diff --git a/labels/label-edit-batch.pl b/labels/label-edit-batch.pl
index ac2da6392f..230291e3a4 100755
--- a/labels/label-edit-batch.pl
+++ b/labels/label-edit-batch.pl
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ use Modern::Perl;
 use CGI qw ( -utf8 );
 
 use C4::Auth qw( get_template_and_user );
-use C4::Output qw( output_html_with_http_headers );
+use C4::Circulation qw( barcodedecode );
 use C4::Creators qw( get_label_summary html_table );
 use C4::Labels;
+use C4::Output qw( output_html_with_http_headers );
 
 use Koha::Items;
 
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ elsif ($op eq 'add') {
                 push @item_numbers, $number;
             }
             elsif ($number_type eq "barcode" ) {  # we must test in case an invalid barcode is passed in; we effectively disgard them atm
+                $number = barcodedecode($number);
                 my $item = Koha::Items->find({barcode => $number});
                 push @item_numbers, $item->itemnumber if $item;
             }