diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.spec.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b763bc11c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../utilities/remote-data.utils';
+import { communityBreadcrumbResolver } from './community-breadcrumb.resolver';
+
+describe('communityBreadcrumbResolver', () => {
+  let breadcrumbService: any;
+  let communityDataService: any;
+  let community: Community;
+  let parentCommunity: Community;
+  let state: any;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    community = Object.assign(new Community(), {
+      uuid: '1234-65487-12354-1235',
+      type: 'community',
+    });
+    parentCommunity = Object.assign(new Community(), {
+      uuid: '4321-76548-45321-5321',
+      type: 'community',
+    });
+    breadcrumbService = {};
+    state = {};
+    communityDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('communityDataService', ['findById']);
+    communityDataService.findById.and.callFake((uuid: string) =>
+      createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(uuid === parentCommunity.uuid ? parentCommunity : community),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve the community from the route id', () => {
+    const resolvedConfig = (communityBreadcrumbResolver as any)(
+      { data: {}, params: { id: community.uuid }, queryParams: {} } as any,
+      state,
+      breadcrumbService,
+      communityDataService,
+    );
+
+    let emitted = false;
+    resolvedConfig.subscribe((config) => {
+      emitted = true;
+      expect(config).toEqual({
+        provider: breadcrumbService,
+        key: community,
+        url: `/communities/${community.uuid}`,
+      });
+    });
+    expect(emitted).toBeTrue();
+    expect(communityDataService.findById.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toEqual(community.uuid);
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve the parent community from the configured query parameter', () => {
+    const resolvedConfig = (communityBreadcrumbResolver as any)(
+      {
+        data: { breadcrumbQueryParam: 'parent' },
+        params: {},
+        queryParams: { parent: parentCommunity.uuid },
+      } as any,
+      state,
+      breadcrumbService,
+      communityDataService,
+    );
+
+    let emitted = false;
+    resolvedConfig.subscribe((config) => {
+      emitted = true;
+      expect(config).toEqual({
+        provider: breadcrumbService,
+        key: parentCommunity,
+        url: `/communities/${parentCommunity.uuid}`,
+      });
+    });
+    expect(emitted).toBeTrue();
+    expect(communityDataService.findById.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toEqual(parentCommunity.uuid);
+  });
+
+  it('should not request a community when the configured query parameter is absent', () => {
+    const resolvedConfig = (communityBreadcrumbResolver as any)(
+      { data: { breadcrumbQueryParam: 'parent' }, params: {}, queryParams: {} } as any,
+      state,
+      breadcrumbService,
+      communityDataService,
+    );
+
+    let emitted = false;
+    resolvedConfig.subscribe((config) => {
+      emitted = true;
+      expect(config).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+    expect(emitted).toBeTrue();
+    expect(communityDataService.findById).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
index c92b3fe0e5a..9b148d0ccaf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/community-breadcrumb.resolver.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import {
   RouterStateSnapshot,
 } from '@angular/router';
 import { hasValue } from '@dspace/shared/utils/empty.util';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import {
+  Observable,
+  of,
+} from 'rxjs';
 
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../data/community-data.service';
 import {
@@ -31,11 +34,15 @@ export const communityBreadcrumbResolver: ResolveFn<BreadcrumbConfig<Community>>
   dataService: CommunityDataService = inject(CommunityDataService),
 ): Observable<BreadcrumbConfig<Community>> => {
   const linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<DSpaceObject>[] = COMMUNITY_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW as FollowLinkConfig<DSpaceObject>[];
-  if (hasValue(route.data.breadcrumbQueryParam) && hasValue(route.queryParams[route.data.breadcrumbQueryParam])) {
+  if (hasValue(route.data.breadcrumbQueryParam)) {
+    const queryParam = route.queryParams[route.data.breadcrumbQueryParam];
+    if (!hasValue(queryParam)) {
+      return of(undefined);
+    }
     return DSOBreadcrumbResolverByUuid(
       route,
       state,
-      route.queryParams[route.data.breadcrumbQueryParam],
+      queryParam,
       breadcrumbService,
       dataService,
       ...linksToFollow,