diff --git a/cataloguing/additem.pl b/cataloguing/additem.pl
index b23543c2f0..e5d9a46399 100755
--- a/cataloguing/additem.pl
+++ b/cataloguing/additem.pl
@@ -650,6 +650,18 @@ if ( $op eq "cud-additem" ) {
         }
     }
 
+    if ( $input->param('edit-serial-issue') ) {
+        my $serialid = $item->serial_item->serialid;
+        my $serial   = Koha::Serials->find($serialid);
+
+        my $redirect = "/cgi-bin/koha/serials/serials-edit.pl?serialid=$serialid";
+        if ($serial) {
+            $redirect .= "&subscriptionid=" . $serial->subscriptionid;
+        }
+        print $input->redirect($redirect);
+        exit;
+    }
+
     $nextop = "cud-additem";
 } elsif ( $op eq "delinkitem" ) {
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/edit_serial_issues.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/edit_serial_issues.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11af56e5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/edit_serial_issues.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[% USE Item %]
+
+<!-- edit_serial_issues.inc -->
+<!-- Edit serials confirmation dialog -->
+<div class="modal fade" id="edit-serial-issues-modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="edit-serial-issues-modal-label">
+    <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+        <div class="modal-content">
+            <div class="modal-header">
+                <h4 class="modal-title" id="edit-serial-issues-modal-label">Edit serial issues</h4>
+            </div>
+            <div class="modal-body">
+                <h5 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">This item has a serial issue linked to it, would you like to edit this as well?</h5>
+            </div>
+            <div class="modal-footer">
+                <button id="edit-serial-issues-modal-btn-submit" type="button" class="btn btn-primary"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i> Edit serial issue</button>
+                <button id="no-edit-serial-issues-modal-btn-submit" class="btn btn-default deny cancel" href="#" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> Save item without editing serial issue</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
index 8ee5d0e999..32c79d0fa4 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
@@ -411,7 +411,12 @@
                                 [% IF op != 'add_item' %]
                                     <input type="hidden" name="itemnumber" value="[% itemnumber | html %]" />
                                 [% END %]
-                                <input type="submit" value="Save changes" onclick="return Check(this.form)" />
+                                [% IF Item.HasSerialItem(itemnumber) == 0 %]
+                                    <input type="submit" value="Save changes" onclick="return Check(this.form)" />
+                                [% ELSE %]
+                                    <input type="button" class="submit" value="Save changes" onclick="return ShowSerialEditingConfirmation(this.form)" />
+                                    <input type="hidden" name="edit-serial-issue" id="edit-serial-issue" value />
+                                [% END %]
                                 <input type="button" id="addnewitem" value="Add a new item" />
                                 <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=[% biblio.biblionumber | uri %]">Cancel</a>
                             [% END %]</fieldset
@@ -423,6 +428,8 @@
                         <input type="hidden" name="barcode" value="[% barcode | html %]" />
                         <input type="hidden" name="duedatespec" value="[% duedatespec | html %]" />
                         [%# End fields for fast cataloging %]
+
+                        [% INCLUDE 'modals/edit_serial_issues.inc' %]
                     </form>
 
                     [% INCLUDE 'modals/cataloguing_create_av.inc' %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/cataloging_additem.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/cataloging_additem.js
index 4953fbf87c..507bfa9b4e 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/cataloging_additem.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/cataloging_additem.js
@@ -181,6 +181,26 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         return $("#" + $(this).data("item") + "-delete-item-form").submit();
     });
 
+    $(document).on(
+        "click",
+        "#edit-serial-issues-modal-btn-submit",
+        function (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            $("#edit-serial-issues-modal").modal("hide");
+            $("#edit-serial-issue").val("1");
+            return $("#f").submit();
+        }
+    );
+    $(document).on(
+        "click",
+        "#no-edit-serial-issues-modal-btn-submit",
+        function (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            $("#edit-serial-issues-modal").modal("hide");
+            return $("#f").submit();
+        }
+    );
+
     /* On page load, check for location.hash in the page URL */
     /* If present the location hash will be used to scroll to the relevant anchor */
     var hash = location.hash;
@@ -267,3 +287,8 @@ function Dopop(link, i) {
         "width=500,height=400,toolbar=false,scrollbars=yes"
     );
 }
+
+function ShowSerialEditingConfirmation(form) {
+    $("#edit-serial-issues-modal").modal("show");
+    return false;
+}