diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/circ-menu.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/circ-menu.inc
index 9eb5c6dfe4..49a29ccbb4 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/circ-menu.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/circ-menu.inc
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@
     [% IF ( EnhancedMessagingPreferences ) %]
 	[% IF ( sentnotices ) %]<li class="active">[% ELSE %]<li>[% END %]<a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/notices.pl?borrowernumber=[% borrowernumber %]">Notices</a></li>
     [% END %]
-    [% IF (  statisticsview ) %]<li class="active">[% ELSE %]<li>[% END %]<a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/statistics.pl?borrowernumber=[% borrowernumber %]">Statistics</a></li>
+    <!-- Added IF statement to check if user has borrowers permission. The menu item will not be shown unless user has borrowers permission  -->
+    [% IF ( CAN_user_borrowers ) %]
+        [% IF (  statisticsview ) %]<li class="active">[% ELSE %]<li>[% END %]<a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/statistics.pl?borrowernumber=[% borrowernumber %]">Statistics</a></li>
+    [% END %]
     [% IF EnableBorrowerFiles %]
         [% IF ( borrower_files ) %]<li class="active">[% ELSE %]<li>[% END %]<a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/files.pl?borrowernumber=[% borrowernumber %]">Files</a></li>
     [% END %]