diff --git a/src/core/composer/qgscomposermap.cpp b/src/core/composer/qgscomposermap.cpp
index 73b19602773..c844cf91013 100644
--- a/src/core/composer/qgscomposermap.cpp
+++ b/src/core/composer/qgscomposermap.cpp
@@ -1214,7 +1214,15 @@ bool QgsComposerMap::writeXml( QDomElement &elem, QDomDocument &doc ) const
     for ( ; styleIt != mLayerStyleOverrides.constEnd(); ++styleIt )
     {
       QDomElement styleElem = doc.createElement( QStringLiteral( "LayerStyle" ) );
-      styleElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "layerid" ), styleIt.key() );
+
+      QgsMapLayerRef ref( styleIt.key() );
+      ref.resolve( mComposition->project() );
+
+      styleElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "layerid" ), ref.layerId );
+      styleElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "name" ), ref.name );
+      styleElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "source" ), ref.source );
+      styleElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "provider" ), ref.provider );
+
       QgsMapLayerStyle style( styleIt.value() );
       style.writeXml( styleElem );
       stylesElem.appendChild( styleElem );
@@ -1365,9 +1373,15 @@ bool QgsComposerMap::readXml( const QDomElement &itemElem, const QDomDocument &d
     {
       const QDomElement &layerStyleElement = layerStyleNodeList.at( i ).toElement();
       QString layerId = layerStyleElement.attribute( QStringLiteral( "layerid" ) );
+      QString layerName = layerStyleElement.attribute( QStringLiteral( "name" ) );
+      QString layerSource = layerStyleElement.attribute( QStringLiteral( "source" ) );
+      QString layerProvider = layerStyleElement.attribute( QStringLiteral( "provider" ) );
+      QgsMapLayerRef ref( layerId, layerName, layerSource, layerProvider );
+      ref.resolveWeakly( mComposition->project() );
+
       QgsMapLayerStyle style;
       style.readXml( layerStyleElement );
-      mLayerStyleOverrides.insert( layerId, style.xmlData() );
+      mLayerStyleOverrides.insert( ref.layerId, style.xmlData() );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgscomposition.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgscomposition.cpp
index 04c9b267c61..2899b5e4451 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgscomposition.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgscomposition.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class TestQgsComposition : public QObject
     void legendRestoredFromTemplateAutoUpdate();
     void attributeTableRestoredFromTemplate();
     void mapLayersRestoredFromTemplate();
+    void mapLayersStyleOverrideRestoredFromTemplate();
     void atlasLayerRestoredFromTemplate();
 
   private:
@@ -913,6 +914,68 @@ void TestQgsComposition::mapLayersRestoredFromTemplate()
   QCOMPARE( map2->layers(), QList<QgsMapLayer *>() << layer3 << layer4 );
 }
 
+void TestQgsComposition::mapLayersStyleOverrideRestoredFromTemplate()
+{
+  // load some layers
+  QFileInfo vectorFileInfo( QString( TEST_DATA_DIR ) + "/points.shp" );
+  QgsVectorLayer *layer = new QgsVectorLayer( vectorFileInfo.filePath(),
+      vectorFileInfo.completeBaseName(),
+      "ogr" );
+  QFileInfo vectorFileInfo2( QString( TEST_DATA_DIR ) + "/polys.shp" );
+  QgsVectorLayer *layer2 = new QgsVectorLayer( vectorFileInfo2.filePath(),
+      vectorFileInfo2.completeBaseName(),
+      "ogr" );
+  QgsProject p;
+  p.addMapLayer( layer2 );
+  p.addMapLayer( layer );
+
+  // create composition
+  QgsComposition c( &p );
+  // add a map
+  QgsComposerMap *map = new QgsComposerMap( &c, 1, 1, 10, 10 );
+  c.addComposerMap( map );
+  map->setKeepLayerStyles( true );
+  QgsStringMap styles;
+  // just close your eyes and pretend these are real styles
+  styles.insert( layer->id(), QStringLiteral( "<b>xxxxx</b>" ) );
+  styles.insert( layer2->id(), QStringLiteral( "<blink>yyyyy</blink>" ) );
+  map->setLayerStyleOverrides( styles );
+
+  // save composition to template
+  QDomDocument doc;
+  QDomElement composerElem = doc.createElement( "Composer" );
+  doc.appendChild( composerElem );
+  c.writeXml( composerElem, doc );
+  c.atlasComposition().writeXml( composerElem, doc );
+
+  // new project
+  QgsProject p2;
+  QgsVectorLayer *layer3 = new QgsVectorLayer( vectorFileInfo.filePath(),
+      vectorFileInfo.completeBaseName(),
+      "ogr" );
+  QgsVectorLayer *layer4 = new QgsVectorLayer( vectorFileInfo2.filePath(),
+      vectorFileInfo2.completeBaseName(),
+      "ogr" );
+  p2.addMapLayer( layer4 );
+  p2.addMapLayer( layer3 );
+
+  // make a new composition from template
+  QgsComposition c2( &p2 );
+  QVERIFY( c2.loadFromTemplate( doc ) );
+  // get map from new composition
+  QList< QgsComposerMap * > maps;
+  c2.composerItems( maps );
+  QgsComposerMap *map2 = static_cast< QgsComposerMap *>( maps.at( 0 ) );
+  QVERIFY( map2 );
+  QVERIFY( map2->keepLayerStyles() );
+
+  QgsStringMap restoredStyles = map2->layerStyleOverrides();
+  QVERIFY( restoredStyles.contains( layer3->id() ) );
+  QCOMPARE( restoredStyles.value( layer3->id() ).trimmed(), QStringLiteral( "<b>xxxxx</b>" ) );
+  QVERIFY( restoredStyles.contains( layer4->id() ) );
+  QCOMPARE( restoredStyles.value( layer4->id() ).trimmed(), QStringLiteral( "<blink>yyyyy</blink>" ) );
+}
+
 void TestQgsComposition::atlasLayerRestoredFromTemplate()
 {
   // load some layers