diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
index 8564cf2c43..22e10b0f92 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     function ContentEditController($rootScope, $scope, $routeParams, $q, $window,
         appState, contentResource, entityResource, navigationService, notificationsService,
         serverValidationManager, contentEditingHelper, treeService, formHelper, umbRequestHelper,
-        editorState, $http, eventsService, relationResource, overlayService) {
+        editorState, $http, eventsService, relationResource, overlayService, angularHelper) {
 
         var evts = [];
         var infiniteMode = $scope.infiniteModel && $scope.infiniteModel.infiniteMode;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                     });
                 }
             }));
-            
+
         }
 
         /**
@@ -308,6 +308,19 @@
             }
         }
 
+        function ensureDirtyIsSetIfAnyVariantIsDirty() {
+            var currentForm = angularHelper.getCurrentForm($scope);
+
+            currentForm.$dirty = false;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < $scope.content.variants.length; i++) {
+                if($scope.content.variants[i].isDirty){
+                    currentForm.$dirty = true;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // This is a helper method to reduce the amount of code repitition for actions: Save, Publish, SendToPublish
         function performSave(args) {
 
@@ -331,6 +344,7 @@
                 eventsService.emit("content.saved", { content: $scope.content, action: args.action });
 
                 resetNestedFieldValiation(fieldsToRollback);
+                ensureDirtyIsSetIfAnyVariantIsDirty();
 
                 return $q.when(data);
             },