diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.cpp b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.cpp
index 55c52bb602..9492d7d313 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ GncOptionDateValue::get_value() const
     return static_cast<time64>(GncDateTime(now));
 }
 static const char* date_type_str[] {"absolute", "relative"};
-static const std::array<const char*, 16> date_period_str
+static const std::array<const char*, 15> date_period_str
 {
     "today",
     "start-this-month", "end-this-month",
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-optiondb.i b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-optiondb.i
index f3e58f2260..98cbc908a1 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-optiondb.i
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-optiondb.i
@@ -184,6 +184,22 @@ using Account = struct account_s;
 %ignore GncOptionDateValue(GncOptionDateValue&&);
 %ignore GncOptionDateValue::operator=(const GncOptionDateValue&);
 %ignore GncOptionDateValue::operator=(GncOptionDateValue&&);
+%rename(absolute) RelativeDatePeriod::ABSOLUTE;
+%rename(today) RelativeDatePeriod::TODAY;
+%rename(start_this_month) RelativeDatePeriod::START_THIS_MONTH;
+%rename(end_this_month) RelativeDatePeriod::END_THIS_MONTH;
+%rename(start_prev_month) RelativeDatePeriod::START_PREV_MONTH;
+%rename(end_prev_month) RelativeDatePeriod::END_PREV_MONTH;
+%rename(start_current_quarter) RelativeDatePeriod::START_CURRENT_QUARTER;
+%rename(end_current_quarter) RelativeDatePeriod::END_CURRENT_QUARTER;
+%rename(start_prev_quarter) RelativeDatePeriod::START_PREV_QUARTER;
+%rename(end_prev_quarter) RelativeDatePeriod::END_PREV_QUARTER;
+%rename(start_cal_year) RelativeDatePeriod::START_CAL_YEAR;
+%rename(end_cal_yea) RelativeDatePeriod::END_CAL_YEAR;
+%rename(start_prev_year) RelativeDatePeriod::START_PREV_YEAR;
+%rename(end_prev_year) RelativeDatePeriod::END_PREV_YEAR;
+%rename(start_accounting_period) RelativeDatePeriod::START_ACCOUNTING_PERIOD;
+%rename(end_accounting_period) RelativeDatePeriod::END_ACCOUNTING_PERIOD;
 
 %typemap(typecheck, precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_INT64) time64 {
     $1 = scm_is_signed_integer($input, INT64_MAX, INT64_MIN);
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/test/test-gnc-optiondb.scm b/libgnucash/app-utils/test/test-gnc-optiondb.scm
index dde592513b..7ecb2f9512 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/test/test-gnc-optiondb.scm
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/test/test-gnc-optiondb.scm
@@ -183,12 +183,13 @@
   (test-begin "test-gnc-test-date-option")
   (let* ((option-db (gnc-option-db-new))
          (date-opt (gnc-register-date-interval-option option-db "foo" "bar"
-                                                      "baz" "Phony Option"))
+                                                      "baz" "Phony Option"
+                                                      (RelativeDatePeriod-today)))
          (a-time (gnc-dmy2time64 11 07 2019)))
     (test-equal (current-time) (gnc-option-value option-db "foo" "bar"))
     (gnc-set-option option-db "foo" "bar" a-time)
-    (test-equal a-time (gnc-option-value option-db "foo" "bar"))
-    (test-end "test-gnc-test-date-option")))
+    (test-equal a-time (gnc-option-value option-db "foo" "bar")))
+  (test-end "test-gnc-test-date-option"))
 
 (define (test-gnc-make-number-range-option)
   (test-begin "test-gnc-number-range-option")