diff --git a/C4/ImportBatch.pm b/C4/ImportBatch.pm
index 905a44aa62..0956ef5f6b 100644
--- a/C4/ImportBatch.pm
+++ b/C4/ImportBatch.pm
@@ -509,16 +509,30 @@ sub BatchFindDuplicates {
 
 =head2 BatchCommitRecords
 
-    my ($num_added, $num_updated, $num_items_added, $num_items_replaced, $num_items_errored, $num_ignored) =
-        BatchCommitRecords( $batch_id, $framework, $progress_interval, $progress_callback, $params );
+  Takes a hashref containing params for committing the batch - optional parameters 'progress_interval' and
+  'progress_callback' will define code called every X records.
+
+  my ($num_added, $num_updated, $num_items_added, $num_items_replaced, $num_items_errored, $num_ignored) =
+        BatchCommitRecords({
+            batch_id  => $batch_id,
+            framework => $framework,
+            overlay_framework => $overlay_framework,
+            progress_interval => $progress_interval,
+            progress_callback => $progress_callback,
+            skip_intermediate_commit => $skip_intermediate_commit
+        });
 
     Parameter skip_intermediate_commit does what is says.
-
 =cut
 
 sub BatchCommitRecords {
-    my ( $batch_id, $framework, $progress_interval, $progress_callback, $params ) = @_;
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $batch_id          = $params->{batch_id};
+    my $framework         = $params->{framework};
+    my $overlay_framework = $params->{overlay_framework};
     my $skip_intermediate_commit = $params->{skip_intermediate_commit};
+    my $progress_interval = $params->{progress_interval} // 0;
+    my $progress_callback = $params->{progress_callback};
     $progress_interval = 0 unless $progress_interval && $progress_interval =~ /^\d+$/;
     $progress_interval = 0 unless ref($progress_callback) eq 'CODE';
 
@@ -646,7 +660,7 @@ sub BatchCommitRecords {
                 ModBiblio(
                     $marc_record,
                     $recordid,
-                    $oldbiblio->frameworkcode,
+                    $overlay_framework // $oldbiblio->frameworkcode,
                     {
                         overlay_context   => $context,
                         skip_record_index => 1
diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob/MARCImportCommitBatch.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob/MARCImportCommitBatch.pm
index ac1c47acda..22398aef29 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob/MARCImportCommitBatch.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob/MARCImportCommitBatch.pm
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ sub process {
 
     my $import_batch_id = $args->{import_batch_id};
     my $frameworkcode = $args->{frameworkcode};
+    my $overlay_frameworkcode = $args->{overlay_framework};
 
     my @messages;
     my $job_progress = 0;
@@ -70,11 +71,15 @@ sub process {
         $self->size($size)->store;
         ( $num_added, $num_updated, $num_items_added,
           $num_items_replaced, $num_items_errored, $num_ignored ) =
-          BatchCommitRecords(
-            $import_batch_id, $frameworkcode, 50,
-            sub { my $job_progress = shift; $self->progress( $job_progress )->store },
-            { skip_intermediate_commit => 1 },
-        );
+          BatchCommitRecords({
+            batch_id => $import_batch_id,
+            framework => $frameworkcode,
+            overlay_framework => $overlay_frameworkcode,
+            progress_interval => 50,
+            progress_callback =>
+                sub { my $job_progress = shift; $self->progress( $job_progress )->store },
+            skip_intermediate_commit => 1,
+            });
         my $count = $num_added + $num_updated;
         if( $count ) {
             $self->set({ progress => $count, size => $count });
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/manage-marc-import.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/manage-marc-import.tt
index 5b6ad97db6..70eec40898 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/manage-marc-import.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/manage-marc-import.tt
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@
                                                     <option value="[% framework.frameworkcode | html %]">[% framework.frameworktext | html %]</option>
                                                 [% END %]
                                             </select>
+                                            <br/>
+                                            When replacing records use this framework:
+                                            <select name="overlay_framework" id="overlay_frameworks">
+                                                <option value="_USE_ORIG_">Keep original framework</option>
+                                                <option value="">Default</option>
+                                                [% FOREACH framework IN frameworks %]
+                                                    <option value="[% framework.frameworkcode | html %]">[% framework.frameworktext | html %]</option>
+                                                [% END %]
+                                            </select>
                                         [% END %]
                                         <br />
                                         <input type="submit" class="button" name="mainformsubmit" value="Import this batch into the catalog" />
diff --git a/misc/commit_file.pl b/misc/commit_file.pl
index d18dda68c4..36a294cc2b 100755
--- a/misc/commit_file.pl
+++ b/misc/commit_file.pl
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ sub process_batch {
 
     print "... importing MARC records -- please wait\n";
     my ($num_added, $num_updated, $num_items_added, $num_items_replaced, $num_items_errored, $num_ignored) =
-        BatchCommitRecords($import_batch_id, $framework, 100, \&print_progress);
+        BatchCommitRecords({
+            batch_id => $import_batch_id,
+            framework => $framework,
+            progress_interval => 100,
+            progress_callback => \&print_progress
+        });
     print "... finished importing MARC records\n";
 
     print <<_SUMMARY_;
diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/import_webservice_batch.pl b/misc/cronjobs/import_webservice_batch.pl
index ae9aa8614c..d5dcdc78f7 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/import_webservice_batch.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/import_webservice_batch.pl
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ EOF
 my $batch_ids = GetStagedWebserviceBatches() or exit;
 
 $framework ||= '';
-BatchCommitRecords($_, $framework) foreach @$batch_ids;
+BatchCommitRecords({
+    batch_id  => $_,
+    framework => $framework
+}) foreach @$batch_ids;
diff --git a/svc/import_bib b/svc/import_bib
index f1119b4543..d5727e6589 100755
--- a/svc/import_bib
+++ b/svc/import_bib
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ sub import_bib {
     my $number_of_matches =  BatchFindDuplicates($batch_id, $matcher);
 
     # XXX we are ignoring the result of this;
-    BatchCommitRecords($batch_id, $framework) if lc($import_mode) eq 'direct';
+    BatchCommitRecords({
+        batch_id  => $batch_id,
+        framework => $framework
+    }) if lc($import_mode) eq 'direct';
 
     my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh();
     my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT matched_biblionumber FROM import_biblios WHERE import_record_id =?");
diff --git a/tools/manage-marc-import.pl b/tools/manage-marc-import.pl
index 9c25ec08f2..af94ab2a16 100755
--- a/tools/manage-marc-import.pl
+++ b/tools/manage-marc-import.pl
@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@ if ($op eq "") {
     }
 } elsif ($op eq "commit-batch") {
     my $frameworkcode = $input->param('framework');
+    my $overlay_framework = $input->param('overlay_framework');
     try {
         my $job_id = Koha::BackgroundJob::MARCImportCommitBatch->new->enqueue(
             {
                 import_batch_id => $import_batch_id,
-                frameworkcode   => $frameworkcode
+                frameworkcode   => $frameworkcode,
+                overlay_framework => $overlay_framework
             }
         );
         if ($job_id) {