diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/modborrowers.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/modborrowers.tt
index 67cb3ebb91..476f98b2e4 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/modborrowers.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/modborrowers.tt
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@
                                                     There is no value defined for [% field.name | html %]
                                                 [% END %]
                                             [% END %]
+                                            [% IF ( field.type == 'bool' ) %]
+                                                <select name="[% field.name | html %]" >
+                                                    <option value=""></option>
+                                                    <option value="1">Yes</option>
+                                                    <option value="0">No</option>
+                                                </select>
+                                            [% END %]
                                             [% IF ( field.type == 'date' ) %]
                                                 <input type="text" name="[% field.name | html %]" id="[% field.name | html %]" value="" size="10" maxlength="10" class="flatpickr" />
                                                 <a href="#"  class="clear-date" id="clear-date-[% field.name | html %]" ><i class="fa fa-fw fa-trash-can"></i> Clear</a>
diff --git a/tools/modborrowers.pl b/tools/modborrowers.pl
index c1036a6b59..9e1830ddb2 100755
--- a/tools/modborrowers.pl
+++ b/tools/modborrowers.pl
@@ -196,10 +196,6 @@ if ( $op eq 'cud-show' || $op eq 'show' ) {
     my @categories_option;
     push @categories_option, { value => $_->categorycode, lib => $_->description } for @patron_categories;
     unshift @categories_option, { value => "", lib => "" };
-    my @protected_option;
-    push @protected_option, { value => 1, lib => "Yes" };
-    push @protected_option, { value => 0, lib => "No" };
-    unshift @protected_option, { value => "", lib => "" };
     my $bsort1 = GetAuthorisedValues("Bsort1");
     my @sort1_option;
     push @sort1_option, { value => $_->{authorised_value}, lib => $_->{lib} } for @$bsort1;
@@ -340,9 +336,9 @@ if ( $op eq 'cud-show' || $op eq 'show' ) {
         },
     );
 
-    if ($logged_in_user->is_superlibrarian) {
-        push @fields, { name => "password_expiration_date", type => "date" } ;
-        push @fields, { name => "protected", type => "select", option => \@protected_option };
+    if ( $logged_in_user->is_superlibrarian ) {
+        push @fields, { name => "password_expiration_date", type => "date" };
+        push @fields, { name => "protected",                type => "bool" };
     }
 
     $template->param( 'patron_attributes_codes',  \@patron_attributes_codes );
@@ -361,8 +357,8 @@ if ( $op eq 'cud-do' ) {
         qw/surname firstname branchcode categorycode streetnumber address address2 city state zipcode country email phone mobile fax sort1 sort2 dateenrolled dateexpiry password_expiration_date borrowernotes opacnote debarred debarredcomment protected/
         )
     {
-        my $value = $input->param($field) if $input->param($field) ne '';
-        $infos->{$field} = $value if defined $value;
+        my $value = $input->param($field);
+        $infos->{$field} = $value if $value;
         $infos->{$field} = ""     if grep { $_ eq $field } @disabled;
     }
 
@@ -371,7 +367,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'cud-do' ) {
     }
 
     delete $infos->{password_expiration_date} unless $logged_in_user->is_superlibrarian;
-    delete $infos->{protected} unless $logged_in_user->is_superlibrarian;
+    delete $infos->{protected}                unless $logged_in_user->is_superlibrarian;
 
     my @errors;
     my @borrowernumbers = $input->multi_param('borrowernumber');