diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 98cad36350..44868d4bba 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/ldc-disable-tests.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ldc-1.1.0-disable-dmd-tests.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ldc-1.1.0-disable-phobos-tests.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/ledger-fix-uninitialized.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/ledger-revert-boost-python-fix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-enable-pic.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-link-with-libm.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-set-soname.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index 402a61a631..2253a29fe3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Theodoros Foradis <theodoros@foradis.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Vasile Dumitrascu <va511e@yahoo.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages finance)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
@@ -130,7 +132,9 @@ (define-public ledger
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12jlv3gsjhrja25q9hrwh73cdacd2l3c2yyn8qnijav9mdhnbw4h"))))
+                "12jlv3gsjhrja25q9hrwh73cdacd2l3c2yyn8qnijav9mdhnbw4h"))
+              (patches (search-patches "ledger-revert-boost-python-fix.patch"
+                                       "ledger-fix-uninitialized.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((guix build cmake-build-system)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-fix-uninitialized.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-fix-uninitialized.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..128c90ec13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-fix-uninitialized.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+This fixes failures of tests "BaseLine_opt-datetime-format" and
+"BaseLine_opt-time-report", which were printing an unexpected trailing '*' on
+the last line of output, e.g.:
+
+  @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
+     04/05/13 12:00 PM    04/05/13 01:30 PM       1.50h    Lunch
+     04/05/13 11:30 AM    04/05/13 12:00 PM       30.0m    Walk
+   --------------------------------------------------
+  -                                           
+  +                                          *
+
+Reported upstream at
+https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ledger-cli/EeJUrUk8YDc/pIR-LOTVEAAJ
+
+diff --git a/src/account.h b/src/account.h
+index 1b97463d..f2555593 100644
+--- a/src/account.h
++++ b/src/account.h
+@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public:
+ 
+       datetime_t         earliest_checkin;
+       datetime_t         latest_checkout;
+-      bool               latest_checkout_cleared;
++      bool               latest_checkout_cleared = false;
+ 
+       std::set<path>     filenames;
+       std::set<string>   accounts_referenced;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-revert-boost-python-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-revert-boost-python-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99f48f6e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/ledger-revert-boost-python-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 01220484f428a447e9b00e071a0d85185f30e1de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexis Hildebrandt <afh@surryhill.net>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:43:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "[python] Add fix for Boost.Python compile errors"
+
+This reverts commit 11590e134eafa768ccc4a171cc7fb216e906095f.
+---
+ src/py_commodity.cc | 3 ---
+ src/py_journal.cc   | 3 ---
+ 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/py_commodity.cc b/src/py_commodity.cc
+index 5aafa6c..c457e64 100644
+--- a/src/py_commodity.cc
++++ b/src/py_commodity.cc
+@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@ namespace {
+ 
+ void export_commodity()
+ {
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 106000
+-  python::register_ptr_to_python< shared_ptr<commodity_pool_t> >();
+-#endif
+   class_< commodity_pool_t, shared_ptr<commodity_pool_t>,
+           boost::noncopyable > ("CommodityPool", no_init)
+     .add_property("null_commodity",
+diff --git a/src/py_journal.cc b/src/py_journal.cc
+index c1c38a9..879f954 100644
+--- a/src/py_journal.cc
++++ b/src/py_journal.cc
+@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ void export_journal()
+           boost::noncopyable >("PostHandler")
+     ;
+ 
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 106000
+-  python::register_ptr_to_python< shared_ptr<collector_wrapper> >();
+-#endif
+   class_< collector_wrapper, shared_ptr<collector_wrapper>,
+           boost::noncopyable >("PostCollectorWrapper", no_init)
+     .def("__len__", &collector_wrapper::length)