diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
index 0dc9981eb..ddaa1f9ad 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ tags.
 
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts  #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns    #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
 
-{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
 module Hledger.Data.Transaction (
   -- * Transaction
   nulltransaction,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Transaction (
   balancedVirtualPostings,
   transactionsPostings,
   BalancingOpts(..),
+  HasBalancingOpts(..),
   defbalancingopts,
   isTransactionBalanced,
   balanceTransaction,
@@ -660,6 +662,10 @@ transactionFile Transaction{tsourcepos} =
     GenericSourcePos f _ _ -> f
     JournalSourcePos f _   -> f
 
+-- lenses
+
+makeHledgerClassyLenses ''BalancingOpts
+
 -- tests
 
 tests_Transaction :: TestTree
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index edc0779ed..ba53adb4b 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Some of these might belong in Hledger.Read.JournalReader or Hledger.Read.
 module Hledger.Read.Common (
   Reader (..),
   InputOpts(..),
+  HasInputOpts(..),
   definputopts,
   rawOptsToInputOpts,
   rawOptsToCommodityStylesOpts,
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/InputOptions.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/InputOptions.hs
index 97398189f..09e55260d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/InputOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/InputOptions.hs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Various options to use when reading journal files.
 Similar to CliOptions.inputflags, simplifies the journal-reading functions.
 
 -}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 
 module Hledger.Read.InputOptions (
 -- * Types and helpers for input options
   InputOpts(..)
+, HasInputOpts(..)
 , definputopts
 , forecastPeriod
 ) where
@@ -16,10 +18,10 @@ import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
 import Data.Time (Day, addDays)
 
 import Hledger.Data.Types
-import Hledger.Data.Transaction (BalancingOpts(..), defbalancingopts)
+import Hledger.Data.Transaction (BalancingOpts(..), HasBalancingOpts(..), defbalancingopts)
 import Hledger.Data.Journal (journalEndDate)
 import Hledger.Data.Dates (nulldatespan)
-import Hledger.Utils
+import Hledger.Utils (dbg2, makeHledgerClassyLenses)
 
 data InputOpts = InputOpts {
      -- files_             :: [FilePath]
@@ -73,3 +75,10 @@ forecastPeriod d iopts j = do
         mjournalend   = dbg2 "journalEndDate" $ journalEndDate False j  -- ignore secondary dates
         DateSpan reportStart reportEnd = reportspan_ iopts
     return . dbg2 "forecastspan" $ DateSpan forecastStart forecastEnd
+
+-- ** Lenses
+
+makeHledgerClassyLenses ''InputOpts
+
+instance HasBalancingOpts InputOpts where
+    balancingOpts = balancingopts