+	//nolint:errorlint
+	gfErr, isGrafanaError := err.(Error)
+
+	switch {
+	case isGrafanaError:
+		return b.reason == gfErr.Reason && b.messageID == gfErr.MessageID
+	case isBase:
+		return b.reason == base.reason && b.messageID == base.messageID
+	default:
 		return false
 	}
-
-	return b.reason.Status() == gfErr.Reason.Status() && b.messageID == gfErr.MessageID
 }
 
 // Error is the error type for errors within Grafana, extending
@@ -138,12 +162,18 @@ func (e Error) Is(other error) bool {
 	// to validate the equality between the two objects.
 	// errors.Is handles the unwrapping, should you want it.
 	//nolint:errorlint
-	o, ok := other.(Error)
-	if !ok {
+	o, isGrafanaError := other.(Error)
+	//nolint:errorlint
+	base, isBase := other.(Base)
+
+	switch {
+	case isGrafanaError:
+		return o.Reason == e.Reason && o.MessageID == e.MessageID && o.Error() == e.Error()
+	case isBase:
+		return base.Is(e)
+	default:
 		return false
 	}
-
-	return o.Reason == e.Reason && o.MessageID == e.MessageID && o.Error() == e.Error()
 }
 
 // PublicError is derived from Error and only contains information
diff --git a/pkg/util/errutil/errors_test.go b/pkg/util/errutil/errors_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db114c2581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/errutil/errors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package errutil
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestBase_Is(t *testing.T) {
+	baseNotFound := NewBase(StatusNotFound, "test:not-found")
+	baseInternal := NewBase(StatusInternal, "test:internal")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		Base            Base
+		Other           error
+		Expect          bool
+		ExpectUnwrapped bool
+	}{
+		{
+			Base:   Base{},
+			Other:  errors.New(""),
+			Expect: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:   Base{},
+			Other:  Base{},
+			Expect: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:   Base{},
+			Other:  Error{},
+			Expect: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:   baseNotFound,
+			Other:  baseNotFound,
+			Expect: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:   baseNotFound,
+			Other:  baseNotFound.Errorf("this is an error derived from baseNotFound, it is considered to be equal to baseNotFound"),
+			Expect: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:   baseNotFound,
+			Other:  baseInternal,
+			Expect: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Base:            baseInternal,
+			Other:           fmt.Errorf("wrapped, like a burrito: %w", baseInternal.Errorf("oh noes")),
+			Expect:          false,
+			ExpectUnwrapped: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf(
+			"Base '%s' == '%s' of type %s = %v (%v unwrapped)",
+			tc.Base.Error(),
+			tc.Other.Error(),
+			reflect.TypeOf(tc.Other),
+			tc.Expect,
+			tc.Expect || tc.ExpectUnwrapped,
+		), func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.Expect, tc.Base.Is(tc.Other), "direct comparison")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.Expect, errors.Is(tc.Base, tc.Other), "comparison using errors.Is with other as target")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.Expect || tc.ExpectUnwrapped, errors.Is(tc.Other, tc.Base), "comparison using errors.Is with base as target, should unwrap other")
+		})
+	}
+}