diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/DSpaceResourceResolver.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/DSpaceResourceResolver.java
index b2a0fc2795..e67e9c56bd 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/DSpaceResourceResolver.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/DSpaceResourceResolver.java
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
 
 public class DSpaceResourceResolver implements ResourceResolver {
+    // Requires usage of Saxon as OAI-PMH uses some XSLT 2 functions
     private static final TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory
-            .newInstance();
+            .newInstance("net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl", null);
 
     private final String basePath;
 
diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/test/java/org/dspace/xoai/tests/stylesheets/AbstractXSLTest.java b/dspace-oai/src/test/java/org/dspace/xoai/tests/stylesheets/AbstractXSLTest.java
index 4527c6dc70..42dbed04b6 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/test/java/org/dspace/xoai/tests/stylesheets/AbstractXSLTest.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/test/java/org/dspace/xoai/tests/stylesheets/AbstractXSLTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractXSLTest {
+    // Requires usage of Saxon as OAI-PMH uses some XSLT 2 functions
     private static final TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory
-            .newInstance();
+            .newInstance("net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl", null);
 
     protected TransformBuilder apply(String xslLocation) throws Exception {
         return new TransformBuilder(xslLocation);