diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
index 7b6000c474..f21a998fed 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
@@ -18,16 +18,10 @@ Data deleted
 [% END %]
 </title>
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-close.inc' %]
-<script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/lib/jquery/plugins/jquery.tablesorter.min.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/lib/jquery/plugins/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" id="js">$(document).ready(function() {
-	// call the tablesorter plugin
-	$("#table_item_type").tablesorter({
-		sortList: [[1,0]],
-		headers: { 0: { sorter: false},5: { sorter: false}}
-		   		}).tablesorterPager({container: $("#pagertable_item_type"),positionFixed: false,size: 10});
-	
-}); </script>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[% themelang %]/css/datatables.css" />
+<script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/lib/jquery/plugins/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
+[% INCLUDE 'datatables-strings.inc' %]
+<script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/js/datatables.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 //<![CDATA[
 
@@ -86,6 +80,14 @@ function Check(f) {
 }
      $(document).ready(function() {
         $('#icons').tabs();
+        $("#table_item_type").dataTable($.extend(true, {}, dataTablesDefaults, {
+            "aoColumnDefs": [
+                { "aTargets": [ -1 ], "bSortable": false, "bSearchable": false },
+            ],
+            "aLengthMenu": [[10, 20, 50, 100, -1], [10, 20, 50, 100, "All"]],
+            "aaSorting": [[ 2, "asc" ]],
+            "iDisplayLength": 10
+        }));
      });
 //]]>
 </script>
@@ -272,9 +274,7 @@ Item types administration
 
 [% IF ( else ) %]
 <h2>Item types administration</h2>
-[% IF ( loop ) %]<div id="pagertable_item_type">
-[% INCLUDE 'table-pager.inc' perpage='10' %]
-</div>
+[% IF ( loop ) %]
 <table id="table_item_type">
   <thead>
     [% UNLESS ( noItemTypeImages ) %]<th>Image</th>[% END %]