diff --git a/gnucash/report/report-system/html-document.scm b/gnucash/report/report-system/html-document.scm
index b95ddb11c7..e9c77e845b 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/report-system/html-document.scm
+++ b/gnucash/report/report-system/html-document.scm
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
                 ;;./share/gnucash/scm/gnucash/report/taxinvoice.eguile.scm:<html>
                 ;;./share/gnucash/scm/gnucash/report/balsheet-eg.eguile.scm:<html>
 
+                (push "<html>\n")
                 (push "<head>\n")
                 (push "<meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n")
                 (if css?
