diff --git a/beets/autotag/hooks.py b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
index 13c43e8cf2..67546f47c8 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/hooks.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def __init__(
         month: Optional[int] = None,
         day: Optional[int] = None,
         label: Optional[str] = None,
+        barcode: Optional[str] = None,
         mediums: Optional[int] = None,
         artist_sort: Optional[str] = None,
         artists_sort: Optional[List[str]] = None,
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.month = month
         self.day = day
         self.label = label
+        self.barcode = barcode
         self.mediums = mediums
         self.artist_sort = artist_sort
         self.artists_sort = artists_sort or []
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ def decode(self, codec: str = "utf-8"):
             "artist",
             "albumtype",
             "label",
+            "barcode",
             "artist_sort",
             "catalognum",
             "script",
diff --git a/beets/autotag/mb.py b/beets/autotag/mb.py
index d1ac7956d9..1fd41fd2c9 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/mb.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/mb.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "catalognum": "catno",
     "country": "country",
     "label": "label",
+    "barcode": "barcode",
     "media": "format",
     "year": "date",
 }
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ def album_info(release: Dict) -> beets.autotag.hooks.AlbumInfo:
         artists_credit=artists_credit_names,
         data_source="MusicBrainz",
         data_url=album_url(release["id"]),
+        barcode=release.get("barcode"),
     )
     info.va = info.artist_id == VARIOUS_ARTISTS_ID
     if info.va:
@@ -831,6 +833,7 @@ def _merge_pseudo_and_actual_album(
             "original_month",
             "original_day",
             "label",
+            "barcode",
             "asin",
             "style",
             "genre",
diff --git a/beets/library.py b/beets/library.py
index 5ce59852bd..754583f57c 100644
--- a/beets/library.py
+++ b/beets/library.py
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ class Item(LibModel):
         "albumtype": types.STRING,
         "albumtypes": types.SEMICOLON_SPACE_DSV,
         "label": types.STRING,
+        "barcode": types.STRING,
         "acoustid_fingerprint": types.STRING,
         "acoustid_id": types.STRING,
         "mb_releasegroupid": types.STRING,
@@ -1162,6 +1163,7 @@ class Album(LibModel):
         "albumtype": types.STRING,
         "albumtypes": types.SEMICOLON_SPACE_DSV,
         "label": types.STRING,
+        "barcode": types.STRING,
         "mb_releasegroupid": types.STRING,
         "release_group_title": types.STRING,
         "asin": types.STRING,
@@ -1217,6 +1219,7 @@ class Album(LibModel):
         "albumtype",
         "albumtypes",
         "label",
+        "barcode",
         "mb_releasegroupid",
         "asin",
         "catalognum",
diff --git a/beets/test/helper.py b/beets/test/helper.py
index b12bfe7abc..9843b51e87 100644
--- a/beets/test/helper.py
+++ b/beets/test/helper.py
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ def generate_album_info(album_id, track_values):
     "albumtype",
     "va",
     "label",
+    "barcode",
     "artist_sort",
     "releasegroup_id",
     "catalognum",