diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemexport/ItemExportServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemexport/ItemExportServiceImpl.java
index 6578e57de2..f600e12a8f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemexport/ItemExportServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemexport/ItemExportServiceImpl.java
@@ -64,17 +64,21 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
  * Item exporter to create simple AIPs for DSpace content. Currently exports
  * individual items, or entire collections. For instructions on use, see
  * printUsage() method.
- * <P>
+ * <p>
  * ItemExport creates the simple AIP package that the importer also uses. It
  * consists of:
- * <P>
- * /exportdir/42/ (one directory per item) / dublin_core.xml - qualified dublin
- * core in RDF schema / contents - text file, listing one file per line / file1
- * - files contained in the item / file2 / ...
- * <P>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * /exportdir/42/ (one directory per item)
+ *              / dublin_core.xml - qualified dublin core in RDF schema
+ *              / contents - text file, listing one file per line
+ *              / file1 - files contained in the item
+ *              / file2
+ *              / ...
+ * }</pre>
+ * <p>
  * issues -doesn't handle special characters in metadata (needs to turn {@code &'s} into
  * {@code &amp;}, etc.)
- * <P>
+ * <p>
  * Modified by David Little, UCSD Libraries 12/21/04 to allow the registration
  * of files (bitstreams) into DSpace.
  *
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ public class ItemExportServiceImpl implements ItemExportService {
     /**
      * log4j logger
      */
-    private final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(ItemExportServiceImpl.class);
+    private final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger();
 
     protected ItemExportServiceImpl() {
 
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ public class ItemExportServiceImpl implements ItemExportService {
                 // make it this far, now start exporting
                 writeMetadata(c, myItem, itemDir, migrate);
                 writeBitstreams(c, myItem, itemDir, excludeBitstreams);
+                writeCollections(myItem, itemDir);
                 if (!migrate) {
                     writeHandle(c, myItem, itemDir);
                 }
@@ -343,6 +348,33 @@ public class ItemExportServiceImpl implements ItemExportService {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create the 'collections' file.  List handles of all Collections which
+     * contain this Item.  The "owning" Collection is listed first.
+     *
+     * @param item list collections holding this Item.
+     * @param destDir write the file here.
+     * @throws IOException if the file cannot be created or written.
+     */
+    protected void writeCollections(Item item, File destDir)
+            throws IOException {
+        File outFile = new File(destDir, "collections");
+        if (outFile.createNewFile()) {
+            try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(outFile))) {
+                String ownerHandle = item.getOwningCollection().getHandle();
+                out.println(ownerHandle);
+                for (Collection collection : item.getCollections()) {
+                    String collectionHandle = collection.getHandle();
+                    if (!collectionHandle.equals(ownerHandle)) {
+                        out.println(collectionHandle);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new IOException("Cannot create 'collections' in " + destDir);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create both the bitstreams and the contents file. Any bitstreams that
      * were originally registered will be marked in the contents file as such.