diff --git a/backend/app/exporters/serializers/mods.rb b/backend/app/exporters/serializers/mods.rb
index 98f3b9e68f..ba8b4492c9 100644
--- a/backend/app/exporters/serializers/mods.rb
+++ b/backend/app/exporters/serializers/mods.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def serialize_mods_inner(mods, xml)
           xml.temporal term
         when 'uniform_title'
           xml.titleInfo term
-        when 'genre_form', 'style_period'
+        when 'genre_form', 'style_period', 'technique'
           xml.genre term
         when 'occupation'
           xml.occupation term
diff --git a/backend/spec/export_mods_spec.rb b/backend/spec/export_mods_spec.rb
index da4e466516..8aa4f0ae20 100644
--- a/backend/spec/export_mods_spec.rb
+++ b/backend/spec/export_mods_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
     @subject_person = create(:json_agent_person)
 
-    @subjects = (0..5).map { create(:json_subject) }
+    @subjects = (0..6).map { create(:json_subject) }
+    @subjects[6]['term_type'] = 'technique' # ensure at least one subject will be of type 'technique'
 
     linked_agents = [{
                        :role => 'creator',
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
             @mods.should have_tag "subject/temporal" => term['term']
           when 'uniform_title'
             @mods.should have_tag "subject/titleInfo" => term['term']
-          when 'genre_form', 'style_period'
+          when 'genre_form', 'style_period', 'technique'
             @mods.should have_tag "subject/genre" => term['term']
           when 'occupation'
             @mods.should have_tag "subject/occupation" => term['term']