diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c38f4392..90765b0b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### added
 - **scripts** added output report `EU_report.R` that uses `EU_report.Rmd`
 - **70_livestock** added realization `fbask_jan16_sticky`
+- **script** check of variables needed in piamInterfaces in report_rds.R
 
 ### removed
 -
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ba7685499..ab960bac8 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ Imports:
     m4fsdp,
     madrat,
     magclass (>= 6.14.0),
-    magpie4 (>= 2.3.10),
+    magpie4 (>= 2.5.6),
     MagpieNCGains,
     magpiesets,
     mip,
     mrcommons,
     patchwork,
     piamenv (>= 0.3.4),
+    piamInterfaces (>= 0.20.7),
+    piamutils,
     quitte,
     raster,
     remulator,
diff --git a/scripts/output/projects/agmip_report.R b/scripts/output/projects/agmip_report.R
index 23d42af20..df59d4973 100644
--- a/scripts/output/projects/agmip_report.R
+++ b/scripts/output/projects/agmip_report.R
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ library(magpie4)
 library(lucode2)
 library(quitte)
 library(gms)
+library(piamInterfaces)
+library(piamutils)
 options("magclass.verbosity" = 1)
 
 ############################# BASIC CONFIGURATION #############################
@@ -31,6 +33,15 @@ rds <- paste0(outputdir, "/agmip_report.rds")
 
 report <- getReportAgMIP(gdx, scenario = cfg$title, dir = outputdir)
 
+for (mapping in c("AgMIP")) {
+  missingVariables <- sort(setdiff(unique(deletePlus(getMappingVariables(mapping,"M"))),unique(deletePlus(getNames(report,dim="variable")))))
+  if (length(missingVariables) > 0) {
+    warning("# The following ", length(missingVariables), " variables are expected in the piamInterfaces package ",
+            "for mapping ", mapping, ", but cannot be found in the MAgPIE report.\nPlease either fix in magpie4 or adjust the mapping in piamInterfaces.\n- ",
+            paste(missingVariables, collapse = ",\n- "), "\n")
+  }
+}
+
 ### regional aggregation
 write.report(report, file = mif, skipempty = FALSE)
 saveRDS(as.quitte(report), file = rds)
diff --git a/scripts/output/rds_report.R b/scripts/output/rds_report.R
index 4dfefd03f..e02197b0b 100644
--- a/scripts/output/rds_report.R
+++ b/scripts/output/rds_report.R
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ library(magpie4)
 library(lucode2)
 library(quitte)
 library(gms)
+library(piamInterfaces)
+library(piamutils)
 options("magclass.verbosity" = 1)
 
 ############################# BASIC CONFIGURATION #############################
@@ -35,8 +37,19 @@ resultsarchive <- "/p/projects/rd3mod/models/results/magpie"
 
 
 report <- getReport(gdx, scenario = cfg$title, dir = outputdir)
+
+for (mapping in c("AR6", "NAVIGATE", "SHAPE", "AR6_MAgPIE")) {
+  missingVariables <- sort(setdiff(unique(deletePlus(getMappingVariables(mapping,"M"))),unique(deletePlus(getNames(report,dim="variable")))))
+  if (length(missingVariables) > 0) {
+    warning("# The following ", length(missingVariables), " variables are expected in the piamInterfaces package ",
+            "for mapping ", mapping, ", but cannot be found in the MAgPIE report.\nPlease either fix in magpie4 or adjust the mapping in piamInterfaces.\n- ",
+            paste(missingVariables, collapse = ",\n- "), "\n")
+  }
+}
+
 write.report(report, file = mif)
 q <- as.quitte(report)
+q <- droplevels(q)
 if(all(is.na(q$value))) stop("No values in reporting!")
 
 saveRDS(q, file = rds, version = 2)