diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/rdf/negotiation/NegotiationFilter.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/rdf/negotiation/NegotiationFilter.java
index 8860dcecf4..b883e15f45 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/rdf/negotiation/NegotiationFilter.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/rdf/negotiation/NegotiationFilter.java
@@ -76,10 +76,19 @@ public class NegotiationFilter implements Filter
         
         String handle = null;
         String extraPathInfo = null;
+        String path = hrequest.getPathInfo();
+        // in JSPUI the pathInfo starts after /handle, in XMLUI it starts with /handle
+        Pattern handleCheckPattern = Pattern.compile("^/*handle/(.*)$");
+        Matcher handleCheckMatcher = handleCheckPattern.matcher(path);
+        if (handleCheckMatcher.matches())
+        {
+            // remove trailing /handle
+            path = handleCheckMatcher.group(1);
+        }
         // we expect the path to be in the form <prefix>/<suffix>/[<stuff>],
         // where <prefix> is a handle prefix, <suffix> is the handle suffix
         // and <stuff> may be further information.
-        String path = hrequest.getPathInfo();
+        log.debug("PathInfo: " + path);
         if (path == null) path = "";
         Pattern pathPattern = 
                 Pattern.compile("^/*([^/]+)/+([^/]+)(?:/*||/+(.*))?$");
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ public class NegotiationFilter implements Filter
             handle = pathMatcher.group(1) + "/" + pathMatcher.group(2);
             extraPathInfo = pathMatcher.group(3);
         }
+        log.debug("handle: " + handle + "\n" + "extraPathInfo: " + extraPathInfo);
         
         int requestedContent = Negotiator.negotiate(acceptHeader);
         
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 3707124e1e..6cc316a2ff 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@
     </init-param>
   </filter>
 
+  <!--
+       Declare a filter to do content negotiation in combination for our
+       Linked Data support.
+    -->
+  <filter>
+      <filter-name>rdf-content-negotiation</filter-name>
+      <filter-class>org.dspace.rdf.negotiation.NegotiationFilter</filter-class>
+  </filter>
+
 
   <!-- Filter mappings ================================================ -->
 
@@ -136,6 +145,11 @@
     <filter-name>SetCharacterEncoding</filter-name>
     <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
   </filter-mapping>
+
+  <filter-mapping>
+      <filter-name>rdf-content-negotiation</filter-name>
+      <url-pattern>/handle/*</url-pattern>
+  </filter-mapping>
   
   <!--
     - Use the Cocoon debug filter together with the Cocoon demo webapp