diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cfe687e81..a96373114 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  + Supports negative tag filters, so that (task list +foo -bar) now filters
    tasks that have the "foo" tag, but do not have the "bar" tag (thanks to
    Chris Pride).
+ + Custom reports now support a more compact form of the "age" column,
+   called "age_compact" (thanks to T. Charles Yun).
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/report.cpp b/src/report.cpp
index cc46dc21d..5bcf94085 100644
--- a/src/report.cpp
+++ b/src/report.cpp
@@ -2669,6 +2669,27 @@ std::string handleCustomReport (
       }
     }
 
+    else if (*col == "age_compact")
+    {
+      table.addColumn (columnLabels[*col] != "" ? columnLabels[*col] : "Age");
+      table.setColumnWidth (columnCount, Table::minimum);
+      table.setColumnJustification (columnCount, Table::right);
+
+      std::string created;
+      std::string age;
+      Date now;
+      for (unsigned int row = 0; row < tasks.size(); ++row)
+      {
+        created = tasks[row].getAttribute ("entry");
+        if (created.length ())
+        {
+          Date dt (::atoi (created.c_str ()));
+          age = formatSecondsCompact ((time_t) (now - dt));
+          table.addCell (row, columnCount, age);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     else if (*col == "active")
     {
       table.addColumn (columnLabels[*col] != "" ? columnLabels[*col] : "Active");
@@ -2899,6 +2920,7 @@ void validReportColumns (const std::vector <std::string>& columns)
         *it != "start"                &&
         *it != "due"                  &&
         *it != "age"                  &&
+        *it != "age_compact"          &&
         *it != "active"               &&
         *it != "tags"                 &&
         *it != "recur"                &&
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 4a09a420f..f839afdee 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,27 @@ std::string formatSeconds (time_t delta)
   return std::string (formatted);
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Convert a quantity in seconds to a more readable format.
+std::string formatSecondsCompact (time_t delta)
+{
+  char formatted[24];
+  float days = (float) delta / 86400.0;
+
+  if (days > 365)                sprintf (formatted, "%.1fy", (days / 365.2422));
+  else if (days > 84)            sprintf (formatted, "%1dmo", (int) (days / 30.6));
+  else if (days > 13)            sprintf (formatted, "%dwk", (int) (days / 7.0));
+  else if (days > 5.0)           sprintf (formatted, "%dd", (int) days);
+  else if (days > 1.0)           sprintf (formatted, "%.1fd", days);
+  else if (days * 24 > 1.0)      sprintf (formatted, "%dh", (int) (days * 24.0));
+  else if (days * 24 * 60 > 1)   sprintf (formatted, "%dm", (int) (days * 24 * 60));
+  else if (days * 24 * 3600 > 1) sprintf (formatted, "%ds", (int) (days * 24 * 60 * 60));
+  else
+    strcpy (formatted, "-");
+
+  return std::string (formatted);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int autoComplete (
   const std::string& partial,
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 101b04afa..350ffac30 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ for (typeof (c) *foreach_p = & (c);                                \
 bool confirm (const std::string&);
 void delay (float);
 std::string formatSeconds (time_t);
+std::string formatSecondsCompact (time_t);
 int autoComplete (const std::string&, const std::vector<std::string>&, std::vector<std::string>&);
 const std::string uuid ();
 int convertDuration (const std::string&);