diff --git a/dspace-jspui/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/components/TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor.java b/dspace-jspui/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/components/TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b355a7a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-jspui/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/components/TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.webui.components;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException;
+import org.dspace.content.Community;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.dspace.plugin.PluginException;
+import org.dspace.plugin.SiteHomeProcessor;
+
+/**
+ * This class add top communities object to the request attributes to use in
+ * the site home page implementing the SiteHomeProcessor.
+ * 
+ * @author Andrea Bollini
+ * 
+ */
+public class TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor implements SiteHomeProcessor
+{
+
+    /**
+     * blank constructor - does nothing.
+     * 
+     */
+    public TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor()
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Context context, HttpServletRequest request,
+            HttpServletResponse response) throws PluginException,
+            AuthorizeException
+    {
+        // Get the top communities to shows in the community list
+        Community[] communities;
+        try
+        {
+            communities = Community.findAllTop(context);
+        }
+        catch (SQLException e)
+        {
+            throw new PluginException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        request.setAttribute("communities", communities);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/index.jsp b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
index b9f9630a1e..cf9dfc5552 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
+++ b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
             throw new ServletException(e);
         }
         
-        // Home page shows community list
-        Community[] communities = Community.findAllTop(context);
-        request.setAttribute("communities", communities);
-        
         // Show home page JSP
         JSPManager.showJSP(request, response, "/home.jsp");
     }
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index c7caf59220..973bdbb8eb 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CollectionHomeProcessor = \
 #        org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentCollectionSubmissions,\
 
 plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.SiteHomeProcessor = \
+		org.dspace.app.webui.components.TopCommunitiesSiteProcessor,\
         org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentSiteSubmissions,\
         org.dspace.app.webui.discovery.SideBarFacetProcessor