diff --git a/catalogue/itemsearch.pl b/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
index 35d1a0039d..e66aa4f498 100755
--- a/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
+++ b/catalogue/itemsearch.pl
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ if ($format eq 'csv') {
         type => 'text/csv',
         attachment => 'items.csv',
     });
-    print $template->output;
+
+    for my $line ( split '\n', $template->output ) {
+        print "$line\n" unless $line =~ m|^\s*$|;
+    }
 } else {
     output_with_http_headers $cgi, $cookie, $template->output, $content_type;
 }
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
index fd6e835a9d..9cc781c262 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [%- USE Branches -%]
 [%- biblio = item.biblio -%]
 [%- biblioitem = item.biblioitem -%]
-"[% biblio.title |html %] by [% biblio.author |html %]", "[% biblioitem.publicationyear |html %]", "[% biblioitem.publishercode |html %]", "[% biblioitem.collectiontitle |html %]", "[% item.barcode |html %]", "[% item.itemcallnumber |html %]", "[% Branches.GetName(item.homebranch) |html %]", "[% Branches.GetName(item.holdingbranch) |html %]", "[% item.location |html %]", "[% item.stocknumber |html %]", "[% item.status |html %]", "[% (item.issues || 0) |html %]"
+"[% biblio.title |html %] by [% biblio.author |html %]", "[% biblioitem.publicationyear |html %]", "[% biblioitem.publishercode |html %]", "[% biblioitem.collectiontitle |html %]", "[% item.barcode |html %]", "[% item.itemcallnumber |html %]", "[% Branches.GetName(item.homebranch) |html %]", "[% Branches.GetName(item.holdingbranch) |html %]", "[% item.location |html %]", "[% item.stocknumber |html %]", "[% item.status |html %]", "[% (item.issues || 0) |html %]"[% INCLUDE 'empty_line.inc' %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28fabe707d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Title, Publication Date, Publisher, Collection, Barcode, Call number, Home library, Current location, Shelving location, Inventory number, Status, Checkouts
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/empty_line.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/empty_line.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.csv.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.csv.tt
index 45cfd3281a..49878c4870 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.csv.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.csv.tt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Title, Publication Date, Publisher, Collection, Barcode, Call number, Home library, Current location, Shelving location, Inventory number, Status, Checkouts
+[% INCLUDE csv_headers/catalogue/itemsearch.tt %]
 [% FOREACH item IN results -%]
   [%- INCLUDE 'catalogue/itemsearch_item.csv.inc' item = item -%]
 [%- END -%]