diff --git a/bin/export-items b/bin/export-items
index 47d20a8d3..b7f4fe6c8 100755
--- a/bin/export-items
+++ b/bin/export-items
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def serialize(item)
     citation: item.preferred_citation,
     related_items: related_items,
     contributors: contributors(item),
+    keywords: item.keywords,
     files: files(item),
     created_at: item.create_date,
     updated_at: item.modified_date