diff --git a/acqui/addorder.pl b/acqui/addorder.pl
index 44623ec66e..e321d2c11b 100755
--- a/acqui/addorder.pl
+++ b/acqui/addorder.pl
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ if ( $orderinfo->{quantity} ne '0' ) {
                 "biblioitems.publishercode"   => $$orderinfo{publishercode}   ? $$orderinfo{publishercode} : "",
                 "biblioitems.publicationyear" => $$orderinfo{publicationyear} ? $$orderinfo{publicationyear}: "",
                 "biblio.copyrightdate"        => $$orderinfo{publicationyear} ? $$orderinfo{publicationyear}: "",
+                "biblioitems.itemtype"        => $$orderinfo{itemtype} ? $$orderinfo{itemtype} : "",
             });
 
         # create the record in catalogue, with framework ''
diff --git a/acqui/neworderempty.pl b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
index bd06b0cf0e..db3e852c75 100755
--- a/acqui/neworderempty.pl
+++ b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ if (C4::Context->preference('AcqCreateItem') eq 'ordering' && !$ordernumber) {
     
     $template->param(items => \@itemloop);
 }
+# Get the item types list, but only if item_level_itype is YES. Otherwise, it will be in the item, no need to display it in the biblio
+my @itemtypes = C4::ItemType->all unless C4::Context->preference('item-level_itypes');
 
 # fill template
 $template->param(
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ $template->param(
     budget_loop      => $budget_loop,
     isbn             => $data->{'isbn'},
     seriestitle      => $data->{'seriestitle'},
+    itemtypeloop     => \@itemtypes,
     quantity         => $data->{'quantity'},
     quantityrec      => $data->{'quantity'},
     rrp              => $data->{'rrp'},
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
index d6c845920b..dd15658a4b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
@@ -249,6 +249,23 @@ $(document).ready(function()
                 <input type="text" size="50" name="series" id="series" value="[% seriestitle %]" />
             [% END %]
         </li>
+        </li>
+            [% UNLESS ( biblionumber ) %]
+            [% IF ( itemtypeloop ) %]
+            <li>
+                <span class="label">Item type:</span>
+                <select name="itemtype" style="width:12em;">
+                [% FOREACH itemtype IN itemtypeloop %]
+                    [% IF ( itemtype.selected ) %]
+                        <option value="[% itemtype.itemtype %]" selected="selected">[% itemtype.description %]</option>
+                    [% ELSE %]
+                        <option value="[% itemtype.itemtype %]">[% itemtype.description %]</option>
+                    [% END %]
+                [% END %]
+                </select>
+            </li>
+            [% END %]
+            [% END %]
         </ol>
     </fieldset>
     [% IF ( items ) %]