diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
index 97585f5a47cb..5f976bbfd94b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ShardParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
+import org.dspace.authorize.service.AuthorizeService;
 import org.dspace.content.Bitstream;
 import org.dspace.content.Bundle;
 import org.dspace.content.Collection;
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
     private SolrStatisticsCore solrStatisticsCore;
     @Autowired
     private GeoIpService geoIpService;
+    @Autowired
+    private AuthorizeService authorizeService;
 
     /** URL to the current-year statistics core.  Prior-year shards will have a year suffixed. */
     private String statisticsCoreURL;
@@ -219,6 +222,16 @@ public void postView(DSpaceObject dspaceObject, HttpServletRequest request,
     @Override
     public void postView(DSpaceObject dspaceObject, HttpServletRequest request,
                          EPerson currentUser, String referrer) {
+        Context context = new Context();
+        // Do not record statistics for Admin users
+        try {
+            if (authorizeService.isAdmin(context, currentUser)) {
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
         if (solr == null) {
             return;
         }