diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
index 8b6ad87ca2..c658651790 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="space-children-mr">
 
-  <button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view mt-1 mb-3"
+  <button class="btn btn-primary workflow-view mt-1 mb-3" data-test="view-btn"
     ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workspace.generic.view-help' | translate}}"
     [routerLink]="[getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(object)]">
     <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workspace.generic.view" | translate}}
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
     <button type="button" id="delete_confirm" class="btn btn-danger"
       (click)="c('ok')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.submit' | translate}}</button>
   </div>
-</ng-template>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ng-template>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index f5f98a26ce..7299c28df2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
     expect(btn).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('should display view button', () => {
+    const btn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button [data-test="view-btn"]'));
+
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
   describe('on discard confirmation', () => {
     beforeEach((done) => {
       mockDataService.delete.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbd3360db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { WorkspaceItemPageResolver } from './workspace-item-page.resolver';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/remote-data.utils';
+
+describe('WorkflowItemPageResolver', () => {
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    let resolver: WorkspaceItemPageResolver;
+    let wsiService: WorkspaceitemDataService;
+    const uuid = '1234-65487-12354-1235';
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wsiService = {
+        findById: (id: string) => createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ id })
+      } as any;
+      resolver = new WorkspaceItemPageResolver(wsiService);
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve a workspace item with the correct id', (done) => {
+      resolver.resolve({ params: { id: uuid } } as any, undefined)
+        .pipe(first())
+        .subscribe(
+          (resolved) => {
+            expect(resolved.payload.id).toEqual(uuid);
+            done();
+          }
+        );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b1aa25492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspace-item-page.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { WorkflowItem } from '../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific workflow item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class WorkspaceItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>> {
+  constructor(private workspaceItemService: WorkspaceitemDataService) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method for resolving a workflow item based on the parameters in the current route
+   * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
+   * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
+   * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found workflow item based on the parameters in the current route,
+   * or an error if something went wrong
+   */
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<WorkflowItem>> {
+    return this.workspaceItemService.findById(route.params.id,
+      true,
+      false,
+      followLink('item'),
+    ).pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
index 10c2f2a1d0..cc76634c03 100644
--- a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -6,32 +6,40 @@ import { ThemedSubmissionEditComponent } from '../submission/edit/themed-submiss
 import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
 import { ThemedFullItemPageComponent } from '../item-page/full/themed-full-item-page.component';
 import { ItemFromWorkspaceResolver } from './item-from-workspace.resolver';
+import { WorkspaceItemPageResolver } from './workspace-item-page.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
       { path: '', redirectTo: '/home', pathMatch: 'full' },
       {
-        canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
-        path: ':id/edit',
-        component: ThemedSubmissionEditComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'submission.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'submission.edit' }
-      },
-      {
-        canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
-        path: ':id/view',
-        component: ThemedFullItemPageComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          dso: ItemFromWorkspaceResolver,
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'workspace-item.view.title', breadcrumbKey: 'workspace-item.view' }
-      },
+        path: ':id',
+        resolve: { wsi: WorkspaceItemPageResolver },
+        children: [
+          {
+            canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+            path: 'edit',
+            component: ThemedSubmissionEditComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+            },
+            data: { title: 'submission.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'submission.edit' }
+          },
+          {
+            canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+            path: 'view',
+            component: ThemedFullItemPageComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              dso: ItemFromWorkspaceResolver,
+              breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+            },
+            data: { title: 'workspace-item.view.title', breadcrumbKey: 'workspace-item.view' }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     ])
-  ]
+  ],
+  providers: [WorkspaceItemPageResolver, ItemFromWorkspaceResolver]
 })
 /**
  * This module defines the default component to load when navigating to the workspaceitems edit page path
diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module.ts
index 83f869881a..65a40f3f7c 100644
--- a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
 import { WorkspaceitemsEditPageRoutingModule } from './workspaceitems-edit-page-routing.module';
 import { SubmissionModule } from '../submission/submission.module';
-import { ItemFromWorkspaceResolver } from './item-from-workspace.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ import { ItemFromWorkspaceResolver } from './item-from-workspace.resolver';
     SharedModule,
     SubmissionModule,
   ],
-  declarations: [],
-  providers: [ItemFromWorkspaceResolver]
+  declarations: []
 })
 /**
  * This module handles all modules that need to access the workspaceitems edit page.