diff --git a/authorities/detail.pl b/authorities/detail.pl
index 1ba280d38a..38af541a9b 100755
--- a/authorities/detail.pl
+++ b/authorities/detail.pl
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use C4::Koha;
 use Koha::Authorities;
 
 use Koha::Authority::Types;
+use Koha::Token;
 
 our ($tagslib);
 
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ $template->param(
     authtypetext    => $authority_types->find($authtypecode)->authtypetext,
     authtypecode    => $authtypecode,
     authority_types => $authority_types,
+    csrf_token      => Koha::Token->new->generate_csrf({ session_id => scalar $query->cookie('CGISESSID') }),
 );
 
 $template->{VARS}->{marcflavour} = C4::Context->preference("marcflavour");
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/detail.tt
index 295c325369..e1502325a2 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/detail.tt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 function confirm_deletion() {
     var is_confirmed = confirm(_("Are you sure you want to delete this authority?"));
     if (is_confirmed) {
-        window.location="authorities-home.pl?op=delete&authid=[% authid %]";
+        window.location="authorities-home.pl?op=delete&authid=[% authid %]&csrf_token=[% csrf_token %]";
     }
 }
 function Dopop(link) {