diff --git a/Koha/Hold.pm b/Koha/Hold.pm
index efb5b916c5..252a8bf3ed 100644
--- a/Koha/Hold.pm
+++ b/Koha/Hold.pm
@@ -271,6 +271,24 @@ sub cleanup_hold_group {
     }
 }
 
+=head3 is_hold_group_target
+
+$self->is_hold_group_target;
+
+Returns whether this hold is its hold group target
+
+=cut
+
+sub is_hold_group_target {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    return 1
+        if $self->hold_group
+        && $self->hold_group->target_hold_id
+        && $self->hold_group->target_hold_id eq $self->reserve_id;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 =head3 set_transfer
 
 =cut
diff --git a/Koha/HoldGroup.pm b/Koha/HoldGroup.pm
index 864056f443..78d6db6391 100644
--- a/Koha/HoldGroup.pm
+++ b/Koha/HoldGroup.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ sub holds {
     return Koha::Holds->_new_from_dbic($holds_rs);
 }
 
+=head3 target_hold_id
+
+    $holds = $hold_group->target_hold_id
+
+Return the target_hold_id
+
+=cut
+
+sub target_hold_id {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    return unless $self->_result->hold_group_target_hold;
+
+    return $self->_result->hold_group_target_hold->reserve_id;
+}
+
 =head3 _type
 
 =cut
diff --git a/api/v1/swagger/definitions/hold_group.yaml b/api/v1/swagger/definitions/hold_group.yaml
index 271c262b58..4f12257950 100644
--- a/api/v1/swagger/definitions/hold_group.yaml
+++ b/api/v1/swagger/definitions/hold_group.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ properties:
   visual_hold_group_id:
     type: integer
     description: Visual ID for this hold group, in the context of the related patron
+  target_hold_id:
+    type: integer
+    description: Target hold ID of this hold group
   holds:
     type:
       - array
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_40529_-_hold_group_table_target.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_40529_-_hold_group_table_target.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4d06435136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_40529_-_hold_group_table_target.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+use Koha::Installer::Output qw(say_warning say_success say_info);
+
+return {
+    bug_number  => "40529",
+    description => "Add 'hold_groups_target_hold_id' column to hold_groups",
+    up          => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ( $dbh, $out ) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+
+        unless ( TableExists('hold_group_target_holds') ) {
+            $dbh->do(
+                q{
+                    CREATE TABLE hold_group_target_holds (
+                        `hold_group_id` int unsigned NOT NULL UNIQUE COMMENT 'foreign key, linking this to the hold_groups table',
+                        `reserve_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL UNIQUE COMMENT 'foreign key, linking this to the reserves table',
+                        CONSTRAINT `hold_group_target_holds_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`hold_group_id`) REFERENCES `hold_groups` (`hold_group_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+                        CONSTRAINT `hold_group_target_holds_ibfk_2` FOREIGN KEY (`reserve_id`) REFERENCES `reserves` (`reserve_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE
+                    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+                }
+            );
+            say_success( $out, "Added table 'hold_group_target_holds'" );
+        }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 998007871e..b78ace7c19 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -5113,6 +5113,20 @@ CREATE TABLE `old_issues` (
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
+--
+-- Table structure for table `hold_group_target_holds`
+--
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `hold_group_target_holds`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
+CREATE TABLE hold_group_target_holds (
+    `hold_group_id` int unsigned NOT NULL UNIQUE COMMENT 'foreign key, linking this to the hold_groups table',
+    `reserve_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL UNIQUE COMMENT 'foreign key, linking this to the reserves table',
+    CONSTRAINT `hold_group_target_holds_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`hold_group_id`) REFERENCES `hold_groups` (`hold_group_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    CONSTRAINT `hold_group_target_holds_ibfk_2` FOREIGN KEY (`reserve_id`) REFERENCES `reserves` (`reserve_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
 --
 -- Table structure for table `old_reserves`
 --
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/holds.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/holds.js
index 93108133a8..4b449f2741 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/holds.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/holds.js
@@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
                                         "</span>";
                                 }
 
+                                if (oObj.is_hold_group_target) {
+                                    var link = __("target of hold group");
+                                    title +=
+                                        '<br><span class="fw-bold fst-italic">(' +
+                                        link +
+                                        ")</span>";
+                                }
+
                                 return title;
                             },
                         },
diff --git a/svc/holds b/svc/holds
index 864841851a..4170f4585b 100755
--- a/svc/holds
+++ b/svc/holds
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ while ( my $h = $holds_rs->next() ) {
         itemtype_limit        => $itemtype_limit,
         hold_group_id         => $h->hold_group_id,
         visual_hold_group_id  => $h->hold_group ? $h->hold_group->visual_hold_group_id : q{},
+        is_hold_group_target  => $h->is_hold_group_target,
         reservedate_formatted => $h->reservedate()
         ? output_pref( { dt => dt_from_string( $h->reservedate() ), dateonly => 1 } )
         : q{},