diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/MetadataValueServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/MetadataValueServiceImpl.java
index e7b00ab85c..24c0652654 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/MetadataValueServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/MetadataValueServiceImpl.java
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ public class MetadataValueServiceImpl implements MetadataValueService {
         return metadataValueDAO.findByField(context, metadataField);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByFieldAndValue(Context context, MetadataField metadataField, String value)
+            throws SQLException {
+        return metadataValueDAO.findByFieldAndValue(context, metadataField, value);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void update(Context context, MetadataValue metadataValue) throws SQLException {
         metadataValueDAO.save(context, metadataValue);
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/MetadataValueDAO.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/MetadataValueDAO.java
index 393de4d96c..179621f402 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/MetadataValueDAO.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/MetadataValueDAO.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public interface MetadataValueDAO extends GenericDAO<MetadataValue> {
 
     public List<MetadataValue> findByField(Context context, MetadataField fieldId) throws SQLException;
 
+    public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByFieldAndValue(Context context, MetadataField metadataField, String value)
+            throws SQLException;
+
     public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByValueLike(Context context, String value) throws SQLException;
 
     public void deleteByMetadataField(Context context, MetadataField metadataField) throws SQLException;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/impl/MetadataValueDAOImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/impl/MetadataValueDAOImpl.java
index a4fdf57cba..e4713e5267 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/impl/MetadataValueDAOImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/dao/impl/MetadataValueDAOImpl.java
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ public class MetadataValueDAOImpl extends AbstractHibernateDAO<MetadataValue> im
         return list(context, criteriaQuery, false, MetadataValue.class, -1, -1);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByFieldAndValue(Context context, MetadataField metadataField, String value)
+            throws SQLException {
+        String queryString = "SELECT m from MetadataValue m where metadata_field_id = :metadata_field_id " +
+                "and text_value = :text_value ";
+        Query query = createQuery(context, queryString);
+        query.setParameter("metadata_field_id", metadataField.getID());
+        query.setParameter("text_value", value);
+        return iterate(query);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByValueLike(Context context, String value) throws SQLException {
         String queryString = "SELECT m FROM MetadataValue m JOIN m.metadataField f " +
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/service/MetadataValueService.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/service/MetadataValueService.java
index ce3c0094b3..1cf26e37f1 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/service/MetadataValueService.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/service/MetadataValueService.java
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ public interface MetadataValueService {
     public List<MetadataValue> findByField(Context context, MetadataField metadataField)
         throws IOException, SQLException;
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves matching MetadataValues for a given field and value.
+     *
+     * @param context dspace context
+     * @param metadataField The field that must match
+     * @param value The value that must match
+     * @return the matching MetadataValues
+     * @throws SQLException if database error
+     */
+    public Iterator<MetadataValue> findByFieldAndValue(Context context, MetadataField metadataField, String value)
+            throws SQLException;
+
     /**
      * Update the metadata value in the database.
      *