diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/DSpaceRunnable.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/DSpaceRunnable.java
index 2319aee3175..9f36dff1e5f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/DSpaceRunnable.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/DSpaceRunnable.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
@@ -158,4 +159,8 @@ public UUID getEpersonIdentifier() {
     public void setEpersonIdentifier(UUID epersonIdentifier) {
         this.epersonIdentifier = epersonIdentifier;
     }
+
+    public Optional<String> fileParameterToBitstreamType(String fileParameter) {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ScriptRestRepository.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ScriptRestRepository.java
index 1eea06a4ee8..a9772e44f62 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ScriptRestRepository.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ScriptRestRepository.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ private void runDSpaceScript(List<MultipartFile> files, Context context, ScriptC
             dSpaceRunnable.initialize(args.toArray(new String[0]), restDSpaceRunnableHandler, context.getCurrentUser());
             if (files != null && !files.isEmpty()) {
                 checkFileNames(dSpaceRunnable, files);
-                processFiles(context, restDSpaceRunnableHandler, files);
+                processFiles(context, restDSpaceRunnableHandler, files, dSpaceRunnable);
             }
             restDSpaceRunnableHandler.schedule(dSpaceRunnable);
         } catch (ParseException e) {
@@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ private void runDSpaceScript(List<MultipartFile> files, Context context, ScriptC
     }
 
     private void processFiles(Context context, RestDSpaceRunnableHandler restDSpaceRunnableHandler,
-                              List<MultipartFile> files)
-        throws IOException, SQLException, AuthorizeException {
+                              List<MultipartFile> files, DSpaceRunnable dspaceRunnable)
+            throws IOException, SQLException, AuthorizeException {
         for (MultipartFile file : files) {
-            restDSpaceRunnableHandler
-                .writeFilestream(context, file.getOriginalFilename(), file.getInputStream(), "inputfile");
+            String type = (String) dspaceRunnable.fileParameterToBitstreamType(file.getName())
+                                                          .orElse("inputfile");
+            restDSpaceRunnableHandler.writeFilestream(context, file.getOriginalFilename(), file.getInputStream(), type);
         }
     }