diff --git a/dspace/config/crosswalks/oai/metadataFormats/qdc.xsl b/dspace/config/crosswalks/oai/metadataFormats/qdc.xsl
index 3cbc6c8150..141a282278 100644
--- a/dspace/config/crosswalks/oai/metadataFormats/qdc.xsl
+++ b/dspace/config/crosswalks/oai/metadataFormats/qdc.xsl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		</xsl:for-each>
 		<xsl:for-each select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='description']/doc:element[@name='abstract']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']">
 			<dcterms:abstract xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://purl.org/dc/terms/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2006/01/06/dcterms.xsd http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2006/01/06/dc.xsd">
+				<xsl:value-of select="." />
 				</dcterms:abstract>
 		</xsl:for-each>
 		<xsl:for-each select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='date']/doc:element[@name='available']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']">