diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0bb0203354..5f3a4b00d8 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnome-tweak-tool-search-paths.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnucash-price-quotes-perl.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnucash-disable-failing-tests.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/gnucash-fix-test-transaction-failure.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/gnutls-skip-trust-store-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnutls-skip-pkgconfig-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnucash.scm b/gnu/packages/gnucash.scm
index 4e68f20866..b546233873 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnucash.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnucash.scm
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
        (base32
         "0grr5qi5rn1xvr7qx5d7mcxa2mcgycy2b325ry73bb485a6yv5l3"))
       (patches (search-patches "gnucash-price-quotes-perl.patch"
-                               "gnucash-disable-failing-tests.patch"))))
+                               "gnucash-disable-failing-tests.patch"
+                               "gnucash-fix-test-transaction-failure.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("guile" ,guile-2.2)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gnucash-fix-test-transaction-failure.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gnucash-fix-test-transaction-failure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b1b29f06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gnucash-fix-test-transaction-failure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# This patch was submitted upstream to: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797008.
+From c20d74bebca516d0e391724202aad511967fe109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 14:46:28 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: Fix a test failure in test-transaction.scm.
+
+With the New Year upon us, a test which was hard-coded to use 2018 now
+failed.
+
+Fixes issue #797008 (see:
+https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797008).
+
+* gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm:
+(trep-tests): Use the current year in the test string instead of a
+static one.
+---
+ gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm | 7 +++++--
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm b/gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm
+index 755aba298..ae3fbd5c1 100644
+--- a/gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm
++++ b/gnucash/report/standard-reports/test/test-transaction.scm
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+ (use-modules (gnucash report stylesheets))
+ (use-modules (gnucash report report-system))
+ (use-modules (gnucash report report-system test test-extras))
++(use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
+ (use-modules (srfi srfi-64))
+ (use-modules (gnucash engine test srfi64-extras))
+ (use-modules (sxml simple))
+@@ -643,7 +644,8 @@
+       (set-option! options "General" "Show original currency amount" #t)
+       (set-option! options "Sorting" "Primary Key" 'date)
+       (set-option! options "Sorting" "Primary Subtotal for Date Key" 'none)
+-      (let* ((sxml (options->sxml options "dual columns")))
++      (let* ((sxml (options->sxml options "dual columns"))
++	     (current-year (date->string (current-date) "~y")))
+         (test-equal "dual amount column, with original currency headers"
+           (list "Date" "Num" "Description" "Memo/Notes" "Account"
+                 "Debit (USD)" "Credit (USD)" "Debit" "Credit")
+@@ -652,7 +654,8 @@
+           (list "Grand Total" "$2,280.00" "$2,280.00")
+           (get-row-col sxml -1 #f))
+         (test-equal "dual amount column, first transaction correct"
+-          (list "01/03/18" "$103 income" "Root.Asset.Bank" "$103.00" "$103.00")
++          (list (string-append "01/03/" current-year) "$103 income"
++		"Root.Asset.Bank" "$103.00" "$103.00")
+           (get-row-col sxml 1 #f)))
+       )
+ 
+-- 
+2.19.0
+