diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Node.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Node.java
index 648c31ea..7815d38a 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Node.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Node.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public final class Node implements INode, Serializable {
      * Called by the transactor on registered parent nodes to mark the
      * child index as changed
      */
-    void setLastSubnodeChange(long t) {
+    public void setLastSubnodeChange(long t) {
         lastSubnodeChange = t;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java
index 04a8a694..4011a1de 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeChangeListener.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 public interface NodeChangeListener {
 
     /**
-     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified or 
-     * deleted one or more nodes.
+     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified, 
+     * deleted or changed the child collection one or more nodes.
      */
-    public void nodesChanged(List inserted, List updated, List deleted);
+    public void nodesChanged(List inserted, List updated, List deleted, List parents);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
index c929d711..2a479997 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
@@ -1829,12 +1829,12 @@ public final class NodeManager {
     /**
      * Called by transactors after committing.
      */
-    protected void fireNodeChangeEvent(List inserted, List updated, List deleted) {
+    protected void fireNodeChangeEvent(List inserted, List updated, List deleted, List parents) {
         int l = listeners.size();
 
         for (int i=0; i<l; i++) {
             try {
-                ((NodeChangeListener) listeners.get(i)).nodesChanged(inserted, updated, deleted);
+                ((NodeChangeListener) listeners.get(i)).nodesChanged(inserted, updated, deleted, parents);
             } catch (Error e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
index 6a046a78..f58f2047 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Replicator.java
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ public class Replicator implements Runnable, NodeChangeListener {
 
 
     /**
-     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified or 
-     * deleted one or more nodes.
+     * Called when a transaction is committed that has created, modified, 
+     * deleted or changed the child collection one or more nodes.
      */
-    public synchronized void nodesChanged(List inserted,  List updated, List deleted) {
+    public synchronized void nodesChanged(List inserted,  List updated, 
+                                             List deleted, List parents) {
         add.addAll(inserted);
         add.addAll(updated);
         delete.addAll(deleted);
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
index d98c7d13..50d4869b 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/Transactor.java
@@ -225,15 +225,23 @@ public class Transactor extends Thread {
         int updated = 0;
         int deleted = 0;
 
+        ArrayList insertedNodes = null;
+        ArrayList updatedNodes = null;
+        ArrayList deletedNodes = null;
+        ArrayList modifiedParentNodes = null;
+        // if nodemanager has listeners collect dirty nodes
+        boolean hasListeners = nmgr.hasNodeChangeListeners();
+
+        if (hasListeners) {
+            insertedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            updatedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            deletedNodes = new ArrayList();
+            modifiedParentNodes = new ArrayList();
+        }
+        
         if (!dirtyNodes.isEmpty()) {
             Object[] dirty = dirtyNodes.values().toArray();
 
-            ArrayList insertedNodes = new ArrayList();
-            ArrayList updatedNodes = new ArrayList();
-            ArrayList deletedNodes = new ArrayList();
-            // if nodemanager has listeners collect dirty nodes
-            boolean hasListeners = nmgr.hasNodeChangeListeners();
-        
             // the set to collect DbMappings to be marked as changed
             HashSet dirtyDbMappings = new HashSet();
 
@@ -307,9 +315,6 @@ public class Transactor extends Thread {
                 nmgr.idgen.dirty = false;
             }
         
-            if (hasListeners) {
-                nmgr.fireNodeChangeEvent(insertedNodes, updatedNodes, deletedNodes);
-            }
         }
         
         long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -319,9 +324,17 @@ public class Transactor extends Thread {
             for (Iterator i = parentNodes.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
                 Node node = (Node) i.next();
                 node.setLastSubnodeChange(now);
+                if (hasListeners) {
+                    modifiedParentNodes.add(node);
+                }
             }
         }
-
+            
+        if (hasListeners) {
+            nmgr.fireNodeChangeEvent(insertedNodes, updatedNodes, 
+                                     deletedNodes, modifiedParentNodes);
+        }
+        
         // clear the node collections
         dirtyNodes.clear();
         cleanNodes.clear();