diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/SolrBrowseDAO.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/SolrBrowseDAO.java
index 000a1dd3e2..24fad699bb 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/SolrBrowseDAO.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/SolrBrowseDAO.java
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ public class SolrBrowseDAO implements BrowseDAO
         {
             query.setQuery("bi_" + column + "_sort" + ": [\"" + value + "\" TO *]");
         }
+	    boolean includeUnDiscoverable = itemsWithdrawn || !itemsDiscoverable;
         DiscoverResult resp = null;
         try
         {
-            resp = searcher.search(context, query);
+            resp = searcher.search(context, query, includeUnDiscoverable);
         }
         catch (SearchServiceException e)
         {