diff --git a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemTag.java b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemTag.java
index 16ec23856a..8d6c689fca 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemTag.java
+++ b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemTag.java
@@ -480,10 +480,12 @@ public class ItemTag extends TagSupport
                     {
                         if (j > 0)
                         {
-                            if (isNoBreakLine){
-								boolean includeSpace = Boolean.valueOf(ConfigurationManager.getProperty("webui.itemdisplay.inclusespace")).booleanValue();
-								String separator = ConfigurationManager.getProperty("webui.itemdisplay.separator");
-								out.print((includeSpace?" ":"")+separator+" ");
+                            if (isNoBreakLine){								
+								String separator = ConfigurationManager.getProperty("webui.itemdisplay.nobreakline.separator");
+								if (separator==null){
+									separator = "; "
+								}
+								out.print(separator);
 							}
 							else {
 								out.print("<br />");
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 0d84706980..f104867355 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -1424,10 +1424,11 @@ report.dir = ${dspace.dir}/reports/
 # If a metadata value with style: "doi", "handle" or "resolver" matches a URL
 # already, it is simply rendered as a link with no other manipulation.
 
-# If nobreakline option is applied for a field in itemdisplay then the following options define the separator string
-# and if we want a space before the separator
-webui.itemdisplay.inclusespace = false
-webui.itemdisplay.separator = ;
+# If nobreakline option is applied for a field in itemdisplay then the following option defines the separator string.
+# If a non-breaking space is needed before or after the separator, this can be included using &nbsp; 
+# (i.e. webui.itemdisplay.separator = ;&nbsp;)
+# If ommitted, the default separator is ';&nbsp;'
+webui.itemdisplay.nobreakline.separator = ;
 
 # Specify which strategy use for select the style for an item
 plugin.single.org.dspace.app.webui.util.StyleSelection = \