diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessor.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessor.java
index 1a17384d46..942e59f7bc 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessor.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessor.java
@@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ public abstract class ExportEventProcessor {
             .append(URLEncoder.encode(clientUA, UTF_8));
 
         String hostName = Utils.getHostName(configurationService.getProperty("dspace.ui.url"));
+        String oaiPrefix = configurationService.getProperty("oai.identifier.prefix");
 
         data.append("&").append(URLEncoder.encode("rft.artnum", UTF_8)).append("=").
-                append(URLEncoder.encode("oai:" + hostName + ":" + item
+                append(URLEncoder.encode("oai:" + oaiPrefix + ":" + item
                         .getHandle(), UTF_8));
         data.append("&").append(URLEncoder.encode("rfr_dat", UTF_8)).append("=")
             .append(URLEncoder.encode(referer, UTF_8));
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/ITIrusExportUsageEventListener.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/ITIrusExportUsageEventListener.java
index 0c861a0d29..48cf0b14b6 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/ITIrusExportUsageEventListener.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/ITIrusExportUsageEventListener.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public class ITIrusExportUsageEventListener extends AbstractIntegrationTestWithD
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.enabled", true);
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.type-field", "dc.type");
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.type-value", "Excluded type");
+        configurationService.setProperty("oai.identifier.prefix", "localhost");
 
 
         context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessorIT.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessorIT.java
index fb53d0c83c..96909a9e3d 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessorIT.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/export/processor/ExportEventProcessorIT.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class ExportEventProcessorIT extends AbstractIntegrationTestWithDatabase
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.enabled", true);
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.type-field", "dc.type");
         configurationService.setProperty("irus.statistics.tracker.type-value", "Excluded type");
+        configurationService.setProperty("oai.identifier.prefix", "localhost");
 
         context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
         publication = EntityTypeBuilder.createEntityTypeBuilder(context, "Publication").build();