diff --git a/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts b/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
index 1eefeeb569..5ba318b850 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export class ConfigurationSearchPageComponent extends SearchComponent implements
    */
   @Input() fixedFilterQuery: string;
 
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to show the scope selection dropdown
+   */
+  @Input() scopeSelectable = true;
+
   constructor(protected service: SearchService,
               protected sidebarService: SidebarService,
               protected windowService: HostWindowService,
diff --git a/src/app/search-page/search.component.html b/src/app/search-page/search.component.html
index d8aa25e4a3..499f652200 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/search.component.html
+++ b/src/app/search-page/search.component.html
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 <ng-template #searchForm>
     <ds-search-form *ngIf="searchEnabled" id="search-form"
                     [query]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.query"
+                    [scopeSelectable]="scopeSelectable"
                     [scope]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.scope"
                     [currentUrl]="searchLink"
                     [scopes]="(scopeListRD$ | async)"
diff --git a/src/app/search-page/search.component.ts b/src/app/search-page/search.component.ts
index d4d65b87fe..95bd71ebd3 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/search-page/search.component.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input()
   context: Context;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to show the scope selection dropdown
+   */
+  @Input() scopeSelectable = true;
+
   /**
    * Link to the search page
    */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.html b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.html
index 940f3502c3..4792f74cdf 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <form #form="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(form.value)" class="row" action="/search">
-<div *ngIf="isNotEmpty(scopes)" class="col-12 col-sm-3">
+<div *ngIf="scopeSelectable && isNotEmpty(scopes)" class="col-12 col-sm-3">
   <select [(ngModel)]="scope" name="scope" class="form-control" aria-label="Search scope" (change)="onScopeChange($event.target.value)" tabindex="0">
     <option value>{{'search.form.search_dspace' | translate}}</option>
     <option *ngFor="let scopeOption of scopes" [value]="scopeOption.id">{{scopeOption?.name ? scopeOption.name : 'search.form.search_dspace' | translate}}</option>
   </select>
 </div>
-    <div [ngClass]="{'col-sm-9': isNotEmpty(scopes)}" class="col-12">
+    <div [ngClass]="{'col-sm-9': (scopeSelectable && isNotEmpty(scopes))}" class="col-12">
     <div class="form-group input-group">
         <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="query" name="query" class="form-control" attr.aria-label="{{ searchPlaceholder }}"
                [placeholder]="searchPlaceholder">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.spec.ts
index 1469eac566..bbaee5709d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ describe('SearchFormComponent', () => {
     expect(select).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('should not display scopes when scopeSelectable is false', () => {
+    comp.scopeSelectable = false;
+    comp.scopes = objects;
+    comp.scope = objects[1].id;
+
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const select = de.query(By.css('select'));
+    expect(select).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('should display set query value in input field', fakeAsync(() => {
     const testString = 'This is a test query';
     comp.query = testString;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
index 2791aee378..1cf3c11913 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ export class SearchFormComponent {
    */
   @Output() submitSearch = new EventEmitter<any>();
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to show the scope selection dropdown
+   */
+  @Input() scopeSelectable = true;
+
   constructor(private router: Router, private searchService: SearchService,
               private paginationService: PaginationService,
               private searchConfig: SearchConfigurationService