diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base/base-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/base/base-data.service.spec.ts
index bfd148e90a..c10f52d8a5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base/base-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base/base-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { BaseDataService } from './base-data.service';
 import { createFailedRemoteDataObject$, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { ObjectCacheServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/object-cache-service.stub';
 import { ObjectCacheEntry } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
+import { createPaginatedList } from '../../../shared/testing/utils.test';
 
 const endpoint = 'https://rest.api/core';
 
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
   let selfLink;
   let linksToFollow;
   let testScheduler;
-  let remoteDataMocks;
+  let remoteDataMocks: { [responseType: string]: RemoteData<any> };
+  let remoteDataPageMocks: { [responseType: string]: RemoteData<any> };
 
   function initTestService(): TestService {
     requestService = getMockRequestService();
@@ -73,7 +76,25 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
 
     const timeStamp = new Date().getTime();
     const msToLive = 15 * 60 * 1000;
-    const payload = { foo: 'bar' };
+    const payload = {
+      foo: 'bar',
+      _links: {
+        self: Object.assign(new HALLink(), {
+          href: 'self-test-link',
+        }),
+        followLink1: Object.assign(new HALLink(), {
+          href: 'follow-link-1',
+        }),
+        followLink2: [
+          Object.assign(new HALLink(), {
+            href: 'follow-link-2-1',
+          }),
+          Object.assign(new HALLink(), {
+            href: 'follow-link-2-2',
+          }),
+        ],
+      }
+    };
     const statusCodeSuccess = 200;
     const statusCodeError = 404;
     const errorMessage = 'not found';
@@ -85,6 +106,14 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
       Error: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.Error, errorMessage, undefined, statusCodeError),
       ErrorStale: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.ErrorStale, errorMessage, undefined, statusCodeError),
     };
+    remoteDataPageMocks = {
+      RequestPending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.RequestPending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+      ResponsePending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.ResponsePending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+      Success: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.Success, undefined, createPaginatedList([payload]), statusCodeSuccess),
+      SuccessStale: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.SuccessStale, undefined, createPaginatedList([payload]), statusCodeSuccess),
+      Error: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.Error, errorMessage, undefined, statusCodeError),
+      ErrorStale: new RemoteData(timeStamp, msToLive, timeStamp, RequestEntryState.ErrorStale, errorMessage, undefined, statusCodeError),
+    };
 
     return new TestService(
       requestService,
@@ -360,6 +389,27 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
 
     });
 
+    it('should link all the followLinks of a cached object by calling addDependency', () => {
+      spyOn(objectCache, 'addDependency').and.callThrough();
+      testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable, flush }) => {
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildSingle').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d', {
+          a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+          b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+          c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+          d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+        }));
+        const expected = '--b-c-d';
+        const values = {
+          b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+          c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+          d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+        };
+
+        expectObservable(service.findByHref(selfLink, false, false, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
+        flush();
+        expect(objectCache.addDependency).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe(`findListByHref`, () => {
@@ -372,8 +422,8 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
     it(`should call buildHrefFromFindOptions with href and linksToFollow`, () => {
       testScheduler.run(({ cold }) => {
         spyOn(service, 'buildHrefFromFindOptions').and.returnValue(selfLink);
-        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
-        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
 
         service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow);
         expect(service.buildHrefFromFindOptions).toHaveBeenCalledWith(selfLink, findListOptions, [], ...linksToFollow);
@@ -383,8 +433,8 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
     it(`should call createAndSendGetRequest with the result from buildHrefFromFindOptions and useCachedVersionIfAvailable`, () => {
       testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
         spyOn(service, 'buildHrefFromFindOptions').and.returnValue('bingo!');
-        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
-        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
 
         service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow);
         expect((service as any).createAndSendGetRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.anything(), true);
@@ -399,8 +449,8 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
     it(`should call rdbService.buildList with the result from buildHrefFromFindOptions and linksToFollow`, () => {
       testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
         spyOn(service, 'buildHrefFromFindOptions').and.returnValue('bingo!');
-        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
-        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
 
         service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow);
         expect(rdbService.buildList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.anything() as any, ...linksToFollow);
@@ -411,12 +461,12 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
     it(`should call reRequestStaleRemoteData with reRequestOnStale and the exact same findListByHref call as a callback`, () => {
       testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
         spyOn(service, 'buildHrefFromFindOptions').and.returnValue('bingo!');
-        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale }));
-        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale }));
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale }));
+        spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale }));
 
         service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow);
         expect((service as any).reRequestStaleRemoteData.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toBeTrue();
-        spyOn(service, 'findListByHref').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale }));
+        spyOn(service, 'findListByHref').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale }));
         // prove that the spy we just added hasn't been called yet
         expect(service.findListByHref).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         // call the callback passed to reRequestStaleRemoteData
@@ -431,7 +481,7 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
     it(`should return a the output from reRequestStaleRemoteData`, () => {
       testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
         spyOn(service, 'buildHrefFromFindOptions').and.returnValue(selfLink);
-        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataMocks.Success }));
+        spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a', { a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success }));
         spyOn(service as any, 'reRequestStaleRemoteData').and.returnValue(() => cold('a', { a: 'bingo!' }));
         const expected = 'a';
         const values = {
@@ -451,19 +501,19 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
       it(`should emit a cached completed RemoteData immediately, and keep emitting if it gets rerequested`, () => {
         testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
           spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
-            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           }));
           const expected = 'a-b-c-d-e';
           const values = {
-            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           };
 
           expectObservable(service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
@@ -473,18 +523,18 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
       it(`should not emit a cached stale RemoteData, but only start emitting after the state first changes to RequestPending`, () => {
         testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
           spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
-            a: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           }));
           const expected = '--b-c-d-e';
           const values = {
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           };
 
           expectObservable(service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, true, true, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
@@ -503,18 +553,18 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
       it(`should not emit a cached completed RemoteData, but only start emitting after the state first changes to RequestPending`, () => {
         testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
           spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
-            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           }));
           const expected = '--b-c-d-e';
           const values = {
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           };
 
           expectObservable(service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, false, true, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
@@ -524,24 +574,45 @@ describe('BaseDataService', () => {
       it(`should not emit a cached stale RemoteData, but only start emitting after the state first changes to RequestPending`, () => {
         testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
           spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
-            a: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           }));
           const expected = '--b-c-d-e';
           const values = {
-            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
-            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
-            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
-            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
           };
 
           expectObservable(service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, false, true, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
         });
       });
 
+      it('should link all the followLinks of the cached objects by calling addDependency', () => {
+        spyOn(objectCache, 'addDependency').and.callThrough();
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable, flush }) => {
+          spyOn(rdbService, 'buildList').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d', {
+            a: remoteDataPageMocks.SuccessStale,
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+          }));
+          const expected = '--b-c-d';
+          const values = {
+            b: remoteDataPageMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataPageMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataPageMocks.Success,
+          };
+
+          expectObservable(service.findListByHref(selfLink, findListOptions, false, false, ...linksToFollow)).toBe(expected, values);
+          flush();
+          expect(objectCache.addDependency).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+        });
+      });
     });
   });