diff --git a/app/Generator/Chart/Basic/ChartJsGenerator.php b/app/Generator/Chart/Basic/ChartJsGenerator.php
index c3980a5c5f..642c554337 100644
--- a/app/Generator/Chart/Basic/ChartJsGenerator.php
+++ b/app/Generator/Chart/Basic/ChartJsGenerator.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class ChartJsGenerator implements GeneratorInterface
             if (isset($set['fill'])) {
                 $currentSet['fill'] = $set['fill'];
             }
+            if (isset($set['currency_symbol'])) {
+                $currentSet['currency_symbol'] = $set['currency_symbol'];
+            }
 
             $chartData['datasets'][] = $currentSet;
         }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
index 0e37cba3da..ac8b516685 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\CategoryRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Log;
@@ -501,11 +502,16 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
         }
         Log::debug('Regenerate chart.account.account-balance-chart from scratch.');
 
+        /** @var CurrencyRepositoryInterface $repository */
+        $repository = app(CurrencyRepositoryInterface::class);
+
         $chartData = [];
         foreach ($accounts as $account) {
+            $currency     = $repository->find(intval($account->getMeta('currency_id')));
             $currentSet   = [
-                'label'   => $account->name,
-                'entries' => [],
+                'label'           => $account->name,
+                'currency_symbol' => $currency->symbol,
+                'entries'         => [],
             ];
             $currentStart = clone $start;
             $range        = Steam::balanceInRange($account, $start, clone $end);
diff --git a/public/js/ff/charts.defaults.js b/public/js/ff/charts.defaults.js
index 4679f6565b..3e56c2f55f 100644
--- a/public/js/ff/charts.defaults.js
+++ b/public/js/ff/charts.defaults.js
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ var defaultChartOptions = {
         callbacks: {
             label: function (tooltipItem, data) {
                 "use strict";
-                return data.datasets[tooltipItem.datasetIndex].label + ': ' + accounting.formatMoney(tooltipItem.yLabel);
+                return data.datasets[tooltipItem.datasetIndex].label + ': ' +
+                       accounting.formatMoney(tooltipItem.yLabel, data.datasets[tooltipItem.datasetIndex].currency_symbol);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/public/js/ff/charts.js b/public/js/ff/charts.js
index cfc787fae6..7b88b064bd 100644
--- a/public/js/ff/charts.js
+++ b/public/js/ff/charts.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function doubleYChart(URI, container) {
     "use strict";
 
     var colorData = true;
-    var options = defaultChartOptions;
+    var options = $.extend(true, {}, defaultChartOptions);
     options.scales.yAxes = [
         // y axis 0:
         {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function doubleYNonStackedChart(URI, container) {
     "use strict";
 
     var colorData = true;
-    var options = defaultChartOptions;
+    var options = $.extend(true, {}, defaultChartOptions);
     options.scales.yAxes = [
         // y axis 0:
         {