diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export.service.ts b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export.service.ts
index b574be2dd85..3c5d595b2cc 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export.service.ts
@@ -102,4 +102,17 @@ export class ItemExportService {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the UUID from a searchOptions
+   * @param searchOptions
+   */
+  public getScopeUUID(searchOptions: SearchOptions): string {
+    if (searchOptions.fixedFilter) {
+      const fixedFilter = searchOptions.fixedFilter.split('=');
+      if (fixedFilter.length === 2 && fixedFilter[0] === 'scope') {
+        return fixedFilter[1];
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export-list/item-export-list.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export-list/item-export-list.component.ts
index e2d916638f1..d49362474d0 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export-list/item-export-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export-list/item-export-list.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { fadeIn } from '../../../../animations/fade';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../../models/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { UUIDService } from '../../../../../core/shared/uuid.service';
 
+import { ItemExportService } from '../../item-export.service';
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-export-list',
   templateUrl: './item-export-list.component.html',
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export class ItemExportListComponent implements OnInit {
   resultsRD$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<SearchObjects<DSpaceObject>>> = new BehaviorSubject(null);
 
   constructor(
+    protected itemExportService: ItemExportService,
     private paginationService: PaginationService,
     private searchManager: SearchManager,
     private uuidService: UUIDService) {
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ export class ItemExportListComponent implements OnInit {
     this.currentPagination$ = this.paginationService.getCurrentPagination(this.initialPagination.id, this.initialPagination);
     this.currentPagination$.subscribe((paginationOptions: PaginationComponentOptions) => {
       this.searchOptions = Object.assign(new PaginatedSearchOptions({}), this.searchOptions, {
+        scope: this.itemExportService.getScopeUUID(this.searchOptions),
         fixedFilter: `f.entityType=${this.itemEntityType},equals`,
         pagination: paginationOptions
       });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export.component.ts
index 6b7640ea148..c5f5f47ce3b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/item-export/item-export/item-export.component.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ export class ItemExportComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private canExport(): Observable<boolean> {
     return this.searchManager.search(
       Object.assign(new PaginatedSearchOptions({}), this.searchOptions, {
+        scope: this.itemExportService.getScopeUUID(this.searchOptions),
         fixedFilter: `f.entityType=${this.itemType.label},equals`,
         pagination: Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
           id: this.uuidService.generate(),