diff --git a/erpnext/patches/v5_0/item_variants.py b/erpnext/patches/v5_0/item_variants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeaf729681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/erpnext/patches/v5_0/item_variants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import frappe
+
+def execute():
+	variant_item = frappe.db.get_all("Item",
+			fields=["name"],
+			filters={"has_variants": 1})
+			
+	for d in variant_item:
+		pass
+		
+	def get_variant_item_codes(self):
+		"""Get all possible suffixes for variants"""
+		variant_dict = {}
+		for d in self.attributes:
+			variant_dict.setdefault(d.attribute, []).append(d.attribute_value)
+
+		all_attributes = [d.name for d in frappe.get_all("Item Attribute", order_by = "priority asc")]
+
+		# sort attributes by their priority
+		attributes = filter(None, map(lambda d: d if d in variant_dict else None, all_attributes))
+
+		def add_attribute_suffixes(item_code, my_attributes, attributes):
+			attr = frappe.get_doc("Item Attribute", attributes[0])
+			for value in attr.item_attribute_values:
+				if value.attribute_value in variant_dict[attr.name]:
+					_my_attributes = copy.deepcopy(my_attributes)
+					_my_attributes.append([attr.name, value.attribute_value])
+					if len(attributes) > 1:
+						add_attribute_suffixes(item_code + "-" + value.abbr, _my_attributes, attributes[1:])
+					else:
+						self.append('variants', {"variant": item_code + "-" + value.abbr, 
+							"attributes": json.dumps(_my_attributes)})
+		add_attribute_suffixes(self.item, [], attributes)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/erpnext/stock/doctype/material_request/material_request.json b/erpnext/stock/doctype/material_request/material_request.json
index aec242f285..a3026c4ca4 100644
--- a/erpnext/stock/doctype/material_request/material_request.json
+++ b/erpnext/stock/doctype/material_request/material_request.json
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
    "no_copy": 1, 
    "oldfieldname": "status", 
    "oldfieldtype": "Select", 
-   "options": "\nDraft\nSubmitted\nIssued\nOrdered\nTransfered\nStopped\nCancelled", 
+   "options": "\nDraft\nSubmitted\nStopped\nCancelled", 
    "permlevel": 0, 
    "print_hide": 1, 
    "print_width": "100px", 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
  "icon": "icon-ticket", 
  "idx": 1, 
  "is_submittable": 1, 
- "modified": "2015-06-08 07:24:47.954499", 
+ "modified": "2015-06-09 05:47:05.934432", 
  "modified_by": "Administrator", 
  "module": "Stock", 
  "name": "Material Request",