diff --git a/dspace/src/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java b/dspace/src/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
index aff5367f403a..38e01fbfd202 100644
--- a/dspace/src/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
+++ b/dspace/src/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ private String getThumbMarkup(HttpServletRequest hrq, Item item) throws JspExcep
 						.append(thumbnailBitstream.getID())
 						.append("/")
    						.append(URLEncoder.encode(thumbnailBitstream.getName()))
-						.append("\" alt=")
+						.append("\" alt=\"")
 						.append(thumbnailBitstream.getName())
 						.append("\" ")
 						.append(getScalingAttr(hrq, thumbnailBitstream))