diff --git a/app/components/arclight/bookmark_component.html.erb b/app/components/arclight/bookmark_component.html.erb
index cd485dfe0..ed8bb7699 100644
--- a/app/components/arclight/bookmark_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/arclight/bookmark_component.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
               }) do %>
     <div class="checkbox toggle-bookmark">
       <label class="toggle-bookmark" data-checkboxsubmit-target="label">
-        <input type="checkbox" class="toggle-bookmark" data-checkboxsubmit-target="checkbox">
+        <input type="checkbox" class="toggle-bookmark" data-checkboxsubmit-target="checkbox" <%= 'checked="checked"' if bookmarked? %>>
         <span data-checkboxsubmit-target="span"><%= bookmarked? ? "#{blacklight_icon(:bookmark).html_safe}<span class=\"sr-only visually-hidden\">#{t('blacklight.search.bookmarks.present')}</span>".html_safe : "#{blacklight_icon(:bookmark).html_safe}<span class=\"sr-only visually-hidden\">#{t('blacklight.search.bookmarks.absent')}</span>".html_safe %></span>
       </label>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/helpers/arclight_helper.rb b/app/helpers/arclight_helper.rb
index f47c9d07b..9cf50d997 100644
--- a/app/helpers/arclight_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/arclight_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 module ArclightHelper
   include Arclight::EadFormatHelpers
   include Arclight::FieldConfigHelpers
+  include Blacklight::DocumentHelperBehavior
   include Blacklight::LayoutHelperBehavior
 
   def repository_collections_path(repository)
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ def document_or_parent_icon(document)
     end
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Override of BL core https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/blob/v8.1.0/app/helpers/blacklight/document_helper_behavior.rb#L55
+  # Remove document_type check. It isn't a method on arclight documents
+  # Check if the document is in the user's bookmarks
+  # @param [Blacklight::Document] document
+  # @return [Boolean]
+  def bookmarked?(document)
+    current_bookmarks.any? { |x| x.document_id == document.id }
+  end
+
   def current_context_document
     @document
   end
diff --git a/spec/features/bookmarks_spec.rb b/spec/features/bookmarks_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6807cf87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/bookmarks_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'Bookmarks' do
+  it 'shows bookmarks as checkboxes', js: true do
+    visit solr_document_path('aoa271aspace_a951375d104030369a993ff943f61a77')
+    check 'Bookmark'
+    click_link 'Bookmarks'
+
+    visit solr_document_path('aoa271aspace_a951375d104030369a993ff943f61a77')
+    expect(page).to have_css('input[type="checkbox"][checked]')
+    uncheck 'In Bookmarks'
+  end
+end