diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
index 1b0e4ca2f..a1c96eab8 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Posting (
   isPostingInDateSpan,
   isPostingInDateSpan',
   postingsDateSpan,
+  postingsDateSpan',
   -- * account name operations
   accountNamesFromPostings,
   accountNamePostingType,
@@ -176,6 +177,14 @@ postingsDateSpan [] = DateSpan Nothing Nothing
 postingsDateSpan ps = DateSpan (Just $ postingDate $ head ps') (Just $ addDays 1 $ postingDate $ last ps')
     where ps' = sortBy (comparing postingDate) ps
 
+-- --date2-sensitive version, as above.
+postingsDateSpan' :: WhichDate -> [Posting] -> DateSpan
+postingsDateSpan' wd [] = DateSpan Nothing Nothing
+postingsDateSpan' wd ps = DateSpan (Just $ postingdate $ head ps') (Just $ addDays 1 $ postingdate $ last ps')
+    where
+      ps' = sortBy (comparing postingdate) ps
+      postingdate = if wd == PrimaryDate then postingDate else postingDate2
+
 -- AccountName stuff that depends on PostingType
 
 accountNamePostingType :: AccountName -> PostingType
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
index ffce04926..d54aefa80 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ multiBalanceReport opts q j = MultiBalanceReport (spans, items, totals)
         where
           requestedspan = queryDateSpan (date2_ opts) q -- based on -b/-e/-p opts and query args IIRC
           journalspan   = journalDateSpan j
-          matchedspan   = postingsDateSpan ps
+          matchedspan   = postingsDateSpan' (whichDateFromOpts opts) ps
       spans :: [DateSpan] =
           dbg "spans" $
           splitSpan (intervalFromOpts opts) reportspan
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ multiBalanceReport opts q j = MultiBalanceReport (spans, items, totals)
 
       psPerSpan :: [[Posting]] =
           dbg "psPerSpan" $
-          [filter (isPostingInDateSpan s) ps | s <- spans]
+          [filter (isPostingInDateSpan' (whichDateFromOpts opts) s) ps | s <- spans]
 
       postedAcctBalChangesPerSpan :: [[(ClippedAccountName, MixedAmount)]] =
           dbg "postedAcctBalChangesPerSpan" $
diff --git a/tests/balance-multicol.test b/tests/balance-multicol.test
index c7b336211..23d41a5b7 100644
--- a/tests/balance-multicol.test
+++ b/tests/balance-multicol.test
@@ -237,3 +237,23 @@ Ending balance (historical):
 
 >>>=0
 
+# 17. --date2 should work
+hledgerdev -f- balance --monthly --date2
+<<<
+2014/1/1
+ (a)  1
+
+2014/2/1=2014/1/31
+ (b)  1
+
+>>>
+Change of balance (flow):
+
+   ||  2014/01/01-2014/01/31 
+===++========================
+ a ||                      1 
+ b ||                      1 
+---++------------------------
+   ||                      2 
+
+>>>=0