diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/EntityUpdateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/EntityUpdateAction.java
index 1fc1617e2b..b4de6b09b4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/EntityUpdateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/EntityUpdateAction.java
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ private void postUpdate() {
 					getInstance(), 
 					getId(), 
 					state, 
-					previousState, 
+					previousState,
+					dirtyFields,
 					getPersister(),
 					(EventSource) getSession() 
 				);
@@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ private void postCommitUpdate() {
 					getInstance(), 
 					getId(), 
 					state, 
-					previousState, 
+					previousState,
+					dirtyFields,
 					getPersister(),
 					(EventSource) getSession()
 				);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/PostUpdateEvent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/PostUpdateEvent.java
index f43761e15b..64bd3451ba 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/PostUpdateEvent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/PostUpdateEvent.java
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ public class PostUpdateEvent extends AbstractEvent {
 	private Object[] state;
 	private Object[] oldState;
 	private Serializable id;
+	//list of dirty properties as computed by Hibernate during a FlushEntityEvent
+    private final int[] dirtyProperties;
 	
 	public PostUpdateEvent(
 			Object entity, 
 			Serializable id,
 			Object[] state,
 			Object[] oldState,
+			int[] dirtyProperties,
 			EntityPersister persister,
 			EventSource source
 	) {
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ public PostUpdateEvent(
 		this.id = id;
 		this.state = state;
 		this.oldState = oldState;
+		this.dirtyProperties = dirtyProperties;
 		this.persister = persister;
 	}
 	
@@ -71,4 +75,8 @@ public EntityPersister getPersister() {
 	public Object[] getState() {
 		return state;
 	}
+
+	public int[] getDirtyProperties() {
+        return dirtyProperties;
+    }
 }