diff --git a/C4/Items.pm b/C4/Items.pm
index fef96cb90b..049be3fae7 100644
--- a/C4/Items.pm
+++ b/C4/Items.pm
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ offset & size can be used to retrieve only a part of the whole listing (defaut b
 =cut
 
 sub GetItemsForInventory {
-    my ( $minlocation, $maxlocation,$location, $datelastseen, $branch, $offset, $size ) = @_;
+    my ( $minlocation, $maxlocation,$location, $itemtype, $datelastseen, $branch, $offset, $size ) = @_;
     my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
     my $sth;
     if ($datelastseen) {
@@ -921,12 +921,14 @@ sub GetItemsForInventory {
         my $query =
                 "SELECT itemnumber,barcode,itemcallnumber,title,author,biblio.biblionumber,datelastseen
                  FROM items
-                   LEFT JOIN biblio ON items.biblionumber=biblio.biblionumber 
+                   LEFT JOIN biblio ON items.biblionumber=biblio.biblionumber
+                   LEFT JOIN biblioitems on items.biblionumber=biblioitems.biblionumber
                  WHERE itemcallnumber>= ?
                    AND itemcallnumber <=?
                    AND (datelastseen< ? OR datelastseen IS NULL)";
         $query.= " AND items.location=".$dbh->quote($location) if $location;
         $query.= " AND items.homebranch=".$dbh->quote($branch) if $branch;
+        $query.= " AND biblioitems.itemtype=".$dbh->quote($itemtype) if $itemtype;
         $query .= " ORDER BY itemcallnumber,title";
         $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
         $sth->execute( $minlocation, $maxlocation, $datelastseen );
@@ -935,16 +937,19 @@ sub GetItemsForInventory {
         my $query ="
                 SELECT itemnumber,barcode,itemcallnumber,biblio.biblionumber,title,author,datelastseen
                 FROM items 
-                  LEFT JOIN biblio ON items.biblionumber=biblio.biblionumber 
+                    LEFT JOIN biblio ON items.biblionumber=biblio.biblionumber 
+                   LEFT JOIN biblioitems on items.biblionumber=biblioitems.biblionumber
                 WHERE itemcallnumber>= ?
                   AND itemcallnumber <=?";
         $query.= " AND items.location=".$dbh->quote($location) if $location;
         $query.= " AND items.homebranch=".$dbh->quote($branch) if $branch;
+        $query.= " AND biblioitems.itemtype=".$dbh->quote($itemtype) if $itemtype;
         $query .= " ORDER BY itemcallnumber,title";
         $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
         $sth->execute( $minlocation, $maxlocation );
     }
     my @results;
+    $size--;
     while ( my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref ) {
         $offset-- if ($offset);
         $row->{datelastseen}=format_date($row->{datelastseen});
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/inventory.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/inventory.tmpl
index e6342c78ee..36fc9807c0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/inventory.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/inventory.tmpl
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
         <!-- /TMPL_LOOP -->
         </select>
         </li>
+        <li>
+        <label for="itemtype">Item type</label>
+        <select name="itemtype">
+            <option value="">Any</option>
+        <!-- TMPL_LOOP name="itemtypeloop" -->
+            <option value="<!-- TMPL_VAR name="value" -->" <!-- TMPL_IF name="selected" -->selected<!-- /TMPL_IF -->><!-- TMPL_VAR name="description" --></option>
+        <!-- /TMPL_LOOP -->
+        </select>
+        </li>
         <li>
             <label for="minlocation">Item location between: </label> 
                 <input type="text" name="minlocation" id="minlocation" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="minlocation" -->" /> (items.itemcallnumber)  </li>
@@ -155,6 +164,7 @@
         <input type="hidden" name="datelastseen" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="datelastseen" -->" />
         <input type="hidden" name="pagesize" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="pagesize" -->" />
         <input type="hidden" name="offset" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="prevoffset" -->" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="op" value="do_it" />
         <input type="submit" value="&lt;&lt;" class="button" />
     </form>
     <!-- /TMPL_IF -->
@@ -167,6 +177,7 @@
         <input type="hidden" name="datelastseen" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="datelastseen" -->" />
         <input type="hidden" name="pagesize" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="pagesize" -->" />
         <input type="hidden" name="offset" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="nextoffset" -->" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="op" value="do_it" />
         <input type="submit" value="&gt;&gt;" class="button" />
     </form>
     <!-- /TMPL_IF -->
diff --git a/tools/inventory.pl b/tools/inventory.pl
index d10cbdeb29..e74a19242d 100755
--- a/tools/inventory.pl
+++ b/tools/inventory.pl
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ my $minlocation=$input->param('minlocation') || 'A';
 my $maxlocation=$input->param('maxlocation');
 $maxlocation=$minlocation.'Z' unless $maxlocation;
 my $location=$input->param('location');
+my $itemtype=$input->param('itemtype');
 my $datelastseen = $input->param('datelastseen');
 my $offset = $input->param('offset');
 my $markseen = $input->param('markseen');
@@ -62,12 +63,25 @@ for my $branch_hash (keys %$branches) {
 	                   selected => ($branch_hash eq $branchcode?1:0)};	
 }
  
+
+my $itemtypes = GetItemTypes;
+my @itemtypesloop;
+foreach my $thisitemtype (sort keys %$itemtypes) {
+    my $selected = 1 if $thisitemtype eq $itemtype;
+    my %row =(value => $thisitemtype,
+                selected => $selected,
+                description => $itemtypes->{$thisitemtype}->{'description'},
+            );
+    push @itemtypesloop, \%row;
+}
+$template->param(itemtypeloop => \@itemtypesloop);
+
 my @authorised_value_list;
 my $authorisedvalue_categories;
 
 my $dbh=C4::Context->dbh;
-my $rqauthcategorie=$dbh->prepare("select authorised_value from marc_subfield_structure where frameworkcode=? and kohafield='items.location'");
-my $rq=$dbh->prepare("select frameworkcode from biblio_framework");
+my $rqauthcategorie=$dbh->prepare("SELECT authorised_value FROM marc_subfield_structure WHERE frameworkcode=? AND kohafield='items.location'");
+my $rq=$dbh->prepare("SELECT frameworkcode FROM biblio_framework");
 $rq->execute;
 while (my ($fwkcode)=$rq->fetchrow){
   $rqauthcategorie->execute($fwkcode);
@@ -140,7 +154,7 @@ if ($uploadbarcodes && length($uploadbarcodes)>0){
         }
     }
     if ($markseen or $op) {
-        my $res = GetItemsForInventory($minlocation,$maxlocation,$location,$datelastseen,$branchcode,$offset,$pagesize);
+        my $res = GetItemsForInventory($minlocation,$maxlocation,$location,$itemtype,$datelastseen,$branchcode,$offset,$pagesize);
         $template->param(loop =>$res,
                         nextoffset => ($offset+$pagesize),
                         prevoffset => ($offset?$offset-$pagesize:0),