diff --git a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.py b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.py
index c00de69695..dc4128582f 100755
--- a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.py
+++ b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.py
@@ -330,12 +330,13 @@ def send_birthday_reminder(recipients, reminder_text, birthday_persons, message)
 def get_employees_who_are_born_today():
 	"""Get all employee born today & group them based on their company"""
 	from collections import defaultdict
-	employees_born_today = frappe.db.get_all("Employee",
-		fields=["personal_email", "company", "company_email", "user_id", "employee_name as name", "image"],
-		filters={
-			"date_of_birth": ("like", "{}".format(format_datetime(getdate(), "-MM-dd"))),
-			"status": "Active",
-		})
+	employees_born_today = frappe.db.sql("""
+		SELECT `personal_email`, `company`, `company_email`, `user_id`, `employee_name` as 'name', `image`
+		FROM `tabEmployee`
+		WHERE DAY(date_of_birth) = DAY(CURDATE())
+			AND MONTH(date_of_birth) = MONTH(CURDATE())
+			AND `status` = 'Active'
+	""", as_dict=1)
 
 	grouped_employees = defaultdict(lambda: [])