diff --git a/catalogue/detail.pl b/catalogue/detail.pl
index 580949d109..a700b950b8 100755
--- a/catalogue/detail.pl
+++ b/catalogue/detail.pl
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ my $authvalcode_items_itemlost = GetAuthValCode('items.itemlost',$fw);
 my $authvalcode_items_damaged  = GetAuthValCode('items.damaged', $fw);
 
 my $analytics_flag;
+my $materials_flag; # set this if the items have anything in the materials field
 foreach my $item (@items) {
 
     $item->{homebranch}        = GetBranchName($item->{homebranch});
@@ -251,7 +252,9 @@ foreach my $item (@items) {
 		$analytics_flag=1;
 		$item->{countanalytics} = $countanalytics;
 	}
-
+    if ($item->{'materials'} ne ''){
+	$materials_flag = 1;
+    }
     push @itemloop, $item;
 }
 
@@ -276,6 +279,7 @@ $template->param(
         hostrecords         => $hostrecords,
 	analytics_flag	=> $analytics_flag,
 	C4::Search::enabled_staff_search_views,
+        materials       => $materials_flag,
 );
 
 if (C4::Context->preference("AlternateHoldingsField") && scalar @items == 0) {
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 3de15c2d75..6f823ef48d 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `items` ( -- holdings/item information
   `cn_source` varchar(10) default NULL, -- classification source used on this item (MARC21 952$2)
   `cn_sort` varchar(30) default NULL,  -- normalized form of the call number (MARC21 952$o) used for sorting
   `ccode` varchar(10) default NULL, -- authorized value for the collection code associated with this item (MARC21 952$8)
-  `materials` varchar(10) default NULL, -- materials specified (MARC21 952$3)
+  `materials` text default NULL, -- materials specified (MARC21 952$3)
   `uri` varchar(255) default NULL, -- URL for the item (MARC21 952$u)
   `itype` varchar(10) default NULL, -- foreign key from the itemtypes table defining the type for this item (MARC21 952$y)
   `more_subfields_xml` longtext default NULL, -- additional 952 subfields in XML format
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index a95041204f..840044afe3 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -4569,6 +4569,14 @@ if (C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion)) {
     SetVersion($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.07.00.XXX";
+if (C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion)) {
+    $dbh->do("ALTER TABLE items MODIFY materials text;");
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done alter items.material from varchar(10) to text \n";
+    SetVersion ($DBversion);
+}
+
+
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
 
 =head2 DropAllForeignKeys($table)
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
index 019fa10e86..2a4a975304 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ function verify_images() {
                 <th>Status</th>
                 <th>Last seen</th>
                 <th>Barcode</th>
+		[% IF materials %]<th>Materials Specified</th>[% END %]
                 [% IF ( volinfo ) %]<th>Publication Details</th>[% END %]
                 [% IF ( itemdata_uri ) %]<th>url</th>[% END %]
                 [% IF ( itemdata_copynumber ) %]<th>Copy No.</th>[% END %]
@@ -372,6 +373,9 @@ function verify_images() {
 				[% IF ( itemdata_copynumber ) %]
 					<td class="copynumber">[% itemloo.copynumber %]</td>
 				[% END %]
+	        [% IF itemloo.materials %]
+		    <td> [% itemloo.materials %] </td>
+		[% END %]
                 [% IF ( itemdata_itemnotes ) %]<td><div class="itemnotes">[% itemloo.itemnotes %]</div></td>[% END %]
 		[% IF ( SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails ) %]
 			<td><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/spinelabel-print.pl?barcode=[% itemloo.barcode %]" >Print Label</a></td>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/moredetail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/moredetail.tt
index 7cda3842dd..5ec6ae66c3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/moredetail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/moredetail.tt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
             <li><span class="label">Item Callnumber:</span> [% ITEM_DAT.itemcallnumber %]&nbsp;</li>
             [% IF ( ITEM_DAT.copyvol ) %]<li><span class="label">Copy / Vol :</span> [% ITEM_DAT.copyvol %]&nbsp;</li> [% END %]
             [% IF ( ITEM_DAT.replacementprice ) %]<li><span class="label">Replacement Price:</span> [% ITEM_DAT.replacementprice %]&nbsp;</li> [% END %]
+	    [% IF ITEM_DAT.materials %]<li><span class="label">Materials Specified:</span> [% ITEM_DAT.materials %] </li> [% END %]
             </ol></div>
            <div class="listgroup"><h4>Statuses [% IF ( ITEM_DAT.status_advisory ) %](
                 [% IF ( ITEM_DAT.notforloantext ) %][% ITEM_DAT.notforloantext %] [% END %]