diff --git a/rotating_collections/addItems.pl b/rotating_collections/addItems.pl
index 1872578095..f3de0d0952 100755
--- a/rotating_collections/addItems.pl
+++ b/rotating_collections/addItems.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use Modern::Perl;
 
 use C4::Output qw( output_html_with_http_headers );
 use C4::Auth qw( get_template_and_user );
+use C4::Circulation qw( barcodedecode );
 use C4::Context;
 use C4::RotatingCollections;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ if ( defined $op and
     ## Add the given item to the collection
     my $colId      = $query->param('colId');
     my $barcode    = $query->param('barcode');
+    $barcode       = barcodedecode($barcode);
     my $removeItem = $query->param('removeItem');
     my $item       = Koha::Items->find({barcode => $barcode});
     my $itemnumber = $item ? $item->itemnumber : undef;