diff --git a/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.html b/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.html
index 8d310607833..83ca9e536cc 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<ds-search [showCsvExport]="true" [trackStatistics]="true"></ds-search>
+<ds-search [showCsvExport]="true" [trackStatistics]="true" [forcedDsoTypes]="forcedDsoTypes"></ds-search>
diff --git a/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.ts b/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.ts
index d5df0ec65c6..615c1d6f857 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/search-page/search-page.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
+import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../my-dspace-page/my-dspace-configuration.service';
 import { ThemedSearchComponent } from '../shared/search/themed-search.component';
@@ -22,4 +23,6 @@ import { ThemedSearchComponent } from '../shared/search/themed-search.component'
  * It renders search results depending on the current search options
  */
 export class SearchPageComponent {
+  /** Restrict the search page to items only (hides community/collection results); empty = all types. */
+  forcedDsoTypes: DSpaceObjectType[] = [DSpaceObjectType.ITEM];
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
index 0a8d63f1ab7..c60a0c95c7a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { RouteService } from '../../core/services/route.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
@@ -316,6 +317,16 @@ describe('SearchComponent', () => {
     expect((comp as any).retrieveSearchResults).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expectedSearchOptions);
   }));
 
+  it('should force the configured dsoTypes onto the search options when forcedDsoTypes is set', fakeAsync(() => {
+    const retrieveSpy = spyOn((comp as any), 'retrieveSearchResults').and.callThrough();
+    comp.forcedDsoTypes = [DSpaceObjectType.ITEM];
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    tick(100);
+
+    const usedOptions = retrieveSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0] as PaginatedSearchOptions;
+    expect(usedOptions.dsoTypes).toEqual([DSpaceObjectType.ITEM]);
+  }));
+
   it('should retrieve SearchResults', fakeAsync(() => {
     fixture.detectChanges();
     tick(100);
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
index 701ce463769..8efeb1c3201 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { RouteService } from '../../core/services/route.service';
 import { Context } from '../../core/shared/context.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { SearchService } from '../../core/shared/search/search.service';
@@ -242,6 +243,9 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    */
   @Input() renderOnServerSide: boolean;
 
+  /** Restrict results to these DSpaceObject types (e.g. items only); empty = all types. */
+  @Input() forcedDsoTypes: DSpaceObjectType[] = [];
+
   /**
    * The current configuration used during the search
    */
@@ -431,6 +435,10 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
       if (isEmpty(combinedOptions.scope)) {
         combinedOptions.scope = scope;
       }
+      // Force the configured result types (e.g. items only) when no explicit dsoTypes are set.
+      if (isNotEmpty(this.forcedDsoTypes) && isEmpty(combinedOptions.dsoTypes)) {
+        combinedOptions.dsoTypes = [...this.forcedDsoTypes];
+      }
       const newSearchOptions = new PaginatedSearchOptions(combinedOptions);
       // check if search options are changed
       // if so retrieve new related results otherwise skip it
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
index f60f8652f3c..f84f84c04f0 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 
 import { Context } from '../../core/shared/context.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import { CollectionElementLinkType } from '../object-collection/collection-element-link.type';
 import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export class ThemedSearchComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchComponent> {
     'query',
     'scope',
     'hideScopeInUrl',
+    'forcedDsoTypes',
     'resultFound',
     'deselectObject',
     'selectObject',
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ export class ThemedSearchComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchComponent> {
 
   @Input() hideScopeInUrl: boolean;
 
+  @Input() forcedDsoTypes: DSpaceObjectType[];
+
   @Output() resultFound: EventEmitter<SearchObjects<DSpaceObject>> = new EventEmitter();
 
   @Output() deselectObject: EventEmitter<ListableObject> = new EventEmitter();