diff --git a/src/report/report-system/report.scm b/src/report/report-system/report.scm
index beed4d6312..804846e125 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/report.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/report.scm
@@ -525,12 +525,24 @@
     #f "(let ((options (gnc:report-template-new-options/report-guid ~S ~S)))\n"
     (gnc:report-type report) (gnc:report-template-name (hash-ref *gnc:_report-templates_* (gnc:report-type report))))
    (gnc:generate-restore-forms (gnc:report-options report) "options")
+   ;; 2.6->2.4 compatibility code prefix
+   ;; Temporary check to make the new report saving code more or less backwards
+   ;; compatible with older gnucash versions. This can be removed again in 2.8.
+   "(if (defined? 'gnc:restore-report-by-guid-with-custom-template)\n"
+    ;; end of 2.6->2.4 compatibility code prefix.
    (format 
-    #f "  (gnc:restore-report-by-guid-with-custom-template ~S ~S ~S ~S options))\n"
+    #f "  (gnc:restore-report-by-guid-with-custom-template ~S ~S ~S ~S options)\n"
     (gnc:report-id report) (gnc:report-type report)
     (gnc:report-template-name (hash-ref *gnc:_report-templates_* (gnc:report-type report)))
-    (gnc:report-custom-template report)
-  )))
+    (gnc:report-custom-template report))
+   ;; 2.6->2.4 compatibility code suffix
+   (format 
+    #f "  (gnc:restore-report-by-guid ~S ~S ~S options))\n"
+    (gnc:report-id report) (gnc:report-type report)
+    (gnc:report-template-name (hash-ref *gnc:_report-templates_* (gnc:report-type report))))
+    ;; end of 2.6->2.4 compatibility code suffix.
+   ")"
+  ))
 
 ;; Loop over embedded reports and concat result of each gnc:report-generate-restore-forms
 (define (gnc:report-generate-options-embedded report)