diff --git a/C4/Log.pm b/C4/Log.pm
index 19e4a57ec1..b38fb9c163 100644
--- a/C4/Log.pm
+++ b/C4/Log.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use warnings;
 use Data::Dumper qw( Dumper );
 use JSON qw( to_json );
 use Scalar::Util qw( blessed );
+use File::Basename qw( basename );
 
 use C4::Context;
 use Koha::Logger;
@@ -89,9 +90,14 @@ sub logaction {
         }
     }
 
+    my $script =
+        $interface eq 'cron'        ? basename($0)
+      : $interface eq 'commandline' ? basename($0)
+      :                               undef;
+
     my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
-    my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Insert into action_logs (timestamp,user,module,action,object,info,interface) values (now(),?,?,?,?,?,?)");
-    $sth->execute($usernumber,$modulename,$actionname,$objectnumber,$infos,$interface);
+    my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Insert into action_logs (timestamp,user,module,action,object,info,interface,script) values (now(),?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
+    $sth->execute($usernumber,$modulename,$actionname,$objectnumber,$infos,$interface,$script);
     $sth->finish;
 
     my $logger = Koha::Logger->get(
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_30984.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_30984.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6947bcf734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_30984.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+return {
+    bug_number => "30984",
+    description => "Log the cron script that generated an action log if there is one",
+    up => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ($dbh, $out) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+        if( !column_exists( 'action_logs', 'script' ) ) {
+            $dbh->do(q{
+                ALTER TABLE action_logs
+                ADD COLUMN script mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'the name of the cron script that caused this change'
+                AFTER interface
+            });
+        }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index aae3551f78..c38ac205d8 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `action_logs` (
   `object` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'the object that the action was taken against (could be a borrowernumber, itemnumber, etc)',
   `info` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'information about the action (usually includes SQL statement)',
   `interface` varchar(30) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'the context this action was taken in',
+  `script` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'the name of the cron script that caused this change',
   PRIMARY KEY (`action_id`),
   KEY `timestamp_idx` (`timestamp`),
   KEY `user_idx` (`user`),