diff --git a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer.rb b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ff31c447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module Hyrax
+  module Renderers
+    # This is used by PresentsAttributes to show licenses
+    #   e.g.: presenter.attribute_to_html(:rights_statement, render_as: :rights_statement)
+    class RightsStatementAttributeRenderer < AttributeRenderer
+      private
+
+        ##
+        # Special treatment for license/rights.  A URL from the Hyrax gem's config/hyrax.rb is stored in the descMetadata of the
+        # curation_concern.  If that URL is valid in form, then it is used as a link.  If it is not valid, it is used as plain text.
+        def attribute_value_to_html(value)
+          begin
+            parsed_uri = URI.parse(value)
+          rescue
+            nil
+          end
+          if parsed_uri.nil?
+            ERB::Util.h(value)
+          else
+            %(<a href=#{ERB::Util.h(value)} target="_blank">#{Hyrax.config.rights_statement_service_class.new.label(value)}</a>)
+          end
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index ea388a6a13..fbc1a81cb2 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:related_url, render_as: :external_link) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:resource_type, render_as: :faceted) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:source) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:rights_statement) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:rights_statement, render_as: :rights_statement) %>
diff --git a/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb b/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
index f70506c96b..99abdf4a68 100644
--- a/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@ def license_service_class
       @license_service_class ||= Hyrax::LicenseService
     end
 
+    # A configuration point for changing the behavior of the rights statement service.
+    #
+    # @!attribute [w] license_service_class
+    #   A configuration point for changing the behavior of the license service.
+    #
+    #   @see Hyrax::RightsStatementService for implementation details
+    attr_writer :rights_statement_service_class
+    def rights_statement_service_class
+      @rights_statement_service_class ||= Hyrax::RightsStatementService
+    end
+
     attr_writer :banner_image
     def banner_image
       # This image can be used for free and without attribution. See here for source and license: https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/issues/1551#issuecomment-326624909
diff --git a/spec/lib/hyrax/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/lib/hyrax/configuration_spec.rb
index 1f974b81b0..d6e7d4ad22 100644
--- a/spec/lib/hyrax/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/hyrax/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:google_analytics_id?) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:google_analytics_id) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:libreoffice_path) }
+  it { is_expected.to respond_to(:license_service_class) }
+  it { is_expected.to respond_to(:license_service_class=) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:max_days_between_fixity_checks=) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:max_days_between_fixity_checks) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:max_notifications_for_dashboard) }
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:persistent_hostpath) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:realtime_notifications?) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:realtime_notifications=) }
+  it { is_expected.to respond_to(:rights_statement_service_class) }
+  it { is_expected.to respond_to(:rights_statement_service_class=) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:redis_namespace) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:subject_prefix) }
   it { is_expected.to respond_to(:translate_id_to_uri) }
diff --git a/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer_spec.rb b/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7865f4e541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/rights_statement_attribute_renderer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+RSpec.describe Hyrax::Renderers::RightsStatementAttributeRenderer do
+  let(:field) { :rights_statement }
+  let(:renderer) { described_class.new(field, ['http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/']) }
+
+  describe "#attribute_to_html" do
+    subject { Nokogiri::HTML(renderer.render) }
+
+    let(:expected) { Nokogiri::HTML(tr_content) }
+
+    let(:tr_content) do
+      "<tr><th>Rights statement</th>\n" \
+       "<td><ul class='tabular'>" \
+       "<li class=\"attribute rights_statement\"><a href=\"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/\" target=\"_blank\">In Copyright</a></li>" \
+       "</ul></td></tr>"
+    end
+
+    it { expect(renderer).not_to be_microdata(field) }
+    it { expect(subject).to be_equivalent_to(expected) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb_spec.rb
index 723c929cc2..747903903d 100644
--- a/spec/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/hyrax/base/_attribute_rows.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
   end
 
   it 'shows rights statement with link to statement URL' do
-    expect(page).to have_link(rights_statement_uri)
+    expect(page).to have_link("In Copyright", href: rights_statement_uri)
   end
 end