diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInput.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInput.java
index bc15392a3818..2ea8a8866016 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInput.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInput.java
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ public class DCInput {
      */
     private String autocompleteCustom = null;
 
+    /**
+     * the custom field for the type bind
+     */
+    private String typeBindField = null;
+
     /**
      * the dropdown input type could have defined a default value
      */
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ public DCInput(Map<String, String> fieldMap, Map<String, List<String>> listMap,
         typeBind = new ArrayList<String>();
         String typeBindDef = fieldMap.get("type-bind");
         this.insertToTypeBind(typeBindDef);
-        String typeBindField = fieldMap.get(DCInputsReader.TYPE_BIND_FIELD_ATTRIBUTE);
+        typeBindField = fieldMap.get(DCInputsReader.TYPE_BIND_FIELD_ATTRIBUTE);
         this.insertToTypeBind(typeBindField);
 
 
@@ -741,6 +746,14 @@ public void setAutocompleteCustom(String autocompleteCustom) {
         this.autocompleteCustom = autocompleteCustom;
     }
 
+    public String getTypeBindField() {
+        return typeBindField;
+    }
+
+    public void setTypeBindField(String typeBindField) {
+        this.typeBindField = typeBindField;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Class representing a Map of the ComplexDefinition object
      * Class is copied from UFAL/CLARIN-DSPACE (https://github.com/ufal/clarin-dspace) and modified by
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
index c6e3701ef003..f327a647db3e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ private void processField(String formName, Node n, Map<String, String> field)
                             handleInputTypeTagName(formName, field, nestedNode, nestedValue);
                         }
                     }
+                } else if (StringUtils.equals(tagName, "type-bind")) {
+                    String customField = getAttribute(nd, TYPE_BIND_FIELD_ATTRIBUTE);
+                    if (customField != null) {
+                        field.put(TYPE_BIND_FIELD_ATTRIBUTE, customField);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -547,20 +552,23 @@ private void handleInputTypeTagName(String formName, Map<String, String> field,
             } else {
                 field.put(PAIR_TYPE_NAME, pairTypeName);
             }
-        } else if (value.equals("complex")) {
-            String definitionName = getAttribute(nd, COMPLEX_DEFINITION_REF);
-            if (definitionName == null) {
-                throw new SAXException("Form " + formName
-                        + ", field " + field.get("dc-element")
-                        + "." + field.get("dc-qualifier")
-                        + " has no linked definition");
-            } else {
-                field.put(COMPLEX_DEFINITION_REF, definitionName);
+        } else  {
+            if (value.equals("complex")) {
+                String definitionName = getAttribute(nd, COMPLEX_DEFINITION_REF);
+                if (definitionName == null) {
+                    throw new SAXException("Form " + formName
+                            + ", field " + field.get("dc-element")
+                            + "." + field.get("dc-qualifier")
+                            + " has no linked definition");
+                } else {
+                    field.put(COMPLEX_DEFINITION_REF, definitionName);
+                }
             }
-        } else if (value.equals("autocomplete")) {
-            String definitionName = getAttribute(nd, AUTOCOMPLETE_CUSTOM);
-            if (definitionName != null) {
-                field.put(AUTOCOMPLETE_CUSTOM, definitionName);
+            if (value.equals("autocomplete")) {
+                String definitionName = getAttribute(nd, AUTOCOMPLETE_CUSTOM);
+                if (definitionName != null) {
+                    field.put(AUTOCOMPLETE_CUSTOM, definitionName);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/SubmissionFormConverter.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/SubmissionFormConverter.java
index 8021e4e0d771..5f62f7cf8ae6 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/SubmissionFormConverter.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/SubmissionFormConverter.java
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ private SubmissionFormFieldRest getField(DCInput dcinput, String formName) {
         if (dcinput.isMetadataField()) {
             inputField.setSelectableMetadata(selectableMetadata);
             inputField.setTypeBind(dcinput.getTypeBindList());
+            inputField.setTypeBindField(dcinput.getTypeBindField());
             inputField.setComplexDefinition(dcinput.getComplexDefinitionJSONString());
             inputField.setAutocompleteCustom(dcinput.getAutocompleteCustom());
         }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/SubmissionFormFieldRest.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/SubmissionFormFieldRest.java
index efafa5927e8a..ee49f29da876 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/SubmissionFormFieldRest.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/SubmissionFormFieldRest.java
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldRest {
      */
     private String autocompleteCustom;
 
+    /**
+     * The custom field to type bind. It is used to check that the custom type bind field is defined when
+     * it is defined in the configuration property `submit.type-bind.field`
+     */
+    private String typeBindField;
+
 
     /**
      * Getter for {@link #selectableMetadata}
@@ -313,4 +319,12 @@ public String getAutocompleteCustom() {
     public void setAutocompleteCustom(String autocompleteCustom) {
         this.autocompleteCustom = autocompleteCustom;
     }
+
+    public String getTypeBindField() {
+        return typeBindField;
+    }
+
+    public void setTypeBindField(String typeBindField) {
+        this.typeBindField = typeBindField;
+    }
 }