diff --git a/bin/hledger-rewrite.hs b/bin/hledger-rewrite.hs
index 08a883694..6f47feb89 100755
--- a/bin/hledger-rewrite.hs
+++ b/bin/hledger-rewrite.hs
@@ -60,12 +60,15 @@ More:
 $ hledger rewrite -- [QUERY]        --add-posting "ACCT  AMTEXPR" ...
 $ hledger rewrite -- ^income        --add-posting '(liabilities:tax)  *.33'
 $ hledger rewrite -- expenses:gifts --add-posting '(budget:gifts)  *-1"'
+$ hledger rewrite -- ^income        --add-posting '(budget:foreign currency)  *0.25 JPY; diversify'
 ```
 
 Argument for `--add-posting` option is a usual posting of transaction with an
-exception for amount specification. More precisely you can use `'*'` (star
-symbol) in place of currency to indicate that that this is a factor for an
-amount of original matched posting.
+exception for amount specification. More precisely, you can use `'*'` (star
+symbol) before the amount to indicate that that this is a factor for an
+amount of original matched posting.  If the amount includes a commodity name,
+the new posting amount will be in the new commodity; otherwise, it will be in
+the matched posting amount's commodity.
 
 #### Re-write rules in a file
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
index 0679d4461..247ac8633 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ instance Num Amount where
 
 -- | The empty simple amount.
 amount, nullamt :: Amount
-amount = Amount{acommodity="", aquantity=0, aprice=NoPrice, astyle=amountstyle}
+amount = Amount{acommodity="", aquantity=0, aprice=NoPrice, astyle=amountstyle, amultiplier=False}
 nullamt = amount
 
 -- | A temporary value for parsed transactions which had no amount specified.
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/AutoTransaction.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/AutoTransaction.hs
index 83fbe94d5..1a0119428 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/AutoTransaction.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/AutoTransaction.hs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import Hledger.Query
 --     ping         $1.00
 -- <BLANKLINE>
 -- <BLANKLINE>
--- >>> runModifierTransaction Any (ModifierTransaction "ping" ["pong" `post` amount{acommodity="*", aquantity=3}]) nulltransaction{tpostings=["ping" `post` usd 2]}
+-- >>> runModifierTransaction Any (ModifierTransaction "ping" ["pong" `post` amount{amultiplier=True, aquantity=3}]) nulltransaction{tpostings=["ping" `post` usd 2]}
 -- 0000/01/01
 --     ping         $2.00
 --     pong         $6.00
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ tdates t = tdate t : concatMap pdates (tpostings t) ++ maybeToList (tdate2 t) wh
 postingScale :: Posting -> Maybe Quantity
 postingScale p =
     case amounts $ pamount p of
-        [a] | acommodity a == "*" -> Just $ aquantity a
+        [a] | amultiplier a -> Just $ aquantity a
         _ -> Nothing
 
 runModifierPosting :: Posting -> (Posting -> Posting)
@@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ runModifierPosting p' = modifier where
         , pdate2 = pdate2 p
         , pamount = amount' p
         }
-    amount' =
-        case postingScale p' of
-            Nothing -> const $ pamount p'
-            Just n -> \p -> pamount p `divideMixedAmount` (1/n)
+    amount' = case postingScale p' of
+        Nothing -> const $ pamount p'
+        Just n -> \p -> withAmountType (head $ amounts $ pamount p') $ pamount p `divideMixedAmount` (1/n)
+    withAmountType amount (Mixed as) = case acommodity amount of
+        "" -> Mixed as
+        c -> Mixed [a{acommodity = c, astyle = astyle amount, aprice = aprice amount} | a <- as]
 
 renderPostingCommentDates :: Posting -> Posting
 renderPostingCommentDates p = p { pcomment = comment' }
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
index 1674979b7..d6c1a733d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import Hledger.Utils
 
 
 -- characters that may not be used in a non-quoted commodity symbol
-nonsimplecommoditychars = "0123456789-+.@;\n \"{}=" :: [Char]
+nonsimplecommoditychars = "0123456789-+.@*;\n \"{}=" :: [Char]
 
 quoteCommoditySymbolIfNeeded s | any (`elem` nonsimplecommoditychars) (T.unpack s) = "\"" <> s <> "\""
                                | otherwise = s
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
index 680b8f398..d6b326e5a 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
@@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ data Commodity = Commodity {
 instance NFData Commodity
 
 data Amount = Amount {
-      acommodity :: CommoditySymbol,
-      aquantity  :: Quantity,
-      aprice     :: Price,           -- ^ the (fixed) price for this amount, if any
-      astyle     :: AmountStyle
+      acommodity  :: CommoditySymbol,
+      aquantity   :: Quantity,
+      aprice      :: Price,           -- ^ the (fixed) price for this amount, if any
+      astyle      :: AmountStyle,
+      amultiplier :: Bool             -- ^ amount is a multipier for AutoTransactions
     } deriving (Eq,Ord,Typeable,Data,Generic)
 
 instance NFData Amount
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index b21940479..e0d1121a6 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -371,30 +371,39 @@ signp = do
   return $ case sign of Just '-' -> "-"
                         _        -> ""
 
+multiplierp :: TextParser m Bool
+multiplierp = do
+  multiplier <- optional $ oneOf ("*" :: [Char])
+  return $ case multiplier of Just '*' -> True
+                              _        -> False
+
 leftsymbolamountp :: Monad m => JournalStateParser m Amount
 leftsymbolamountp = do
   sign <- lift signp
+  m <- lift multiplierp
   c <- lift commoditysymbolp
   sp <- lift $ many spacenonewline
   (q,prec,mdec,mgrps) <- lift numberp
   let s = amountstyle{ascommodityside=L, ascommodityspaced=not $ null sp, asprecision=prec, asdecimalpoint=mdec, asdigitgroups=mgrps}
   p <- priceamountp
   let applysign = if sign=="-" then negate else id
-  return $ applysign $ Amount c q p s
+  return $ applysign $ Amount c q p s m
   <?> "left-symbol amount"
 
 rightsymbolamountp :: Monad m => JournalStateParser m Amount
 rightsymbolamountp = do
+  m <- lift multiplierp
   (q,prec,mdec,mgrps) <- lift numberp
   sp <- lift $ many spacenonewline
   c <- lift commoditysymbolp
   p <- priceamountp
   let s = amountstyle{ascommodityside=R, ascommodityspaced=not $ null sp, asprecision=prec, asdecimalpoint=mdec, asdigitgroups=mgrps}
-  return $ Amount c q p s
+  return $ Amount c q p s m
   <?> "right-symbol amount"
 
 nosymbolamountp :: Monad m => JournalStateParser m Amount
 nosymbolamountp = do
+  m <- lift multiplierp
   (q,prec,mdec,mgrps) <- lift numberp
   p <- priceamountp
   -- apply the most recently seen default commodity and style to this commodityless amount
@@ -402,7 +411,7 @@ nosymbolamountp = do
   let (c,s) = case defcs of
         Just (defc,defs) -> (defc, defs{asprecision=max (asprecision defs) prec})
         Nothing          -> ("", amountstyle{asprecision=prec, asdecimalpoint=mdec, asdigitgroups=mgrps})
-  return $ Amount c q p s
+  return $ Amount c q p s m
   <?> "no-symbol amount"
 
 commoditysymbolp :: TextParser m CommoditySymbol
diff --git a/tests/bin/rewrite.test b/tests/bin/rewrite.test
index 5c6555e1f..4efba2448 100644
--- a/tests/bin/rewrite.test
+++ b/tests/bin/rewrite.test
@@ -49,6 +49,80 @@
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
+# Add postings in another commodity
+../../bin/hledger-rewrite -f-
+<<<
+2017/04/24 * 09:00-09:25
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         0.42h
+
+2017/04/25 * 10:00-11:15
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         1.25h
+
+2017/04/25 * 14:00-15:32
+    (assets:unbilled:client2)         1.54h
+
+; billing rules
+= ^assets:unbilled:client1
+  (assets:to bill:client1)   *100.00 CAD
+
+= ^assets:unbilled:client2
+  (assets:to bill:client2)   *150.00 CAD
+>>>
+2017/04/24 * 09:00-09:25
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         0.42h
+    (assets:to bill:client1)     42.00 CAD
+
+2017/04/25 * 10:00-11:15
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         1.25h
+    (assets:to bill:client1)    125.00 CAD
+
+2017/04/25 * 14:00-15:32
+    (assets:unbilled:client2)         1.54h
+    (assets:to bill:client2)    231.00 CAD
+
+>>>2
+>>>=0
+
+
+# Add postings with prices
+../../bin/hledger-rewrite -f- -B
+<<<
+2017/04/24 * 09:00-09:25
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         0.42h
+
+2017/04/25 * 10:00-11:15
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         1.25h
+
+2017/04/25 * 14:00-15:32
+    (assets:unbilled:client2)         1.54h
+
+; billing rules
+= ^assets:unbilled:client1
+  assets:to bill:client1   *1.00 hours @ $100.00
+  income:consulting:client1
+
+= ^assets:unbilled:client2
+  assets:to bill:client2   *1.00 hours @ $150.00
+  income:consulting:client2
+>>>
+2017/04/24 * 09:00-09:25
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         0.42h
+    assets:to bill:client1           $42.00
+    income:consulting:client1
+
+2017/04/25 * 10:00-11:15
+    (assets:unbilled:client1)         1.25h
+    assets:to bill:client1          $125.00
+    income:consulting:client1
+
+2017/04/25 * 14:00-15:32
+    (assets:unbilled:client2)         1.54h
+    assets:to bill:client2          $231.00
+    income:consulting:client2
+
+>>>2
+>>>=0
+
 # Add absolute bank processing fee
 ../../bin/hledger-rewrite -f- assets:bank and 'amt:<0' --add-posting 'expenses:fee  $5'  --add-posting 'assets:bank  $-5'
 <<<