diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql b/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
index cad409c53d..9c66df07cd 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
@@ -418,3 +418,4 @@ INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('
 INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('Persona',0,'Use Mozilla Persona for login','','YesNo');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('OpacItemLocation','callnum','Show the shelving location of items in the opac','callnum|ccode|location','Choice');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type)  VALUES('TrackClicks','0','Track links clicked',NULL,'Integer');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('PatronSelfRegistrationAdditionalInstructions','','A free text field to display additional instructions to newly self registered patrons.','','free');
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 317680af23..9b4aa8eeda 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -6505,6 +6505,13 @@ if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
     SetVersion($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.11.00.028";
+if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
+    $dbh->do("INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,options,explanation,type) VALUES ('PatronSelfRegistrationAdditionalInstructions', '', NULL , 'A free text field to display additional instructions to newly self registered patrons.', 'free'    );");
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug 9756 - Patron self registration missing the system preference PatronSelfRegistrationAdditionalInstructions)\n";
+    SetVersion($DBversion);
+}
+
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
 
 =head2 TableExists($table)
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/opac.pref b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/opac.pref
index 57df5127a6..c7b041417f 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/opac.pref
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/opac.pref
@@ -596,3 +596,8 @@ OPAC:
             - pref: PatronSelfRegistrationBorrowerUnwantedField
               class: multi
             - (separate columns with |)
+        -
+            - "Display the following additional instructions for patrons who self register via the OPAC ( HTML is allowed ):"
+            - pref: PatronSelfRegistrationAdditionalInstructions
+              type: textarea
+              class: html
diff --git a/kohaversion.pl b/kohaversion.pl
index 51d52d1e4f..1c52711ceb 100644
--- a/kohaversion.pl
+++ b/kohaversion.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the kohaversion is divided in 4 parts :
 use strict;
 
 sub kohaversion {
-    our $VERSION = '3.11.00.027';
+    our $VERSION = '3.11.00.028';
     # version needs to be set this way
     # so that it can be picked up by Makefile.PL
     # during install