diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
index e25680d088..1dbf4758f0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/itemsearch.tt
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
                     <form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/item-export.pl">
                         [% INCLUDE 'csrf-token.inc' %]
                         <input type="hidden" name="format" value="${format}">
+                        <input type="hidden" name="op" value="cud-export">
                         ${inputs}
                     </form>
                 `);