diff --git a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-easy.scm b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-easy.scm
index 4b624b2594..2a48663205 100644
--- a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-easy.scm
+++ b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-easy.scm
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
 	     (not (string=? bgpixmap "")))
 	(gnc:html-document-set-style!
 	 ssdoc "body" 
-	 'attribute (list "background" bgpixmap)))
+	 'attribute (list "background" (make-file-url bgpixmap))))
     
     (gnc:html-document-set-style!
      ssdoc "table" 
diff --git a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-fancy.scm b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-fancy.scm
index 401dfdddfa..98d7a1f52f 100644
--- a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-fancy.scm
+++ b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-fancy.scm
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 	     (not (string=? bgpixmap "")))
 	(gnc:html-document-set-style!
 	 ssdoc "body" 
-	 'attribute (list "background" bgpixmap)))
+	 'attribute (list "background" (make-file-url bgpixmap))))
     
     (gnc:html-document-set-style!
      ssdoc "table" 
diff --git a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-footer.scm b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-footer.scm
index e63d00958e..027623303f 100644
--- a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-footer.scm
+++ b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-footer.scm
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 	     (not (string=? bgpixmap "")))
 	(gnc:html-document-set-style!
 	 ssdoc "body" 
-	 'attribute (list "background" bgpixmap)))
+	 'attribute (list "background" (make-file-url bgpixmap))))
     
     (gnc:html-document-set-style!
      ssdoc "table" 
diff --git a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-plain.scm b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-plain.scm
index a570591919..2ec79bd14c 100644
--- a/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-plain.scm
+++ b/src/report/stylesheets/stylesheet-plain.scm
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
          (not (string=? bgpixmap "")))
     (gnc:html-document-set-style!
      ssdoc "body"
-     'attribute (list "background" bgpixmap)))
+     'attribute (list "background" (make-file-url bgpixmap))))
 
     (gnc:html-document-set-style!
        ssdoc "table"