diff --git a/pkg/social/social.go b/pkg/social/social.go
index c19784e34e1..752ed7114c2 100644
--- a/pkg/social/social.go
+++ b/pkg/social/social.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ type SocialGithub struct {
 	teamIds        []int
 }
 
+var (
+	ErrMissingTeamMembership = errors.New("User not a member of one of the required teams")
+)
+
 func (s *SocialGithub) Type() int {
 	return int(models.GITHUB)
 }