diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index b503696178..edddd05215 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@
           "failed": {
             "title": "Error deleting bitstream"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "empty": "This item doesn't contain any bitstreams. Click the upload button to create one."
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.html
index d74f8fe352..087f9a6fab 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.html
@@ -20,38 +20,41 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
-  <table *ngIf="updatesMap && updatesMap.size > 0" class="table table-responsive table-striped table-bordered">
-    <tbody>
-      <tr>
-        <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.name' | translate}}</th>
-        <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.description' | translate}}</th>
-        <th class="text-center">{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.format' | translate}}</th>
-        <th class="text-center">{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.actions' | translate}}</th>
-      </tr>
-      <ng-container *ngFor="let updatesItem of updatesMap | keyvalue">
+  <ds-pagination *ngIf="(updates$ | async) && ((updates$ | async) | dsObjectValues).length > 0"
+                 [paginationOptions]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.pagination"
+                 [pageInfoState]="(bitstreams$ | async)?.payload"
+                 [collectionSize]="(bitstreams$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
+                 [sortOptions]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.sort"
+                 [hideGear]="true"
+                 [hidePagerWhenSinglePage]="true">
+    <table class="table table-responsive table-striped table-bordered">
+      <tbody>
         <tr>
-          <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.bundle' | translate}}: {{ updatesItem.key }}</th>
-          <td class="w-100"></td>
-          <td></td>
-          <td></td>
+          <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.name' | translate}}</th>
+          <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.bundle' | translate}}</th>
+          <th>{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.description' | translate}}</th>
+          <th class="text-center">{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.format' | translate}}</th>
+          <th class="text-center">{{'item.edit.bitstreams.headers.actions' | translate}}</th>
         </tr>
-        <ng-container *ngIf="updatesItem.value">
-          <ng-container *ngVar="((updatesItem.value | async) | dsObjectValues) as updateValues">
-            <tr *ngFor="let updateValue of updateValues"
-                ds-item-edit-bitstream
-                [fieldUpdate]="updateValue"
-                [url]="url"
-                [ngClass]="{
-                  'table-warning': updateValue.changeType === 0,
-                  'table-danger': updateValue.changeType === 2,
-                  'table-success': updateValue.changeType === 1
-                }">
-            </tr>
-          </ng-container>
+        <ng-container *ngVar="((updates$ | async) | dsObjectValues) as updateValues">
+          <tr *ngFor="let updateValue of updateValues"
+              ds-item-edit-bitstream
+              [fieldUpdate]="updateValue"
+              [url]="url"
+              [ngClass]="{
+                    'table-warning': updateValue.changeType === 0,
+                    'table-danger': updateValue.changeType === 2,
+                    'table-success': updateValue.changeType === 1
+                  }">
+          </tr>
         </ng-container>
-      </ng-container>
-    </tbody>
-  </table>
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+  </ds-pagination>
+  <div *ngIf="!(updates$ | async) || (updates$ | async) && ((updates$ | async) | dsObjectValues).length === 0" class="alert alert-info w-100 d-inline-block" role="alert">
+    {{'item.edit.bitstreams.empty' | translate}}
+  </div>
+
   <div class="button-row bottom">
     <div class="my-2 float-right">
       <button class="btn btn-danger" *ngIf="!(isReinstatable() | async)"
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
index 5b3ff8f830..081ec5b5c4 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Inject, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { AbstractItemUpdateComponent } from '../abstract-item-update/abstract-item-update.component';
-import { filter, map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Bitstream } from '../../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
-import { toBitstreamsArray, toBundleMap } from '../../../core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils';
+import { toBitstreamsArray } from '../../../core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { FieldUpdate, FieldUpdates } from '../../../core/data/object-updates/object-updates.reducer';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/internal/Subscription';
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
-
-export const ORIGINAL_BUNDLE = 'ORIGINAL';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search-configuration.service';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../../+search-page/paginated-search-options.model';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/internal/BehaviorSubject';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-bitstreams',
@@ -36,16 +38,14 @@ export const ORIGINAL_BUNDLE = 'ORIGINAL';
 export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
   /**
-   * A Map of the current item's bundles and respective FieldUpdates
-   * key:   Bundle Name
-   * value: FieldUpdates about the bundle's bitstreams
+   * The currently listed bitstreams
    */
-  updatesMap: Map<string, Observable<FieldUpdates>>;
+  bitstreams$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>> = new BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>(null);
 
   /**
-   * A subscription keeping the updatesMap up-to-date
+   * The current paginated search options
    */
-  updatesMapSub: Subscription;
+  searchOptions$: Observable<PaginatedSearchOptions>;
 
   /**
    * A subscription that checks when the item is deleted in cache and reloads the item by sending a new request
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    */
   itemUpdateSubscription: Subscription;
 
+  /**
+   * A subscription keeping track of the current search options and applying them to the bitstreams$ observable
+   */
+  bitstreamsSubscription: Subscription;
+
   constructor(
     public itemService: ItemDataService,
     public objectUpdatesService: ObjectUpdatesService,
@@ -64,7 +69,8 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
     public bitstreamService: BitstreamDataService,
     public objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     public requestService: RequestService,
-    public cdRef: ChangeDetectorRef
+    public cdRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
+    public searchConfig: SearchConfigurationService
   ) {
     super(itemService, objectUpdatesService, router, notificationsService, translateService, EnvConfig, route);
   }
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    */
   ngOnInit(): void {
     super.ngOnInit();
+    this.searchOptions$ = this.searchConfig.paginatedSearchOptions;
+    this.initializeBitstreamsUpdate();
     this.initializeItemUpdate();
   }
 
@@ -88,35 +96,17 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    * Initialize the original fields for the object-updates-service
    */
   initializeOriginalFields(): void {
-    this.item.bitstreams.pipe(
-      toBitstreamsArray(),
-      take(1)
-    ).subscribe((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => {
-      this.objectUpdatesService.initialize(this.url, bitstreams, this.item.lastModified);
-    });
+    this.objectUpdatesService.initialize(this.url, [], this.item.lastModified);
   }
 
   /**
    * Initialize field updates
    */
   initializeUpdates(): void {
-    this.updates$ = this.item.bitstreams.pipe(
+    this.updates$ = this.bitstreams$.pipe(
       toBitstreamsArray(),
-      switchMap((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdates(this.url, bitstreams))
+      switchMap((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdatesExclusive(this.url, bitstreams))
     );
-    this.updatesMapSub = this.item.bitstreams.pipe(
-      toBundleMap()
-    ).subscribe((bundleMap: Map<string, Bitstream[]>) => {
-      const updatesMap = new Map();
-      bundleMap.forEach((bitstreams: Bitstream[], bundleName: string) => {
-        updatesMap.set(bundleName, this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdatesExclusive(this.url, bitstreams));
-      });
-      if (updatesMap.size === 0) {
-        // Add an ORIGINAL bundle by default if the item doesn't contain any bitstreams
-        updatesMap.set(ORIGINAL_BUNDLE, undefined);
-      }
-      this.updatesMap = updatesMap;
-    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -132,17 +122,31 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
       this.item = itemRD.payload;
       this.initializeOriginalFields();
       this.initializeUpdates();
+      // Navigate back to the first page to force a reload of the bitstream page
+      this.router.navigate([this.url], { queryParamsHandling: 'merge', queryParams: { page: 0 } });
       this.cdRef.detectChanges();
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Initialize the bitstream update subscription, which keeps track of the current search options and applies
+   * them to the bitstreams$ observable by sending out a REST request
+   */
+  initializeBitstreamsUpdate(): void {
+    this.bitstreamsSubscription = this.searchOptions$.pipe(
+      switchMap((searchOptions) => this.itemService.getBitstreams(this.item.id, searchOptions))
+    ).subscribe((bitsreams: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => {
+      this.bitstreams$.next(bitsreams);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Submit the current changes
    * Bitstreams marked as deleted send out a delete request to the rest API
    * Display notifications and reset the current item/updates
    */
   submit() {
-    const removedBitstreams$ = this.item.bitstreams.pipe(
+    const removedBitstreams$ = this.bitstreams$.pipe(
       toBitstreamsArray(),
       switchMap((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdatesExclusive(this.url, bitstreams) as Observable<FieldUpdates>),
       map((fieldUpdates: FieldUpdates) => Object.values(fieldUpdates).filter((fieldUpdate: FieldUpdate) => fieldUpdate.changeType === FieldChangeType.REMOVE)),
@@ -180,7 +184,6 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    * De-cache the current item (it should automatically reload due to itemUpdateSubscription)
    */
   reset() {
-    this.updatesMap = undefined;
     this.refreshItemCache();
     this.initializeItemUpdate();
   }
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    * Unsubscribe from open subscriptions whenever the component gets destroyed
    */
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
-    this.updatesMapSub.unsubscribe();
     this.itemUpdateSubscription.unsubscribe();
+    this.bitstreamsSubscription.unsubscribe();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-edit-bitstream/item-edit-bitstream.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-edit-bitstream/item-edit-bitstream.component.html
index 6a931df074..9f98e23281 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-edit-bitstream/item-edit-bitstream.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-edit-bitstream/item-edit-bitstream.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-<td>
+<td class="w-100">
   {{ bitstream.name }}
 </td>
-<td class="w-100">
+<td>
+  {{ bitstream.bundleName }}
+</td>
+<td>
   {{ bitstream.description }}
 </td>
 <td class="text-center">
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index f6adbb23c2..d5c1505712 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { FindAllOptions, PatchRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { FindAllOptions, GetRequest, PatchRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from './dso-change-analyzer.service';
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { NormalizedObjectBuildService } from '../cache/builders/normalized-object-build.service';
 import { configureRequest, getRequestFromRequestHref } from '../shared/operators';
 import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../+search-page/paginated-search-options.model';
+import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { Bitstream } from '../shared/bitstream.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<Item> {
@@ -118,4 +122,25 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<Item> {
       map((requestEntry: RequestEntry) => requestEntry.response)
     );
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Get an item's bitstreams using paginated search options
+   * @param itemId          The item's ID
+   * @param searchOptions   The search options to use
+   */
+  public getBitstreams(itemId: string, searchOptions?: PaginatedSearchOptions): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>> {
+    const hrefObs = this.getItemWithdrawEndpoint(itemId).pipe(
+      map((href) => `${href}/bitstreams`),
+      map((href) => searchOptions ? searchOptions.toRestUrl(href) : href)
+    );
+    hrefObs.pipe(
+      take(1)
+    ).subscribe((href) => {
+      const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href);
+      this.requestService.configure(request);
+    });
+
+    return this.rdbService.buildList<Bitstream>(hrefObs);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils.ts
index 9d91b0ba76..122d2c10ae 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item-bitstreams-utils.ts
@@ -3,48 +3,14 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
 import { Bitstream } from './bitstream.model';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { combineLatest as observableCombineLatest } from 'rxjs';
-import { getSucceededRemoteData } from './operators';
+import { hasValueOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 
+/**
+ * Operator for turning the current page of bitstreams into an array
+ */
 export const toBitstreamsArray = () =>
   (source: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>): Observable<Bitstream[]> =>
     source.pipe(
-      getSucceededRemoteData(),
+      hasValueOperator(),
       map((bitstreamRD: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => bitstreamRD.payload.page)
     );
-
-export const getBundleNames = () =>
-  (source: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>): Observable<string[]> =>
-    source.pipe(
-      toBitstreamsArray(),
-      map((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => {
-        const result = [];
-        bitstreams.forEach((bitstream: Bitstream) => {
-          if (result.indexOf(bitstream.bundleName) < 0) {
-            result.push(bitstream.bundleName);
-          }
-        });
-        return result;
-      })
-    );
-
-export const filterByBundleName = (bundleName: string) =>
-  (source: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>): Observable<Bitstream[]> =>
-    source.pipe(
-      toBitstreamsArray(),
-      map((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) =>
-        bitstreams.filter((bitstream: Bitstream) => bitstream.bundleName === bundleName)
-      )
-    );
-
-export const toBundleMap = () =>
-  (source: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>): Observable<Map<string, Bitstream[]>> =>
-    observableCombineLatest(source.pipe(toBitstreamsArray()), source.pipe(getBundleNames())).pipe(
-      map(([bitstreams, bundleNames]) => {
-        const bundleMap = new Map();
-        bundleNames.forEach((bundleName: string) => {
-          bundleMap.set(bundleName, bitstreams.filter((bitstream: Bitstream) => bitstream.bundleName === bundleName));
-        });
-        return bundleMap;
-      })
-    );