diff --git a/src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts b/src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts
index 0d4ae9aa102..af19f3cef51 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ export class SubmissionSectionModel extends ConfigObject {
   @autoserialize
     sectionType: SectionsType;
 
+  /**
+   * A string representing the type this section extends
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  extendsSectionType: SectionsType;
+
   /**
    * The [SubmissionSectionVisibility] object for this section
    */
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
index 1e5ba027f83..13e70fed6bf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
           // Iterate over all workspaceitem's sections
           Object.keys(item.sections)
             .forEach((sectionId) => {
-              if (typeof item.sections[sectionId] === 'object' && (isNotEmpty(item.sections[sectionId]) &&
-                // When Upload section is disabled, add to submission only if there are files
-                (!item.sections[sectionId].hasOwnProperty('files') || isNotEmpty((item.sections[sectionId] as any).files)))) {
-
+              if (typeof item.sections[sectionId] === 'object' && (isNotEmpty(item.sections[sectionId]))) {
                 const sectiondata = Object.create({});
                 // Iterate over all sections property
                 Object.keys(item.sections[sectionId])
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.actions.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.actions.ts
index e075ce5e5ba..78ef72c9fe3 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.actions.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export class InitSectionAction implements Action {
     config: string;
     mandatory: boolean;
     sectionType: SectionsType;
+    extendsSectionType: SectionsType;
     visibility: SectionVisibility;
     enabled: boolean;
     data: WorkspaceitemSectionDataType;
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ export class InitSectionAction implements Action {
    *    the section's mandatory
    * @param sectionType
    *    the section's type
+   * @param extendsSectionType
+   *    the type of the section it extends
    * @param visibility
    *    the section's visibility
    * @param enabled
@@ -157,11 +160,12 @@ export class InitSectionAction implements Action {
     config: string,
     mandatory: boolean,
     sectionType: SectionsType,
+    extendsSectionType: SectionsType,
     visibility: SectionVisibility,
     enabled: boolean,
     data: WorkspaceitemSectionDataType,
     errors: SubmissionSectionError[]) {
-    this.payload = { submissionId, sectionId, header, config, mandatory, sectionType, visibility, enabled, data, errors };
+    this.payload = { submissionId, sectionId, header, config, mandatory, sectionType, extendsSectionType, visibility, enabled, data, errors };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
index 66c6e8316ef..d6076d6bc2d 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
             config,
             sectionDefinition.mandatory,
             sectionDefinition.sectionType,
+            sectionDefinition.extendsSectionType,
             sectionDefinition.visibility,
             enabled,
             sectionData,
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
index 53dcd9a19e1..a7586489f20 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export class SubmissionObjectEffects {
             config,
             sectionDefinition.mandatory,
             sectionDefinition.sectionType,
+            sectionDefinition.extendsSectionType,
             sectionDefinition.visibility,
             enabled,
             sectionData,
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.spec.ts
index 2389a5600c8..09225c09995 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ describe('submissionReducer test suite', () => {
       config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone',
       mandatory: true,
       sectionType: 'submission-form',
+      extendsSectionType: undefined,
       visibility: undefined,
       collapsed: false,
       enabled: true,
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ describe('submissionReducer test suite', () => {
       true,
       SectionsType.SubmissionForm,
       undefined,
+      undefined,
       true,
       {},
       null);
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
index 82e33062cda..c074f748fd1 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.reducer.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ function initSection(state: SubmissionObjectState, action: InitSectionAction): S
             config: action.payload.config,
             mandatory: action.payload.mandatory,
             sectionType: action.payload.sectionType,
+            extendsSectionType: action.payload.extendsSectionType,
             visibility: action.payload.visibility,
             collapsed: false,
             enabled: action.payload.enabled,
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-section-object.model.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-section-object.model.ts
index 7338539607b..5d4cf119deb 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-section-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-section-object.model.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ export interface SubmissionSectionObject {
    */
   sectionType: SectionsType;
 
+  /**
+   * The type this section extends
+   */
+  extendsSectionType: SectionsType;
+
   /**
    * The section visibility
    */
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.spec.ts
index 7b540ecd910..eacf94bcc0d 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.spec.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionCcLicensesComponent', () => {
     header: 'test header',
     id: 'test section id',
     sectionType: SectionsType.SubmissionForm,
+    extendsSectionType: undefined,
   };
 
   const submissionCcLicenses: SubmissionCcLicence[] = [
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.spec.ts
index 4dfa65a13bf..510d4ab54ce 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.spec.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const sectionObject: SectionDataObject = {
   header:	'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
   id:	'traditionalpageone',
   sectionType:	SectionsType.SubmissionForm,
+  extendsSectionType: undefined,
 };
 
 describe('SubmissionSectionContainerComponent test suite', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
index da5a620d1ad..e1207eb6e59 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const sectionObject: SectionDataObject = {
   header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
   id: 'traditionalpageone',
   sectionType: SectionsType.SubmissionForm,
+  extendsSectionType: undefined,
 };
 
 const testFormConfiguration = {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.spec.ts
index 8aa760bb3e3..2dada78f9f3 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.spec.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ const sectionObject: SectionDataObject = {
   header: 'submission.sections.submit.progressbar.identifiers',
   id: 'identifiers',
   sectionType: SectionsType.Identifiers,
+  extendsSectionType: undefined,
   sectionVisibility: null,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/license/section-license.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/license/section-license.component.spec.ts
index 95b2e7f50ab..a7bd5779f49 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/license/section-license.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/license/section-license.component.spec.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const sectionObject: SectionDataObject = {
   header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.license',
   id: 'license',
   sectionType: SectionsType.License,
+  extendsSectionType: undefined,
 };
 
 const dynamicFormControlEvent: DynamicFormControlEvent = {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/models/section-data.model.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/models/section-data.model.ts
index 7ecb820db77..1a278a4aa1f 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/models/section-data.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/models/section-data.model.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export interface SectionDataObject {
    */
   sectionType: SectionsType;
 
+  /**
+   * The type this section extends
+   */
+  extendsSectionType: SectionsType;
+
   /**
    * Eventually additional fields
    */
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
index 8d86ee84b54..e64b59d1888 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sections.service.ts
@@ -388,7 +388,9 @@ export class SectionsService {
     return this.store.select(submissionObjectFromIdSelector(submissionId)).pipe(
       filter((submissionState: SubmissionObjectEntry) => isNotUndefined(submissionState)),
       map((submissionState: SubmissionObjectEntry) => {
-        return isNotUndefined(submissionState.sections) && isNotUndefined(findKey(submissionState.sections, { sectionType: sectionType }));
+        return isNotUndefined(submissionState.sections) &&
+          (isNotUndefined(findKey(submissionState.sections, { sectionType: sectionType })) ||
+            isNotUndefined(findKey(submissionState.sections, { extendsSectionType: sectionType })));
       }),
       distinctUntilChanged());
   }
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ export class SectionsService {
       filter((submissionState: SubmissionObjectEntry) => isNotUndefined(submissionState)),
       map((submissionState: SubmissionObjectEntry) => {
         return isNotUndefined(submissionState.sections) && isNotUndefined(submissionState.sections[sectionId])
-          && submissionState.sections[sectionId].sectionType === sectionType;
+          && (submissionState.sections[sectionId].sectionType === sectionType || submissionState.sections[sectionId].extendsSectionType === sectionType);
       }),
       distinctUntilChanged());
   }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.spec.ts
index 61db6c68851..f376724e3a4 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.spec.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionUploadComponent test suite', () => {
       header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.upload',
       id: 'upload-id',
       sectionType: SectionsType.Upload,
+      extendsSectionType: undefined,
     };
     submissionId = mockSubmissionId;
     collectionId = mockSubmissionCollectionId;
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
index 0ba8e5d9a21..c38a8f39d0c 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/keyinformation',
               mandatory: true,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -615,6 +616,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/indexing',
               mandatory: false,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -625,6 +627,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/publicationchannel',
               mandatory: true,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -635,6 +638,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/acknowledgement',
               mandatory: false,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -645,6 +649,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/identifiers',
               mandatory: false,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -655,6 +660,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionforms/references',
               mandatory: false,
               sectionType: 'submission-form',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -665,6 +671,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: 'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/config/submissionuploads/upload',
               mandatory: true,
               sectionType: 'upload',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
@@ -675,6 +682,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
               config: '',
               mandatory: true,
               sectionType: 'license',
+              extendsSectionType: undefined,
               data: {},
               errorsToShow: [],
               serverValidationErrors: [],
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
index 312d74bc8a5..53b4927e328 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ export class SubmissionService {
             sectionObject.header = sections[sectionId].header;
             sectionObject.id = sectionId;
             sectionObject.sectionType = sections[sectionId].sectionType;
+            sectionObject.extendsSectionType = sections[sectionId].extendsSectionType;
             availableSections.push(sectionObject);
           });
         return availableSections;