diff --git a/islandora.api.php b/islandora.api.php
index 30b8623a..7b842cfe 100644
--- a/islandora.api.php
+++ b/islandora.api.php
@@ -830,3 +830,31 @@ function hook_islandora_get_breadcrumb_query_predicates() {
     'someotherpredicate',
   );
 }
+
+/**
+ * Allows for the alteration of object arrays for the islandora_objects theme.
+ *
+ * The islandora_objects theme is used to render a view for multiple objects on
+ * a page, such as when viewing the objects in a collection. This hook is called
+ * on each object that is added to the islandora_objects array.
+ *
+ * Each object array contains the following:
+ *
+ * 'label' - the object label.
+ * 'class' - the class to add to the object's div on the page.
+ * 'link' - a link to the object, passed through l().
+ * 'thumb' - a link to the object as a thumbnail, passed through l().
+ * 'description' - the object description.
+ *
+ * @param array $object_array
+ *   The object array to be added.
+ * @param array $object_info
+ *   An associative array containing two keys: 'pid' for the object's PID, and
+ *   'object', which either contains the loaded object that the $object_array
+ *   was generated from, or FALSE if it was unable to be loaded.
+ */
+function hook_islandora_objects_object_results_alter(&$object_array, $object_info) {
+  if (!$object_info['object']) {
+    $object_array['description'] = t('The object could not be loaded.');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 11a8c470..3701c6dd 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ define('ISLANDORA_UPDATE_RELATED_OBJECTS_PROPERTIES_HOOK', 'islandora_update_rel
 define('ISLANDORA_METADATA_OBJECT_ALTER', 'islandora_metadata_object');
 define('ISLANDORA_METADATA_OBJECT_DESCRIPTION_ALTER', 'islandora_metadata_object_description');
 define('ISLANDORA_BREADCRUMB_FILTER_PREDICATE_HOOK', 'islandora_get_breadcrumb_query_predicates');
+define('ISLANDORA_OBJECTS_DISPLAY_HOOK', 'islandora_objects_object_results');
 
 // @todo Add Documentation.
 define('ISLANDORA_OBJECT_INGESTED_HOOK', 'islandora_object_ingested');
diff --git a/theme/theme.inc b/theme/theme.inc
index 1ddad1db..2b05e64d 100644
--- a/theme/theme.inc
+++ b/theme/theme.inc
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function islandora_objects_object_mapper($object_id) {
         $description = $dc['dc:description']['value'];
       }
     }
-    return array(
+    $return = array(
       'label' => $o->label,
       'class' => drupal_strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]/', '-', $o->id)),
       'link' => l($o->label, $url, $link_options),
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function islandora_objects_object_mapper($object_id) {
   }
   else {
     $link_options = array('html' => TRUE, 'attributes' => array('title' => t('(Unknown)')));
-    return array(
+    $return = array(
       'label' => t('(Unknown)'),
       'class' => drupal_strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]/', '-', $object_id)),
       'link' => l(t('(Unknown)'), $url, $link_options),
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ function islandora_objects_object_mapper($object_id) {
       'description' => '',
     );
   }
+  $object_info = array(
+    'pid' => $object_id,
+    'object' => $o,
+  );
+  drupal_alter(ISLANDORA_OBJECTS_DISPLAY_HOOK, $return, $object_info);
+  return $return;
 }
 
 /**