diff --git a/src/report/report-system/html-barchart.scm b/src/report/report-system/html-barchart.scm
index 79ffacb8a5..c215c5220e 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/html-barchart.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/html-barchart.scm
@@ -356,7 +356,10 @@
                          (push ");\n")
                          (push "series.push({ label: \"")
                          (push label)
-                         (push "\"});\n\n"))))
+                         (push "\"});\n\n")))
+         ; Use a unique chart-id for each chart. This prevents chart
+         ; clashed on multi-column reports
+         (chart-id (string-append "chart-" (number->string (random 999999)))))
     (if (and (list? data)
              (not (null? data))
              (gnc:not-all-zeros data))
@@ -370,7 +373,7 @@
             (push (gnc:html-js-include "jqplot/jqplot.canvasAxisTickRenderer.js"))
             (push (gnc:html-css-include "jqplot/jquery.jqplot.css"))
 
-            (push "<div id=\"placeholder\" style=\"width:")
+            (push "<div id=\"")(push chart-id)(push "\" style=\"width:")
             (push (gnc:html-barchart-width barchart))
             (push "px;height:")
             (push (gnc:html-barchart-height barchart))
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@
 
 
             (push "$.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true;")
-            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('placeholder', data, options);
+            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('")(push chart-id)(push"', data, options);
 
   function formatTooltip(str, seriesIndex, pointIndex) {
       if (options.axes.xaxis.ticks[pointIndex] !== undefined)
diff --git a/src/report/report-system/html-linechart.scm b/src/report/report-system/html-linechart.scm
index e1e84f98d3..b1a92f0996 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/html-linechart.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/html-linechart.scm
@@ -388,7 +388,10 @@
                          (push ");\n")
                          (push "series.push({ label: \"")
                          (push label)
-                         (push "\"});\n\n"))))
+                         (push "\"});\n\n")))
+         ; Use a unique chart-id for each chart. This prevents chart
+         ; clashed on multi-column reports
+         (chart-id (string-append "chart-" (number->string (random 999999)))))
     (if (and (list? data)
              (not (null? data))
              (gnc:not-all-zeros data))
@@ -400,7 +403,7 @@
             (push (gnc:html-js-include "jqplot/jqplot.canvasAxisTickRenderer.js"))
             (push (gnc:html-css-include "jqplot/jquery.jqplot.css"))
 
-            (push "<div id=\"placeholder\" style=\"width:")
+            (push "<div id=\"")(push chart-id)(push "\" style=\"width:")
             (push (gnc:html-linechart-width linechart))
             (push "px;height:")
             (push (gnc:html-linechart-height linechart))
@@ -518,7 +521,7 @@
 
 
             (push "$.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true;")
-            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('placeholder', data, options);
+            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('")(push chart-id)(push"', data, options);
 
   function formatTooltip(str, seriesIndex, pointIndex) {
       if (options.axes.xaxis.ticks[pointIndex] !== undefined)
diff --git a/src/report/report-system/html-piechart.scm b/src/report/report-system/html-piechart.scm
index 952d4c467f..6fd79ab90d 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/html-piechart.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/html-piechart.scm
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@
          (labels 
           (catenate-escaped-strings (gnc:html-piechart-labels piechart)))
          (colors 
-          (catenate-escaped-strings (gnc:html-piechart-colors piechart))))
+          (catenate-escaped-strings (gnc:html-piechart-colors piechart)))
+         ; Use a unique chart-id for each chart. This prevents chart
+         ; clashed on multi-column reports
+         (chart-id (string-append "chart-" (number->string (random 999999)))))
     (if (and (list? data) 
              (not (null? data)))
         (begin 
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
             (push (gnc:html-js-include "jqplot/jqplot.pieRenderer.js"))
             (push (gnc:html-css-include "jqplot/jquery.jqplot.css"))
 
-            (push "<div id=\"placeholder\" style=\"width:")
+            (push "<div id=\"")(push chart-id)(push "\" style=\"width:")
             (push (gnc:html-piechart-width piechart))
             (push "px;height:")
             (push (gnc:html-piechart-height piechart))
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@
                 (push subtitle) (push ")\";\n")))
 
             (push "$.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true;\n")
-            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('placeholder', [data], options);\n")
+            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('")(push chart-id)(push "', [data], options);\n")
             (push "});\n</script>"))
         (begin (gnc:warn "null-data, not rendering piechart")
                " "))
diff --git a/src/report/report-system/html-scatter.scm b/src/report/report-system/html-scatter.scm
index b3b161fb61..deaa13c258 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/html-scatter.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/html-scatter.scm
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@
          (y-label (gnc:html-scatter-y-axis-label scatter))
          (data (gnc:html-scatter-data scatter))
          (marker (gnc:html-scatter-marker scatter))
-         (markercolor (string-append "#" (gnc:html-scatter-markercolor scatter))))
+         (markercolor (string-append "#" (gnc:html-scatter-markercolor scatter)))
+         ; Use a unique chart-id for each chart. This prevents chart
+         ; clashed on multi-column reports
+         (chart-id (string-append "chart-" (number->string (random 999999)))))
     (if (and (list? data)
              (not (null? data)))
         (begin
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@
             (push (gnc:html-js-include "jqplot/jquery.jqplot.js"))
             (push (gnc:html-css-include "jqplot/jquery.jqplot.css"))
 
-            (push "<div id=\"placeholder\" style=\"width:")
+            (push "<div id=\"")(push chart-id)(push "\" style=\"width:")
             (push (gnc:html-scatter-width scatter))
             (push "px;height:")
             (push (gnc:html-scatter-height scatter))
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@
 
 
             (push "$.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true;\n")
-            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('placeholder', [data], options);\n")
+            (push "var plot = $.jqplot('")(push chart-id)(push "', [data], options);\n")
 
             (push "});\n</script>"))
         (begin