diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index c6d71714eff..3efc5f56765 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ ssr:
   # disabled (false) by default to boost server performance at the expense of loading smoothness.
   inlineCriticalCss: false
   # Path prefixes to enable SSR for. By default these are limited to paths of primary DSpace objects.
-  paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/' ]
+  # NOTE: The "/handle/" path ensures Handle redirects work via SSR.  The "/reload/" path ensures
+  # hard refreshes (e.g. after login) trigger SSR while fully reloading the page.
+  paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ]
   # Whether to enable rendering of Search component on SSR.
   # If set to true the component will be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
   # If set to false the component will not be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.production.ts b/src/environments/environment.production.ts
index 8159fff2eab..33434183cdd 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.production.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.production.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     enabled: true,
     enablePerformanceProfiler: false,
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/' ],
+    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index 17d4e8ed104..7e967fb227f 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
     enabled: true,
     enablePerformanceProfiler: false,
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/' ],
+    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.ts b/src/environments/environment.ts
index 4ac586d8992..1f409b232fd 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     enabled: false,
     enablePerformanceProfiler: false,
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/' ],
+    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },