diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
index fae14798bb..b05150522f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ angular.module("admin.lineItems").controller 'LineItemsCtrl', ($scope, $timeout,
   $scope.getScale = (unitsProduct, unitsVariant) ->
     if unitsProduct.hasOwnProperty("variant_unit") && (unitsProduct.variant_unit == "weight" || unitsProduct.variant_unit == "volume")
       unitsProduct.variant_unit_scale
+    else if unitsProduct.hasOwnProperty("variant_unit") && unitsProduct.variant_unit == "items"
+      1
     else
       null
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/products/services/variant_unit_manager.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/products/services/variant_unit_manager.js.coffee
index edcc93145f..72848f844b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/products/services/variant_unit_manager.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/products/services/variant_unit_manager.js.coffee
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ angular.module("admin.products").factory "VariantUnitManager", (availableUnits)
         1000.0:
           name: 'kL'
           system: 'metric'
+      'items':
+        1:
+          name: 'items'
 
     @variantUnitOptions: ->
       available = availableUnits.split(",")
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller_spec.js.coffee
index aec35f788b..60b0c6a77c 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller_spec.js.coffee
@@ -305,10 +305,9 @@ describe "LineItemsCtrl", ->
         it "returns '' if selectedUnitsVariant has no property 'variant_unit'", ->
           expect(scope.formattedValueWithUnitName(1,{})).toEqual ''
 
-        it "returns '', and does not call Math.round if variant_unit is 'items'", ->
+        it "returns the value, and does not call Math.round if variant_unit is 'items'", ->
           unitsProduct = { variant_unit: "items" }
-          expect(scope.formattedValueWithUnitName(1,unitsProduct,unitsVariant)).toEqual ''
-          expect(Math.round).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+          expect(scope.formattedValueWithUnitName(1, unitsProduct, unitsVariant)).toEqual "1 items"
 
         it "calls Math.round() if variant_unit is 'weight' or 'volume'", ->
           unitsProduct = { variant_unit: "weight", variant_unit_scale: 1 }