diff --git a/admin/categories.pl b/admin/categories.pl
index 53c4182b47..6a335b9737 100755
--- a/admin/categories.pl
+++ b/admin/categories.pl
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ elsif ( $op eq 'add_validate' ) {
     my $category_type = $input->param('category_type');
     my $BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions = $input->param('BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions');
     my $checkPrevCheckout = $input->param('checkprevcheckout');
+    my $canplaceillopac = $input->param('canplaceillopac');
     my $default_privacy = $input->param('default_privacy');
     my $reset_password = $input->param('reset_password');
     my $change_password = $input->param('change_password');
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ elsif ( $op eq 'add_validate' ) {
         $category->can_be_guarantee($can_be_guarantee);
         $category->BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions($BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions);
         $category->checkprevcheckout($checkPrevCheckout);
+        $category->canplaceillopac($canplaceillopac);
         $category->default_privacy($default_privacy);
         $category->reset_password($reset_password);
         $category->change_password($change_password);
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ elsif ( $op eq 'add_validate' ) {
             can_be_guarantee => $can_be_guarantee,
             BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions => $BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions,
             checkprevcheckout => $checkPrevCheckout,
+            canplaceillopac => $canplaceillopac,
             default_privacy => $default_privacy,
             reset_password => $reset_password,
             change_password => $change_password,
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
index 9d006752dc..aff8ca18e5 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/categories.tt
@@ -384,6 +384,23 @@
                       </div>
                   </li>
                 [% END %]
+                [% IF ( Koha.Preference('ILLModule') ) %]
+                    <li>
+                        <label for="canplaceillopac">Can place ILL in OPAC: </label>
+                        <select id="canplaceillopac" name="canplaceillopac">
+                            [% IF category.canplaceillopac %]
+                                <option value="0">No</option>
+                                <option value="1" selected="selected">Yes</option>
+                            [% ELSE %]
+                                <option value="0" selected="selected">No</option>
+                                <option value="1">Yes</option>
+                            [% END %]
+                        </select>
+                        <div class="hint">
+                            Choose whether patrons of this category can create new interlibrary loan requests.
+                        </div>
+                    </li>
+                [% END %]
                 <li>
                     <label for="default_privacy">Default privacy: </label>
                     <select id="default_privacy" name="default_privacy">
@@ -487,6 +504,13 @@
             </tr>
             [% END %]
             <tr><th scope="row">Can be guarantee:</th><td>[% IF category.can_be_guarantee %]Yes[% ELSE %]No[% END %]</td></tr>
+            [% IF ( Koha.Preference('ILLModule') ) %]
+                <tr>
+                    <th scope="row">Can place ILL in OPAC: </th>
+                    <td>[% IF category.canplaceillopac %]Yes[% ELSE %]No[% END %]</td>
+                </tr>
+            [% END %]
+            <tr><th scope="row">Can be guarantee</th><td>[% IF category.can_be_guarantee %]Yes[% ELSE %]No[% END %]</td></tr>
             <tr>
                 <th scope="row">Default privacy: </th>
                 <td>
@@ -550,6 +574,9 @@
                     [% IF ( Koha.Preference('CheckPrevCheckout') == 'softyes' || Koha.Preference('CheckPrevCheckout') == 'softno' ) %]
                     <th scope="col">Check previous checkout?</th>
                     [% END %]
+                    [% IF ( Koha.Preference('ILLModule') ) %]
+                    <th scope="col">Can place ILL in OPAC?</th>
+                    [% END %]
                     <th scope="col">Can be guarantee</th>
                     <th scope="col">Default privacy</th>
                     <th scope="col">Exclude from local holds priority</th>
@@ -668,6 +695,9 @@
                               <span>Inherit</span>
                               [% END %]
                           </td>
+                        [% END %]
+                         [% IF ( Koha.Preference('ILLModule') ) %]
+                            <td>[% IF category.canplaceillopac %] Yes [% ELSE %] No [% END %]</td>
                         [% END %]
                         <td>[% IF category.can_be_guarantee %] Yes [% ELSE %] No [% END %]</td>
                         <td>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-illrequests.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-illrequests.tt
index 9b5807f891..aab5eb19e3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-illrequests.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-illrequests.tt
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@
                             <h1>Interlibrary loan requests</h1>
                             [% INCLUDE messages %]
 
-                            <div id="illrequests-create-button" class="dropdown btn-group">
-                                [% IF backends.size > 1 %]
+                            [% IF canplaceillopac %]
+                                <div id="illrequests-create-button" class="dropdown btn-group">
+                                    [% IF backends.size > 1 %]
                                         <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="ill-backend-dropdown" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="true">
                                             <i class="fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></i> Create a new request <span class="caret"></span>
                                         </button>
@@ -122,12 +123,13 @@
                                                 <a class="dropdown-item" href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-illrequests.pl?method=create&amp;backend=[% backend | uri %]">[% backend | html %]</a>
                                             [% END %]
                                         </div>
-                                [% ELSE %]
-                                    <a id="ill-new" class="btn btn-primary" href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-illrequests.pl?method=create&amp;backend=[% backends.0 | html %]">
-                                        <i class="fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></i> Create a new request
-                                    </a>
-                                [% END %]
-                            </div>
+                                    [% ELSE %]
+                                        <a id="ill-new" class="btn btn-primary" href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-illrequests.pl?method=create&amp;backend=[% backends.0 | html %]">
+                                            <i class="fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></i> Create a new request
+                                        </a>
+                                    [% END %]
+                                </div>
+                            [% END %]
 
                             <table id="illrequestlist" class="table table-bordered table-striped">
                                 <caption class="sr-only">Requests</caption>
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@
                                         </div>
                                     [% END %]
                                 </div>
+                            [% IF canplaceillopac %]
                                 <fieldset class="action illrequest-actions">
                                     <input type="hidden" name="illrequest_id" value="[% request.illrequest_id | html %]" />
                                     <input type="hidden" name="method" value="update" />
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@
                                     [% END %]
                                     <span class="cancel"><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-illrequests.pl">Cancel</a></span>
                                 </fieldset>
+                            [% END %]
                             </form>
                         [% ELSIF method == 'availability' %]
                             <h1>Interlibrary loan item availability</h1>
diff --git a/opac/opac-illrequests.pl b/opac/opac-illrequests.pl
index b66c34677c..5a351edc9a 100755
--- a/opac/opac-illrequests.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-illrequests.pl
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ my $reduced  = C4::Context->preference('ILLOpacbackends');
 my $backends = Koha::Illrequest::Config->new->available_backends($reduced);
 my $backends_available = ( scalar @{$backends} > 0 );
 $template->param( backends_available => $backends_available );
+my $patron = Koha::Patrons->find($loggedinuser);
 
 my $op = $params->{'method'} || 'list';
 
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ if ( $illrequest_id = $params->{illrequest_id} ) {
     }
 }
 
+if ( ( $op eq 'create' || $op eq 'cancreq' || $op eq 'update' ) && !$patron->_result->categorycode->canplaceillopac ) {
+    print $query->redirect('/cgi-bin/koha/errors/403.pl');
+    exit;
+}
+
 if ( $op eq 'list' ) {
 
     my $requests = Koha::Illrequests->search(
@@ -140,9 +146,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'list' ) {
             exit;
         }
 
-        $params->{cardnumber} = Koha::Patrons->find({
-            borrowernumber => $loggedinuser
-        })->cardnumber;
+        $params->{cardnumber} = $patron->cardnumber;
         $params->{opac} = 1;
         my $backend_result = $request->backend_create($params);
 
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'list' ) {
 }
 
 $template->param(
+    canplaceillopac => $patron->_result->categorycode->canplaceillopac,
     message         => $params->{message},
     illrequestsview => 1,
     method          => $op