diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiFieldHandle.cpp b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiFieldHandle.cpp
index 0cb0e16e0b..ba6f09c866 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiFieldHandle.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiFieldHandle.cpp
@@ -58,11 +58,27 @@ void PdmUiFieldHandle::notifyFieldChanged(const QVariant& oldFieldValue, const Q
         PdmFieldHandle* fieldHandle = this->fieldHandle();
         CAF_ASSERT(fieldHandle && fieldHandle->ownerObject());
 
-        PdmUiObjectHandle* uiObjHandle = uiObj(fieldHandle->ownerObject());
-        if (uiObjHandle)
+        PdmObjectHandle* ownerObjectHandle = fieldHandle->ownerObject();
+
         {
-            uiObjHandle->fieldChangedByUi(fieldHandle, oldFieldValue, newFieldValue);
-            uiObjHandle->updateConnectedEditors();
+            PdmUiObjectHandle* uiObjHandle = uiObj(ownerObjectHandle);
+            if (uiObjHandle)
+            {
+                uiObjHandle->fieldChangedByUi(fieldHandle, oldFieldValue, newFieldValue);
+                uiObjHandle->updateConnectedEditors();
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (ownerObjectHandle->parentField() && ownerObjectHandle->parentField()->ownerObject())
+        {
+            PdmUiObjectHandle* uiObjHandle = uiObj(ownerObjectHandle->parentField()->ownerObject());
+            if (uiObjHandle)
+            {
+                uiObjHandle->childFieldChangedByUi(ownerObjectHandle->parentField());
+
+                // If updateConnectedEditors() is required, this has to be called in childFieldChangedByUi()
+            }
         }
 
         // Update field editors
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiObjectHandle.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiObjectHandle.h
index 7818894f66..c7cc5165fd 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiObjectHandle.h
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiObjectHandle.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public: // Virtual
     /// Method to reimplement to catch when the field has changed due to setUiValue()
     virtual void            fieldChangedByUi(const caf::PdmFieldHandle* changedField, const QVariant& oldValue, const QVariant& newValue) {}
 
+    /// Method to reimplement to catch when a field in a contained object has changed due to setUiValue()
+    virtual void            childFieldChangedByUi(const caf::PdmFieldHandle* changedChildField) {}
+
     /// Method to re-implement to supply option values for a specific field
     virtual QList<caf::PdmOptionItemInfo>
         calculateValueOptions(const caf::PdmFieldHandle* fieldNeedingOptions, bool* useOptionsOnly) { return QList<PdmOptionItemInfo>(); }