diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index b10ae4df55..9694ed42b0 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Item } from './core/shared/item.model';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from './+item-page/item-page-routing.module';
 import { getCollectionPageRoute } from './+collection-page/collection-page-routing.module';
 import { SiteAdministratorGuard } from './core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard';
+import { UnauthorizedComponent } from './unauthorized/unauthorized.component';
 
 const ITEM_MODULE_PATH = 'items';
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ export function getDSOPath(dso: DSpaceObject): string {
         path: PROFILE_MODULE_PATH,
         loadChildren: './profile-page/profile-page.module#ProfilePageModule', canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard]
       },
+      { path: '401', component: UnauthorizedComponent },
       { path: '**', pathMatch: 'full', component: PageNotFoundComponent },
     ],
     {
diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index ced019a6f9..33454ed6c5 100755
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import { SharedModule } from './shared/shared.module';
 import { BreadcrumbsComponent } from './breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component';
 import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
 import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { UnauthorizedComponent } from './unauthorized/unauthorized.component';
 
 export function getBase() {
   return environment.ui.nameSpace;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ const EXPORTS = [
   declarations: [
     ...DECLARATIONS,
     BreadcrumbsComponent,
+    UnauthorizedComponent,
   ],
   exports: [
     ...EXPORTS
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
index f997ee250d..92a56e7bcf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { RequestParam } from '../../cache/models/request-param.model';
 import { AuthorizationSearchParams } from './authorization-search-params';
 import { addAuthenticatedUserUuidIfEmpty, addSiteObjectUrlIfEmpty } from './authorization-utils';
 import { FeatureID } from './feature-id';
+import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
 
 /**
  * A service to retrieve {@link Authorization}s from the REST API
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/feature-authorization.guard.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/feature-authorization.guard.ts
index bbee3abff2..708b197441 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/feature-authorization.guard.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/feature-authorization.guard.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanLoad, Route, RouterStateSnapshot, UrlSegment } from '@angular/router';
+import {
+  ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
+  CanActivate,
+  CanLoad,
+  Route,
+  Router,
+  RouterStateSnapshot,
+  UrlSegment
+} from '@angular/router';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../authorization-data.service';
 import { FeatureID } from '../feature-id';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
+import { redirectToUnauthorizedOnFalse } from '../../../shared/operators';
 
 /**
  * Abstract Guard for preventing unauthorized activating and loading of routes when a user
@@ -9,21 +18,24 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
  * Override the desired getters in the parent class for checking specific authorization on a feature and/or object.
  */
 export abstract class FeatureAuthorizationGuard implements CanActivate, CanLoad {
-  constructor(protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService) {
+  constructor(protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+              protected router: Router) {
   }
 
   /**
    * True when user has authorization rights for the feature and object provided
+   * Redirect the user to the unauthorized page when he/she's not authorized for the given feature
    */
   canActivate(next: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.authorizationService.isAuthenticated(this.getFeatureID(), this.getObjectUrl(), this.getEPersonUuid());
+    return this.authorizationService.isAuthenticated(this.getFeatureID(), this.getObjectUrl(), this.getEPersonUuid()).pipe(redirectToUnauthorizedOnFalse(this.router));
   }
 
   /**
    * True when user has authorization rights for the feature and object provided
+   * Redirect the user to the unauthorized page when he/she's not authorized for the given feature
    */
   canLoad(route: Route, segments: UrlSegment[]): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.authorizationService.isAuthenticated(this.getFeatureID(), this.getObjectUrl(), this.getEPersonUuid());
+    return this.authorizationService.isAuthenticated(this.getFeatureID(), this.getObjectUrl(), this.getEPersonUuid()).pipe(redirectToUnauthorizedOnFalse(this.router));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard.ts
index 91f47fa19c..a64e40468d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FeatureAuthorizationGuard } from './feature-authorization.guard';
 import { FeatureID } from '../feature-id';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../authorization-data.service';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 /**
  * Prevent unauthorized activating and loading of routes when the current authenticated user doesn't have administrator
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../authorization-data.service';
   providedIn: 'root'
 })
 export class SiteAdministratorGuard extends FeatureAuthorizationGuard {
-  constructor(protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService) {
-    super(authorizationService);
+  constructor(protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService, protected router: Router) {
+    super(authorizationService, router);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/server-response.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/server-response.service.ts
index f143c56ffb..10da2a3379 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/server-response.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/server-response.service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export class ServerResponseService {
     return this;
   }
 
+  setUnauthorized(message = 'Unauthorized'): this {
+    return this.setStatus(401, message)
+  }
+
   setNotFound(message = 'Not found'): this {
     return this.setStatus(404, message)
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
index a307b144d2..ca1394005e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ export const redirectToPageNotFoundOn404 = (router: Router) =>
         }
       }));
 
+/**
+ * Operator that redirects the user to the unauthorized page when the boolean received is false
+ * @param router
+ */
+export const redirectToUnauthorizedOnFalse = (router: Router) =>
+  (source: Observable<boolean>): Observable<boolean> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      tap((authorized: boolean) => {
+        if (!authorized) {
+          router.navigateByUrl('/401', { skipLocationChange: true });
+        }
+      }));
+
 export const getFinishedRemoteData = () =>
   <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<RemoteData<T>> =>
     source.pipe(find((rd: RemoteData<T>) => !rd.isLoading));
diff --git a/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.html b/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a25e271b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div class="unauthorized container">
+  <h1>401</h1>
+  <h2><small>{{"401.unauthorized" | translate}}</small></h2>
+  <br/>
+  <p>{{"401.help" | translate}}</p>
+  <br/>
+  <p class="text-center">
+    <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary">{{"401.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.scss b/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.ts b/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..280a1ae947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/unauthorized/unauthorized.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { AuthService } from '../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { ServerResponseService } from '../core/services/server-response.service';
+
+/**
+ * This component representing the `Unauthorized` DSpace page.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-unauthorized',
+  templateUrl: './unauthorized.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./unauthorized.component.scss']
+})
+export class UnauthorizedComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize instance variables
+   *
+   * @param {AuthService} authservice
+   * @param {ServerResponseService} responseService
+   */
+  constructor(private authservice: AuthService, private responseService: ServerResponseService) {
+    this.responseService.setUnauthorized();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove redirect url from the state
+   */
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.authservice.clearRedirectUrl();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 4173fa1cf2..08a411fcf8 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 {
 
+  "401.help": "You're not authorized to access this page. You can use the button below to get back to the home page.",
+
+  "401.link.home-page": "Take me to the home page",
+
+  "401.unauthorized": "unauthorized",
+
+
+
   "404.help": "We can't find the page you're looking for. The page may have been moved or deleted. You can use the button below to get back to the home page. ",
 
   "404.link.home-page": "Take me to the home page",