diff --git a/C4/Items.pm b/C4/Items.pm
index b1e8de7029..55bae137f9 100644
--- a/C4/Items.pm
+++ b/C4/Items.pm
@@ -1337,6 +1337,7 @@ sub _SearchItems_build_where_fragment {
         if ( (0 < grep { $_ eq $field } @columns) or (substr($field, 0, 5) eq 'marc:') ) {
             my $op = $filter->{operator};
             my $query = $filter->{query};
+            my $ifnull = $filter->{ifnull};
 
             if (!$op or (0 == grep { $_ eq $op } @operators)) {
                 $op = '='; # default operator
@@ -1377,6 +1378,10 @@ sub _SearchItems_build_where_fragment {
                 $column = $field;
             }
 
+            if ( defined $ifnull ) {
+                $column = "IFNULL($column, ?)";
+            }
+
             if (ref $query eq 'ARRAY') {
                 if ($op eq '=') {
                     $op = 'IN';
@@ -1393,6 +1398,10 @@ sub _SearchItems_build_where_fragment {
                     args => [ $query ],
                 };
             }
+
+            if ( defined $ifnull ) {
+                unshift @{ $where_fragment->{args} }, $ifnull;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/catalogue/itemsearch.pl b/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
index 431786cb81..2ea32156ac 100755
--- a/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
+++ b/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
@@ -164,12 +164,15 @@ if (scalar keys %params > 0) {
     push @{ $filter->{filters} }, $f;
 
     # Yes/No parameters
-    foreach my $p (qw( damaged )) {
+    foreach my $p (qw( damaged new_status )) {
         my $v = $cgi->param($p) // '';
         my $f = {
             field => $p,
             query => 0,
         };
+        if ( $p eq 'new_status' ) {
+            $f->{ifnull} = 0;
+        }
         if ($v eq 'yes') {
             $f->{operator} = '!=';
             push @{ $filter->{filters} }, $f;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
index fe2639d2aa..06c1ed8723 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     [%- CASE 'damaged' %]<span>Damaged</span>
     [%- CASE 'itemlost' %]<span>Lost</span>
     [%- CASE 'withdrawn' %]<span>Withdrawn</span>
+    [%- CASE 'new_status' %]<span>Is new</span>
   [%- END -%]
 [%- END -%]
 
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@
               <span class="hint">(inclusive)</span>
             </div>
             [% INCLUDE form_field_radio_yes_no name="damaged" %]
+            [% INCLUDE form_field_radio_yes_no name="new_status" %]
             <div class="form-field">
               <label class="form-field-label" for="issues_op">Checkout count:</label>
               <select id="issues_op" name="issues_op">