diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
index d1695732c066..ef9887c29ff2 100644
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
+++ b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
@@ -335,13 +335,37 @@ contract Token {
         let to_ivpk = header.get_ivpk_m(&mut context, to);
 
         let amount = U128::from_integer(amount);
-        storage.balances.sub(from, amount).emit(encode_and_encrypt_note_with_keys_unconstrained(&mut context, from_ovpk, from_ivpk));
+        let mut (change, missing) = storage.balances.odd_sub(from, amount, 2);
+
+        // If we are still missing some balance to cover the amount, call accumulate to spend more notes.
+        if !missing.eq(U128::zero()) {
+            change = Token::at(context.this_address())._accumulate(from, missing.to_field()).call(&mut context);
+        }
+
+        storage.balances.add(from, change).emit(encode_and_encrypt_note_with_keys_unconstrained(&mut context, from_ovpk, from_ivpk));
         storage.balances.add(to, amount).emit(encode_and_encrypt_note_with_keys_unconstrained(&mut context, from_ovpk, to_ivpk));
 
         Transfer { from: from.to_field(), to: to.to_field(), amount: amount.to_field() }.emit(encode_and_encrypt_event_with_keys_unconstrained(&mut context, from_ovpk, to_ivpk));
     }
     // docs:end:transfer
 
+    /**
+     * Accumulate value by spending notes until we hit the missing amount
+     * If not enough notes are available, recurse to do it again.
+     * Will use MORE notes than the transfer directly since there are much smaller usual overhead on this function.
+     * Will fail with `Cannot return zero notes` if there are not enough notes to cover the amount.
+     */
+    #[aztec(private)]
+    #[aztec(internal)]
+    fn _accumulate(owner: AztecAddress, missing_: Field) -> U128 {
+        // Since we are already spending a lot of doing the call, and we don't do anything else in here, we might as well go over more notes.
+        let mut (change, missing) = storage.balances.odd_sub(owner, U128::from_integer(missing_), 8);
+        if !missing.eq(U128::zero()) {
+            change = Token::at(context.this_address())._accumulate(owner, missing.to_field()).call(&mut context);
+        }
+        change
+    }
+
     /**
      * Cancel a private authentication witness.
      * @param inner_hash The inner hash of the authwit to cancel.
diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/types/balances_map.nr b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/types/balances_map.nr
index a13206360c33..d8cbc19fb7f6 100644
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/types/balances_map.nr
+++ b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/token_contract/src/types/balances_map.nr
@@ -113,6 +113,43 @@ impl<T> BalancesMap<T, &mut PrivateContext> {
 
         self.add(owner, minuend - subtrahend)
     }
+
+    pub fn odd_sub<T_SERIALIZED_LEN, T_SERIALIZED_BYTES_LEN>(
+        self: Self,
+        owner: AztecAddress,
+        subtrahend: U128,
+        limit: u32
+    ) -> (U128, U128) where T: NoteInterface<T_SERIALIZED_LEN, T_SERIALIZED_BYTES_LEN> + OwnedNote {
+        // docs:start:get_notes
+        let options = NoteGetterOptions::with_filter(filter_notes_min_sum, subtrahend).set_limit(limit);
+        let notes = self.map.at(owner).get_notes(options);
+        // docs:end:get_notes
+
+        assert(notes.len() > 0, "No notes found");
+
+        let mut minuend: U128 = U128::from_integer(0);
+        for i in 0..options.limit {
+            if i < notes.len() {
+                let note = notes.get_unchecked(i);
+
+                // Removes the note from the owner's set of notes.
+                // This will call the the `compute_nullifer` function of the `token_note`
+                // which require knowledge of the secret key (currently the users encryption key).
+                // The contract logic must ensure that the spending key is used as well.
+                // docs:start:remove
+                self.map.at(owner).remove(note);
+                // docs:end:remove
+
+                minuend = minuend + note.get_amount();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if minuend >= subtrahend {
+            (minuend - subtrahend, U128::zero())
+        } else {
+            (U128::zero(), subtrahend - minuend)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn filter_notes_min_sum<T, T_SERIALIZED_LEN, T_SERIALIZED_BYTES_LEN>(
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json b/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
index 1444de37a2d8..524b4a622104 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
       ]
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract/odd_transfer_private.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract/odd_transfer_private.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..029a028722b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract/odd_transfer_private.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { BatchCall, EventType, Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
+import { TokenContract } from '@aztec/noir-contracts.js';
+
+import { TokenContractTest } from './token_contract_test.js';
+
+describe('e2e_token_contract transfer private', () => {
+  const t = new TokenContractTest('odd_transfer_private');
+  let { asset, accounts, tokenSim, wallets } = t;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await t.applyBaseSnapshots();
+    await t.applyMintSnapshot();
+    await t.setup();
+    ({ asset, accounts, tokenSim, wallets } = t);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await t.teardown();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await t.tokenSim.check();
+  });
+
+  it('transfer full balance', async () => {
+    const N = 5;
+    // Mint 4 * N notes
+    // Then calls `transfer` to send all the notes to another account
+    // The transfer will only spend 2 notes itself, and then call `_accumulate` which will recurse
+    // until it have spent all the notes
+
+    let expectedNullifiers = 2; // 1 from the tx_hash and 1 from the original note in the senders possesion
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+      const actions = [
+        asset.methods.privately_mint_private_note(1n).request(),
+        asset.methods.privately_mint_private_note(1n).request(),
+        asset.methods.privately_mint_private_note(1n).request(),
+        asset.methods.privately_mint_private_note(1n).request(),
+      ];
+      await new BatchCall(wallets[0], actions).send().wait();
+
+      expectedNullifiers += actions.length;
+
+      tokenSim.mintPrivate(BigInt(actions.length));
+      tokenSim.redeemShield(accounts[0].address, BigInt(actions.length));
+    }
+
+    const amount = await asset.methods.balance_of_private(accounts[0].address).simulate();
+
+    expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+    const tx = await asset.methods.transfer(accounts[1].address, amount).send().wait({ debug: true });
+    tokenSim.transferPrivate(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount);
+
+    expect(tx.debugInfo?.nullifiers.length).toBe(expectedNullifiers);
+
+    // We expect there to have been inserted a single new note.
+    expect(tx.debugInfo?.noteHashes.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const events = await wallets[1].getEvents(EventType.Encrypted, TokenContract.events.Transfer, tx.blockNumber!, 1);
+
+    expect(events[0]).toEqual({
+      from: accounts[0].address,
+      to: accounts[1].address,
+      amount: new Fr(amount),
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('failure cases', () => {
+    it('transfer more than balance', async () => {
+      const balance0 = await asset.methods.balance_of_private(accounts[0].address).simulate();
+      const amount = balance0 + 1n;
+      expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+      await expect(asset.methods.transfer(accounts[1].address, amount).simulate()).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Assertion failed: Cannot return zero notes 'returned_notes.len() != 0'",
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});