diff --git a/catalogue/issuehistory.pl b/catalogue/issuehistory.pl
index 0d774eac18..3fb936ec36 100755
--- a/catalogue/issuehistory.pl
+++ b/catalogue/issuehistory.pl
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ my $params = $query->Vars;
 my $biblionumber = $params->{'biblionumber'};
 my $itemnumber   = $params->{'itemnumber'};
 
+if (C4::Context->preference("HidePatronName")) {
+   $template->param(HidePatronName => 1);
+}
+
 my ($issues,$biblio,$barcode);
 if ($itemnumber){
 	$issues=GetItemIssues($itemnumber);
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
index bc2490fd7e..de5db0e0a3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             <tbody>
         [% FOREACH issue IN issues %]
         [% UNLESS ( loop.odd ) %]<tr class="highlight">[% ELSE %]<tr>[% END %]
-                <td><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?borrowernumber=[% issue.borrowernumber %]">[% issue.surname %][% IF ( issue.firstname ) %], [% issue.firstname %][% END %]</a></td>
+                <td><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?borrowernumber=[% issue.borrowernumber %]">[% IF HidePatronName %][% issue.cardnumber %][% ELSE %][% issue.surname %][% IF ( issue.firstname ) %], [% issue.firstname %][% END %][% END %]</a></td>
                 <td>[% IF ( issue.barcode ) %]
                         <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/moredetail.pl?biblionumber=[% issue.biblionumber %]&amp;itemnumber=[% issue.itemnumber %]">[% issue.barcode %]</a>
                     [% ELSE %]