diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_24287.perl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_24287.perl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb3eb65a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_24287.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+$DBversion = 'XXX'; # will be replaced by the RM
+if( CheckVersion( $DBversion ) ) {
+
+    unless ( column_exists('branchtransfers', 'reason') ) {
+        $dbh->do(
+            qq{
+                ALTER TABLE branchtransfers
+                ADD
+                  `reason` enum('Manual')
+                AFTER
+                  comments
+              }
+        );
+    }
+
+    SetVersion( $DBversion );
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug 24287 - Add 'reason' field to transfers table)\n";
+}
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 3f28188c02..bcfd900ace 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `branchtransfers` ( -- information for items that are in transit be
   `datearrived` datetime default NULL, -- the date the transfer arrived at its destination
   `tobranch` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', -- the branch the transfer was going to
   `comments` LONGTEXT, -- any comments related to the transfer
+  `reason` ENUM('Manual'), -- what triggered the transfer
   PRIMARY KEY (`branchtransfer_id`),
   KEY `frombranch` (`frombranch`),
   KEY `tobranch` (`tobranch`),