diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
index 44c86f3b9c..2f5af075a8 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, Router, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
 import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { FindListOptions } from '../core/data/request.models';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
+import { getItemPageRoute } from './item-page-routing-paths';
 
 /**
  * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
-  constructor(private itemService: ItemDataService) {
+  constructor(private itemService: ItemDataService,
+              private router: Router) {
   }
 
   /**
@@ -33,6 +37,18 @@ export class ItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
       followLink('version', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('versionhistory')),
     ).pipe(
       getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+      map((rd: RemoteData<Item>) => {
+        if (rd.hasSucceeded && hasValue(rd.payload)) {
+          const itemRoute = getItemPageRoute(rd.payload);
+          const thisRoute = state.url;
+          if (!thisRoute.startsWith(itemRoute)) {
+            const itemId = rd.payload.uuid;
+            const subRoute = thisRoute.substring(thisRoute.indexOf(itemId) + itemId.length, thisRoute.length);
+            this.router.navigateByUrl(itemRoute + subRoute);
+          }
+        }
+        return rd;
+      })
     );
   }
 }