diff --git a/emacs-lisp/hledger.org b/emacs-lisp/hledger.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f16fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs-lisp/hledger.org
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+:PROPERTIES:
+:header-args:emacs-lisp: :comments link :results none
+:ID:       2f95ff8f-b030-4c90-8296-29c1cc8b2b0c
+:END:
+#+title: HLedger
+#+filetags: emacs-load
+
+For hledger, it's possible to use =ledger-mode= instead of =hledger-mode=. We'll see how it goes. It does require some convincing though.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  (use-package ledger-mode
+    :straight t
+    :config
+    (setq ledger-binary-path "ledger-hledger")
+    (setq ledger-default-date-format ledger-iso-date-format)
+    (setq ledger-report-links-in-register nil)
+    (setq ledger-report-native-highlighting-arguments '("--color=always"))
+    (setq ledger-report-auto-width nil)
+    (setq ledger-reconcile-default-commodity "EUR")
+    (setq ledger-report-use-header-line t)
+    (setq ledger-report-use-native-highlighting t)
+    (setq ledger-report-auto-refresh-sticky-cursor t)
+    (setq ledger-report-use-strict t)
+    (setq ledger-highlight-xact-under-point t)
+    (setq ledger-copy-transaction-insert-blank-line-after t)
+    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(h?ledger\\|journal\\|j\\)$" . ledger-mode))
+    (setq ledger-report-balance
+          (list "bal" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) bal")))
+
+    (setq ledger-report-reg
+          (list "reg" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg")))
+
+    (setq ledger-report-payee
+          (list "payee" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg @%(payee)")))
+
+    (setq ledger-report-account
+          (list "account" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg %(account)")))
+
+    (setq ledger-reports
+          (list ledger-report-balance
+                ledger-report-reg
+                ledger-report-payee
+                ledger-report-account)))
+#+end_src
+
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a3b2abc..d99b34f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
         overlays/virtiofsd-zfs
         overlays/show-files-to-be-deleted
         overlays/rolling_datasets
+        overlays/ledger-compat
 
         inputs.uterranix.flakeModule
       ];
diff --git a/home-manager/modules/emacs/.emacs.d/org/base.org b/home-manager/modules/emacs/.emacs.d/org/base.org
index ce3e85b..ebaf4db 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/emacs/.emacs.d/org/base.org
+++ b/home-manager/modules/emacs/.emacs.d/org/base.org
@@ -215,35 +215,6 @@ and work with it.
     :hook (lsp-after-open-hook lsp-origami-try-enable))
 #+END_SRC
 
-* hledger
-
-For hledger, it's possible to use =ledger-mode= instead of =hledger-mode=. We'll see how it goes. It does require some convincing though.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package ledger-mode
-    :straight t
-    :config
-    (setq ledger-binary-path "hledger")
-    (setq ledger-mode-should-check-version nil)
-    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(h?ledger\\|journal\\|j\\)$" . ledger-mode))
-    (setq ledger-report-balance
-      (list "bal" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) bal")))
-
-    (setq ledger-report-reg
-      (list "reg" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg")))
-
-    (setq ledger-report-payee
-      (list "payee" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg @%(payee)")))
-
-    (setq ledger-report-account
-      (list "account" (concat ledger-binary-path " --strict -f %(ledger-file) reg %(account)")))
-
-    (setq ledger-reports
-          (list ledger-report-balance
-                ledger-report-reg
-                ledger-report-payee
-                ledger-report-account)))
-#+END_SRC
 
 * Projectile
 
diff --git a/home-manager/modules/emacs/default.nix b/home-manager/modules/emacs/default.nix
index cfd6670..b59cc4b 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/emacs/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
         isync
         imagemagick
         texlive.combined.scheme-full
+        ledger-compat
+        hledger
       ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/systems/omen/nixpkgs.nix b/nixos/systems/omen/nixpkgs.nix
index 53136e3..3cf3542 100644
--- a/nixos/systems/omen/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nixos/systems/omen/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       emacs-master-nativecomp
       rolling_datasets
       virtiofsd-zfs
+      ledger-compat
     ])
     ++
     (with inputs'.nixng.overlays; [
diff --git a/overlays/ledger-compat/default.nix b/overlays/ledger-compat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6227949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/ledger-compat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
+{
+  flake.overlays.ledger-compat =
+    final: prev: {
+      ledger-compat = prev.writeShellScriptBin "ledger-hledger" (builtins.readFile ./ledger.sh);
+    };
+}
diff --git a/overlays/ledger-compat/ledger.sh b/overlays/ledger-compat/ledger.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60ee2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/ledger-compat/ledger.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# -*- mode: shell-script -*-
+
+iargs=("$@")
+oargs=()
+j=0;
+date=;
+for((i=0; i<${#iargs[@]}; ++i)); do
+    case ${iargs[i]} in
+        --date-format)
+            # drop --date-format and the next arg
+            i=$((i+1));
+            ;;
+        --sort)
+            # drop --sort and the next arg
+            i=$((i+1));
+            ;;
+        --limit)
+            # drop --limit and the next arg
+            i=$((i+1));
+            ;;
+        --collapse)
+            # drop --collapse and the next arg
+            i=$((i+1));
+            ;;
+        --uncleared)
+            oargs[j]="-UP";
+            j=$((j+1))
+            ;;
+        xact)
+            # convert "xact" to "print --match"
+            oargs[j]=print; oargs[j+1]=--match; j=$((j+2));
+            # drop xact argument and stash the date argument
+            i=$((i+1));
+            date=${iargs[i]};
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # keep any other args:
+            oargs[j]=${iargs[i]};
+            j=$((j+1));
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if test "$date"
+then
+    # substitute the given date for the old date:
+    hledger "${oargs[@]}" | sed "1s/....-..-../$date/"
+else
+    hledger "${oargs[@]}"
+fi