diff --git a/Koha/Patron/Category.pm b/Koha/Patron/Category.pm
index a7358c2acc..8a9a77a320 100644
--- a/Koha/Patron/Category.pm
+++ b/Koha/Patron/Category.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Return if the provided action is blocked by BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions, accou
 
 =item action
 
-Action, can be one of: ['hold', 'renew']
+Action, can be one of: ['hold', 'renew', 'ill_request']
 
 =back
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Return if the provided action is blocked by this category's BlockExpiredPatronOp
 
 =item action
 
-Action, can be one of: ['hold', 'renew']
+Action, can be one of: ['hold', 'renew', 'ill_request']
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
index 215f41dba3..d1285f6d5b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@
                         [% ELSE %]
                             <option value="renew"> Renewing an item </option>
                         [% END %]
+                        [% IF category and category.BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions_contains('ill_request') %]
+                            <option value="ill_request" selected="selected"> Placing an ILL request </option>
+                        [% ELSE %]
+                            <option value="ill_request"> Placing an ILL request </option>
+                        [% END %]
                         </optgroup>
                     </select>
                     <div class="hint">
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/categories.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/categories.js
index 615e5554f7..65ec948afd 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/categories.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/categories.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             ) {
                 blocked_actions_select.multipleSelect("uncheck", "hold");
                 blocked_actions_select.multipleSelect("uncheck", "renew");
+                blocked_actions_select.multipleSelect("uncheck", "ill_request");
             } else if (
                 view.value != "follow_syspref_BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions" &&
                 view.selected