diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/impl/ItemCorrectionFeature.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/impl/ItemCorrectionFeature.java
index 47c7e853e34b..0497973c16e8 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/impl/ItemCorrectionFeature.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/impl/ItemCorrectionFeature.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.dspace.app.rest.authorization.AuthorizationFeatureDocumentation;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.BaseObjectRest;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.ItemRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.SiteRest;
 import org.dspace.content.Item;
 import org.dspace.content.edit.CorrectItemMode;
 import org.dspace.content.security.service.CrisSecurityService;
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ public class ItemCorrectionFeature implements AuthorizationFeature {
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     public boolean isAuthorized(Context context, BaseObjectRest object) throws SQLException {
+        if (object instanceof SiteRest) {
+            return configurationService.getBooleanProperty("item-correction.enabled", true);
+        }
+
         if (!(object instanceof ItemRest)) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ public boolean isAuthorized(Context context, BaseObjectRest object) throws SQLEx
 
     @Override
     public String[] getSupportedTypes() {
-        return new String[] { ItemRest.CATEGORY + "." + ItemRest.NAME };
+        return new String[] { ItemRest.CATEGORY + "." + ItemRest.NAME, SiteRest.CATEGORY + "." + SiteRest.NAME};
     }
 
     private boolean isAuthorizedToCorrectItem(Context context, ItemRest itemRest) throws SQLException {
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/ItemCorrectionFeatureRestIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/ItemCorrectionFeatureRestIT.java
index 8fa8ad4b2b50..fdf8d172b538 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/ItemCorrectionFeatureRestIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/authorization/ItemCorrectionFeatureRestIT.java
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 
 import org.dspace.app.rest.authorization.impl.ItemCorrectionFeature;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.converter.ItemConverter;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.converter.SiteConverter;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.ItemRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.SiteRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.projection.DefaultProjection;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.projection.Projection;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.test.AbstractControllerIntegrationTest;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.utils.Utils;
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.dspace.builder.ItemBuilder;
 import org.dspace.content.Collection;
 import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.Site;
+import org.dspace.content.service.SiteService;
 import org.dspace.eperson.EPerson;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@
  *
  */
 public class ItemCorrectionFeatureRestIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
+    @Autowired
+    private SiteService siteService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SiteConverter siteConverter;
 
     @Autowired
     private ItemConverter itemConverter;
@@ -102,6 +112,27 @@ public void testFeatureWithCorrectionDisabled() throws Exception {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFeatureWithCorrectionEnabledAndNoItem() throws Exception {
+
+        configurationService.setProperty("item-correction.permit-all", false);
+        configurationService.setProperty("item-correction.enabled", true);
+
+        String token = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
+
+        Site site = siteService.findSite(context);
+        SiteRest siteRest = siteConverter.convert(site, DefaultProjection.DEFAULT);
+
+        Authorization expectedAuthorization = new Authorization(admin, canCorrectItem, siteRest);
+
+        getClient(token).perform(get("/api/authz/authorizations/search/object")
+            .param("eperson", String.valueOf(admin.getID()))
+            .param("uri", utils.linkToSingleResource(siteRest, "self").getHref())
+            .param("feature", ItemCorrectionFeature.NAME))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$._embedded.authorizations", hasItem(matchAuthorization(expectedAuthorization))));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFeatureWithAdmin() throws Exception {