diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdNonStrictReadWriteTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdNonStrictReadWriteTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..722e29ba4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdNonStrictReadWriteTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.hibernate.test.naturalid.mutable.cached;
+
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFactory;
+
+public class CachedMutableNaturalIdNonStrictReadWriteTest extends
+		CachedMutableNaturalIdTest {
+
+	@Override
+	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
+		super.configure(cfg);
+		cfg.setProperty( CachingRegionFactory.DEFAULT_ACCESSTYPE, "nonstrict-read-write" );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdStrictReadWriteTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdStrictReadWriteTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82e7c49c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdStrictReadWriteTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package org.hibernate.test.naturalid.mutable.cached;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CachedMutableNaturalIdStrictReadWriteTest extends
+		CachedMutableNaturalIdTest {
+
+	@Override
+	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
+		super.configure(cfg);
+		cfg.setProperty( CachingRegionFactory.DEFAULT_ACCESSTYPE, "read-write" );
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7278" )
+	public void testInsertedNaturalIdCachedAfterTransactionSuccess() {
+		
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );
+		session.flush();
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNotNull(it);
+		session.delete(it);
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		assertEquals(1, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7278" )
+	public void testInsertedNaturalIdNotCachedAfterTransactionFailure() {
+		
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );
+		session.flush();
+		session.getTransaction().rollback();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNull(it);
+		assertEquals(0, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7278" )
+	public void testChangedNaturalIdCachedAfterTransactionSuccess() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNotNull(it);
+		
+		it.setName("modified");
+		session.flush();
+		session.getTransaction().commit(); 
+		session.close();
+		
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("modified");
+		assertNotNull(it);
+		session.delete(it);
+		session.getTransaction().commit(); 
+		session.close();
+		
+		assertEquals(1, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7278" )
+	public void testChangedNaturalIdNotCachedAfterTransactionFailure() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNotNull(it);
+		
+		it.setName("modified");
+		session.flush();
+		session.getTransaction().rollback(); 
+		session.close();
+		
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("modified");
+		assertNull(it);
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		session.delete(it);
+		session.getTransaction().commit(); 
+		session.close();
+		
+		assertEquals(0, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7309" )
+	public void testInsertUpdateEntity_NaturalIdCachedAfterTransactionSuccess() {
+		
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );    // schedules an InsertAction
+		it.setSurname("1234"); // schedules an UpdateAction, without bug-fix
+		// this will re-cache natural-id with identical key and at same time invalidate it
+		session.flush();
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNotNull(it);
+		session.delete(it);
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		assertEquals("In a strict access strategy we would excpect a hit here", 1, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..44390a3581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/naturalid/mutable/cached/CachedMutableNaturalIdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.naturalid.mutable.cached;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * Tests of mutable natural ids stored in second level cache
+ * 
+ * @author Guenther Demetz
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public abstract class CachedMutableNaturalIdTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {Another.class, AllCached.class};
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
+		cfg.setProperty( Environment.USE_SECOND_LEVEL_CACHE, "true" );
+		cfg.setProperty( Environment.GENERATE_STATISTICS, "true" );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNaturalIdChangedWhileAttached() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it" );
+		session.save( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it" );
+		assertNotNull( it );
+		// change it's name
+		it.setName( "it2" );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it" );
+		assertNull( it );
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it2" );
+		assertNotNull( it );
+		session.delete( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNaturalIdChangedWhileDetached() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it" );
+		session.save( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it" );
+		assertNotNull( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+
+		it.setName( "it2" );
+
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		session.update( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it" );
+		assertNull( it );
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId( Another.class ).load( "it2" );
+		assertNotNull( it );
+		session.delete( it );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testNaturalIdRecachingWhenNeeded() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().clear();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		Another it = new Another( "it");
+		session.save( it );
+		Serializable id = it.getId();
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		for (int i=0; i < 10; i++) {
+			session.beginTransaction();
+			it = (Another) session.byId(Another.class).load(id);
+			if (i == 9) {
+				it.setName("name" + i);
+			}
+			it.setSurname("surname" + i); // changing something but not the natural-id's
+			session.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		
+		session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		it = (Another) session.bySimpleNaturalId(Another.class).load("it");
+		assertNull(it);
+		assertEquals(0, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCacheHitCount());
+		it = (Another) session.byId(Another.class).load(id);
+		session.delete(it);
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		
+		// finally there should be only 2 NaturalIdCache puts : 1. insertion, 2. when updating natural-id from 'it' to 'name9'
+		assertEquals(2, session.getSessionFactory().getStatistics().getNaturalIdCachePutCount());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-7245" )
+	public void testNaturalIdChangeAfterResolveEntityFrom2LCache() {
+			Session session = openSession();
+			session.beginTransaction();
+			AllCached it = new AllCached( "it" );
+			
+			session.save( it );
+			Serializable id = it.getId();
+			session.getTransaction().commit();
+			session.close();
+
+			session = openSession();
+			session.beginTransaction();
+			it = (AllCached) session.byId( AllCached.class ).load( id );
+
+			it.setName( "it2" );
+			it = (AllCached) session.bySimpleNaturalId( AllCached.class ).load( "it" );
+			assertNull( it );
+			it = (AllCached) session.bySimpleNaturalId( AllCached.class ).load( "it2" );
+			assertNotNull( it );
+			session.delete( it );
+			session.getTransaction().commit();
+			session.close();
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/CachingRegionFactory.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/CachingRegionFactory.java
index 3bee9ad1a4..5f5634718e 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/CachingRegionFactory.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/CachingRegionFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ public class CachingRegionFactory implements RegionFactory {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = Logger.getMessageLogger(
 			CoreMessageLogger.class, CachingRegionFactory.class.getName()
 	);
+	public static String DEFAULT_ACCESSTYPE = "DefaultAccessType";
 	private Settings settings;
+	private Properties properties;
 	public CachingRegionFactory() {
 		LOG.warn( "CachingRegionFactory should be only used for testing." );
 	}
@@ -54,11 +56,13 @@ public class CachingRegionFactory implements RegionFactory {
 	public CachingRegionFactory(Properties properties) {
 		//add here to avoid run into catch
 		LOG.warn( "CachingRegionFactory should be only used for testing." );
+		this.properties=properties; 
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void start(Settings settings, Properties properties) throws CacheException {
 		this.settings=settings;
+		this.properties=properties; 
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -72,7 +76,10 @@ public class CachingRegionFactory implements RegionFactory {
 
 	@Override
 	public AccessType getDefaultAccessType() {
-		return AccessType.NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE;
+		if (properties != null && properties.get(DEFAULT_ACCESSTYPE) != null) {
+			return AccessType.fromExternalName(properties.getProperty(DEFAULT_ACCESSTYPE));
+		}
+		return AccessType.READ_WRITE;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/NonstrictReadWriteNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/NonstrictReadWriteNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy.java
index 381971908c..3de694f7d6 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/NonstrictReadWriteNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/NonstrictReadWriteNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy.java
@@ -42,4 +42,31 @@ class NonstrictReadWriteNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy extends BaseNaturalIdRegio
 	public void remove(Object key) throws CacheException {
 		evict( key );
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns <code>false</code> since this is an asynchronous cache access strategy.
+	 * @see org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.internal.strategy.NonStrictReadWriteEhcacheNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy 
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean insert(Object key, Object value ) throws CacheException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns <code>false</code> since this is a non-strict read/write cache access strategy
+	 * @see org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.internal.strategy.NonStrictReadWriteEhcacheNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy 
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean afterInsert(Object key, Object value ) throws CacheException {
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes the entry since this is a non-strict read/write cache strategy.
+	 * @see org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.internal.strategy.NonStrictReadWriteEhcacheNaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy 
+	 */
+	public boolean update(Object key, Object value ) throws CacheException {
+		remove( key );
+		return false;
+	}
 }