diff --git a/Koha/Item.pm b/Koha/Item.pm
index 87e6dd8c31..35d52c1d0d 100644
--- a/Koha/Item.pm
+++ b/Koha/Item.pm
@@ -188,6 +188,24 @@ sub store {
             }
         }
 
+        my $prevent_withdrawing_of = C4::Context->preference('PreventWithDrawingItemsStatus');
+        my @statuses_to_prevent    = defined $prevent_withdrawing_of ? split( ',', $prevent_withdrawing_of ) : ();
+        my $prevent_onloan         = grep { $_ eq 'checkedout' } @statuses_to_prevent;
+        my $prevent_intransit      = grep { $_ eq 'intransit' } @statuses_to_prevent;
+
+        if ( exists $updated_columns{withdrawn} && $updated_columns{withdrawn} ) {
+            my $transfer = $pre_mod_item->get_transfer;
+            if ( $pre_mod_item->onloan && $prevent_onloan ) {
+                Koha::Exceptions::Item::Transfer::OnLoan->throw( error => "onloan_cannot_withdraw" );
+                return $self->SUPER::store;
+            }
+
+            if ( defined $transfer && $transfer->in_transit && $prevent_intransit ) {
+                Koha::Exceptions::Item::Transfer::InTransit->throw( error => "intransit_cannot_withdraw" );
+                return $self->SUPER::store;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (   exists $updated_columns{itemcallnumber}
             or exists $updated_columns{cn_source} )
         {
diff --git a/cataloguing/additem.pl b/cataloguing/additem.pl
index fecd4fa6a8..6c8a5bef1e 100755
--- a/cataloguing/additem.pl
+++ b/cataloguing/additem.pl
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use MARC::File::XML;
 use MIME::Base64 qw( decode_base64url encode_base64url );
 use Storable     qw( freeze thaw );
 use URI::Escape  qw( uri_escape_utf8 );
+use Try::Tiny    qw( catch try );
 
 our $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
 
@@ -641,7 +642,13 @@ if ( $op eq "cud-additem" ) {
         if ( $newitemlost && $newitemlost ge '1' && !$olditemlost ) {
             LostItem( $item->itemnumber, 'additem' );
         }
-        $item->store;
+        try {
+            $item->store;
+        } catch {
+            if ( ref $_ && $_->can('error') ) {
+                push @errors, $_->error;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     $nextop = "cud-additem";
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
index 81edf34130..7b55c3c666 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
     <h1>Items for [% biblio.title | html %] [% IF ( biblio.author ) %]by [% biblio.author | html %][% END %] (Record #[% biblio.biblionumber | html %])</h1>
     <a id="newitem_jump" href="#f"><i class="fa fa-arrow-down"></i> Jump to form</a>
 
+    [% IF ( onloan_cannot_withdraw ) %]<div class="alert alert-warning"><strong>Error saving item</strong>: Onloan item cannot be withdrawn.</div>[% END %]
+    [% IF ( intransit_cannot_withdraw ) %]<div class="alert alert-warning"><strong>Error saving item</strong>: In transit item cannot be withdrawn.</div>[% END %]
     [% IF ( barcode_not_unique ) %]<div class="alert alert-warning"><strong>Error saving item</strong>: Barcode must be unique.</div>[% END %]
     [% IF ( no_next_barcode ) %]<div class="alert alert-warning"><strong>Error saving items</strong>: Unable to automatically determine values for barcodes. No item has been inserted.</div>[% END %]
     [% IF ( book_on_loan ) %]<div class="alert alert-warning"><strong>Cannot delete</strong>: item is checked out.</div>[% END %]