diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
index 5f87d20998..8dca747a2e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
@@ -714,6 +714,12 @@ public class Context
         return (E) dbConnection.reloadEntity(entity);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public <E extends ReloadableEntity> void uncacheEntity(E entity) throws SQLException {
+        dbConnection.uncacheEntity(entity);
+    }
+
+    
     /**
      * Reload all entities related to this context.
      * @throws SQLException When reloading one of the entities fails.
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/DBConnection.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/DBConnection.java
index 9450ccc001..953eee7372 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/DBConnection.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/DBConnection.java
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ public interface DBConnection<T> {
      * @param entity The DSpace object to reload
      */
     public <E extends ReloadableEntity> E reloadEntity(E entity) throws SQLException;
+
+    public <E extends ReloadableEntity> void uncacheEntity(E entity) throws SQLException ;
 }
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/HibernateDBConnection.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/HibernateDBConnection.java
index e6f529f63e..9288e3e7f2 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/HibernateDBConnection.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/HibernateDBConnection.java
@@ -157,4 +157,9 @@ public class HibernateDBConnection implements DBConnection<Session> {
             getSession().setFlushMode(FlushMode.AUTO);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public <E extends ReloadableEntity> void uncacheEntity(E entity) throws SQLException {
+        getSession().evict(entity);        
+    }
 }
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