diff --git a/pygments/lexer.py b/pygments/lexer.py
index b7aef6ec15..41d74b19e3 100644
--- a/pygments/lexer.py
+++ b/pygments/lexer.py
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ def get_tokens(self, text, unfiltered=False):
             elif self.encoding == 'chardet':
                 try:
                     import chardet
-                except ImportError:
+                except ImportError as e:
                     raise ImportError('To enable chardet encoding guessing, '
                                       'please install the chardet library '
-                                      'from http://chardet.feedparser.org/')
+                                      'from http://chardet.feedparser.org/') from e
                 # check for BOM first
                 decoded = None
                 for bom, encoding in _encoding_map:
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def _process_state(cls, unprocessed, processed, state):
                 rex = cls._process_regex(tdef[0], rflags, state)
             except Exception as err:
                 raise ValueError("uncompilable regex %r in state %r of %r: %s" %
-                                 (tdef[0], state, cls, err))
+                                 (tdef[0], state, cls, err)) from err
 
             token = cls._process_token(tdef[1])