diff --git a/bauble/plugins/garden/acc_editor.glade b/bauble/plugins/garden/acc_editor.glade
index 7ff20fd64..e45ebffd2 100644
--- a/bauble/plugins/garden/acc_editor.glade
+++ b/bauble/plugins/garden/acc_editor.glade
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
         <col id="0">%Y.####</col>
       </row>
       <row>
-        <col id="0">######</col>
+        <col id="0">%{Y-1}.####</col>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0">XXXX.####</col>
       </row>
       <row>
         <col id="0">SD.#####</col>
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@
       <row>
         <col id="0">H.#####</col>
       </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0">######</col>
+      </row>
     </data>
   </object>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="accession_dialog">
diff --git a/bauble/plugins/garden/accession.py b/bauble/plugins/garden/accession.py
index 0df5ba3a4..8f828c6a7 100755
--- a/bauble/plugins/garden/accession.py
+++ b/bauble/plugins/garden/accession.py
@@ -635,7 +635,10 @@ def get_next_code(cls, code_format=None):
         if code_format is None:
             code_format = cls.code_format
         format = code_format.replace('%PD', Plant.get_delimiter())
-        format = datetime.date.today().strftime(format)
+        today = datetime.date.today()
+        format = today.strftime(format)
+        if format.find('%{Y-1}') >= 0:
+            format = format.replace('%{Y-1}', str(today.year - 1))
         start = unicode(format.rstrip('#'))
         if start == format:
             # fixed value
diff --git a/bauble/plugins/garden/test.py b/bauble/plugins/garden/test.py
index d08bd9531..79fb74593 100644
--- a/bauble/plugins/garden/test.py
+++ b/bauble/plugins/garden/test.py
@@ -1989,6 +1989,16 @@ def test_get_next_code_fixed(self):
         self.assertEquals(Accession.get_next_code(u'00003'), '00003')
         self.assertEquals(Accession.get_next_code(u'H.0003'), 'H.0003')
 
+    def test_get_next_code_previous_year_subst(self):
+        this_year = datetime.date.today().year
+        last_year = this_year - 1
+        acc = Accession(species=self.species, code=u'%s.0012' % last_year)
+        ac2 = Accession(species=self.species, code=u'%s.0987' % this_year)
+        self.session.add_all([acc, ac2])
+        self.session.flush()
+        self.assertEquals(Accession.get_next_code(u'%{Y-1}.####')[5:], '0013')
+        self.assertEquals(Accession.get_next_code(u'%Y.####')[5:], '0988')
+
 
 class GlobalFunctionsTests(GardenTestCase):