diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41253_add_items_modification_by_age_permission.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41253_add_items_modification_by_age_permission.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b78b67062d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41253_add_items_modification_by_age_permission.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+use Koha::Installer::Output qw(say_warning say_success say_info);
+
+return {
+    bug_number  => "41253",
+    description => "Add items_modification_by_age permission",
+    up          => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ( $dbh, $out ) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+
+        $dbh->do(
+            q{
+            INSERT IGNORE INTO permissions (module_bit, code, description)
+            VALUES (13, 'items_modification_by_age', 'Define rules for automatic item aging')
+        }
+        );
+
+        say $out "Added new permission 'items_modification_by_age'";
+
+        my $sth = $dbh->prepare(
+            q{
+            SELECT borrowernumber
+            FROM user_permissions
+            WHERE code = 'items_batchmod'
+        }
+        );
+
+        $sth->execute();
+
+        my @borrowernumbers;
+        while ( my ($borrowernumber) = $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
+            push @borrowernumbers, $borrowernumber;
+        }
+
+        if (@borrowernumbers) {
+
+            my $insert_sth = $dbh->prepare(
+                q{
+                INSERT IGNORE INTO user_permissions (borrowernumber, module_bit, code)
+                VALUES (?, 13, 'items_modification_by_age')
+            }
+            );
+
+            foreach my $borrowernumber (@borrowernumbers) {
+                $insert_sth->execute($borrowernumber);
+            }
+
+            say_success( $out, "Granted items_modification_by_age to users with items_batchmod" );
+        }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/userpermissions.sql b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/userpermissions.sql
index dbd907f6dd..3d32c18f64 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/userpermissions.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/userpermissions.sql
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ INSERT INTO permissions (module_bit, code, description) VALUES
    (13, 'items_batchmod', 'Perform batch modification of items'),
    (13, 'items_batchmod_restricted', 'Limit batch item modification to subfields defined in the SubfieldsToAllowForRestrictedBatchmod preference (please note that items_batchmod is still required)'),
    (13, 'items_batchdel', 'Perform batch deletion of items'),
+   (13, 'items_modification_by_age', 'Define rules for automatic item aging'),
    (13, 'manage_csv_profiles', 'Manage CSV export profiles'),
    (13, 'moderate_tags', 'Moderate patron tags'),
    (13, 'rotating_collections', 'Manage rotating collections'),
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/permissions.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/permissions.inc
index b12e828a91..119f6dcd5c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/permissions.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/permissions.inc
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@
             Limit batch item modification to subfields defined in the SubfieldsToAllowForRestrictedBatchmod preference (please note that items_batchmod is still required)
         </span>
         <span class="permissioncode">([% name | html %])</span>
+    [%- CASE 'items_modification_by_age' -%]
+        <span class="sub_permission items_modification_by_age"> Define rules for automatic item aging </span>
+        <span class="permissioncode">([% name | html %])</span>
     [%- CASE 'label_creator' -%]
         <span class="sub_permission label_creator_subpermission"> Create printable labels and barcodes from catalog and patron data </span>
         <span class="permissioncode">([% name | html %])</span>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/cataloging-home.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/cataloging-home.tt
index da7cc85691..cbb5288820 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/cataloging-home.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/cataloging-home.tt
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@
                 </ul>
             [% END %]
 
-            [% IF ( CAN_user_tools_items_batchmod || ( CAN_user_stockrotation_manage_rotas && Koha.Preference('StockRotation') ) ) %]
+            [% IF ( CAN_user_tools_items_modification_by_age || ( CAN_user_stockrotation_manage_rotas && Koha.Preference('StockRotation') ) ) %]
                 <h3>Automation</h3>
                 <ul class="buttons-list">
-                    [% IF ( CAN_user_tools_items_batchmod ) %]
+                    [% IF ( CAN_user_tools_items_modification_by_age ) %]
                         <li>
                             <a class="circ-button" href="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl"><i class="fa-solid fa-calendar-days"></i> Item modifications by age</a>
                         </li>
diff --git a/tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl b/tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl
index c307b237d2..f68b43498f 100755
--- a/tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl
+++ b/tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ my ( $template, $loggedinuser, $cookie ) = get_template_and_user(
         template_name => "tools/automatic_item_modification_by_age.tt",
         query         => $cgi,
         type          => "intranet",
-        flagsrequired => { tools => 'items_batchmod' },
+        flagsrequired => { tools => 'items_modification_by_age' },
     }
 );