diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/script2externalservices/CreateWorkspaceItemWithExternalSource.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/script2externalservices/CreateWorkspaceItemWithExternalSource.java
index 2872ee19d12..7f8cf9e0772 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/script2externalservices/CreateWorkspaceItemWithExternalSource.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/script2externalservices/CreateWorkspaceItemWithExternalSource.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.dspace.content.MetadataValue;
 import org.dspace.content.WorkspaceItem;
 import org.dspace.content.dto.MetadataValueDTO;
+import org.dspace.content.packager.PackageUtils;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
 import org.dspace.discovery.DiscoverQuery;
 import org.dspace.discovery.DiscoverQuery.SORT_ORDER;
@@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ private int fillWorkspaceItems(Context context, int record, LiveImportDataProvid
                 if (!exist(dataObject.getMetadata())) {
                     WorkspaceItem wsItem = externalDataService.createWorkspaceItemFromExternalDataObject(context,
                                                                dataObject, this.collection);
+                    Item itemFromWs = wsItem.getItem();
+                    PackageUtils.addDepositLicense(context, null, itemFromWs, wsItem.getCollection());
                     for (List<MetadataValueDTO> metadataList : metadataValueToAdd(wsItem.getItem())) {
                         addMetadata(wsItem.getItem(), metadataList);
                     }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/CreateWorkspaceItemFromExternalServiceIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/CreateWorkspaceItemFromExternalServiceIT.java
index 79253dcc6de..19100f72233 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/CreateWorkspaceItemFromExternalServiceIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/CreateWorkspaceItemFromExternalServiceIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.dspace.app.rest;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
@@ -199,6 +200,8 @@ public void creatingWorkspaceItemImportedFromScopusTest() throws Exception {
                                    + ".traditionalpageone['dc.identifier.scopus'][0].value", is(scopus2R.getValue())))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._embedded.workflowitems[1].sections"
                                    + ".traditionalpageone['dc.identifier.doi'][0].value", is(doi2R.getValue())))
+                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$._embedded.workflowitems[0].sections.license.url",
+                         containsString("/api/core/bitstreams/")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.page.totalElements", is(2)));
     }