diff --git a/hibernate-reactive-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/event/impl/DefaultReactiveFlushEntityEventListener.java b/hibernate-reactive-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/event/impl/DefaultReactiveFlushEntityEventListener.java
index b8e6159d1..5e77e79bd 100644
--- a/hibernate-reactive-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/event/impl/DefaultReactiveFlushEntityEventListener.java
+++ b/hibernate-reactive-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/event/impl/DefaultReactiveFlushEntityEventListener.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.engine.internal.Nullability;
 import org.hibernate.engine.internal.Versioning;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.EntityEntry;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.ManagedEntity;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.PersistenceContext;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.PersistentAttributeInterceptor;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SelfDirtinessTracker;
@@ -42,10 +43,12 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi.LazyPropertyInitializer.UNFETCHED_PROPERTY;
+import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.asManagedEntity;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.asPersistentAttributeInterceptable;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.asSelfDirtinessTracker;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.isPersistentAttributeInterceptable;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.isSelfDirtinessTracker;
+import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.processIfManagedEntity;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.ManagedTypeHelper.processIfSelfDirtinessTracker;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.Versioning.getVersion;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.internal.Versioning.incrementVersion;
@@ -223,6 +226,8 @@ private boolean isUpdateNecessary(final FlushEntityEvent event, final boolean mi
 			else {
 				final Object entity = event.getEntity();
 				processIfSelfDirtinessTracker( entity, SelfDirtinessTracker::$$_hibernate_clearDirtyAttributes );
+				processIfManagedEntity( entity, DefaultReactiveFlushEntityEventListener::useTracker );
+
 				final EventSource source = event.getSession();
 				source.getFactory()
 						.getCustomEntityDirtinessStrategy()
@@ -235,6 +240,10 @@ private boolean isUpdateNecessary(final FlushEntityEvent event, final boolean mi
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static void useTracker(final ManagedEntity entity) {
+		entity.$$_hibernate_setUseTracker( true );
+	}
+
 	private boolean scheduleUpdate(final FlushEntityEvent event) {
 		final EntityEntry entry = event.getEntityEntry();
 		final EventSource session = event.getSession();
@@ -555,7 +564,7 @@ private static int[] getDirtyProperties(FlushEntityEvent event) {
 		}
 		else {
 			final Object entity = event.getEntity();
-			return isSelfDirtinessTracker( entity )
+			return isSelfDirtinessTracker( entity ) && asManagedEntity( entity ).$$_hibernate_useTracker()
 					? getDirtyPropertiesFromSelfDirtinessTracker( asSelfDirtinessTracker( entity ), event )
 					: getDirtyPropertiesFromCustomEntityDirtinessStrategy( event );
 		}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/dirtychecking/Fruit.java b/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/dirtychecking/Fruit.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c700e309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/main/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/dirtychecking/Fruit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.reactive.it.dirtychecking;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class Fruit {
+	@Id
+	private int id;
+
+	// Dirty checking should not be confused by this initialization.
+	private String name = "Banana";
+
+	public int getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public Fruit setId(final int id) {
+		this.id = id;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public Fruit setName(final String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+		return this;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/DirtyCheckingIT.java b/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/DirtyCheckingIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2533b5213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/bytecode-enhancements-it/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/it/DirtyCheckingIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.reactive.it;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.reactive.it.dirtychecking.Fruit;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.SqlStatementTracker;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.vertx.junit5.VertxTestContext;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.hibernate.reactive.util.impl.CompletionStages.voidFuture;
+
+public class DirtyCheckingIT extends BaseReactiveIT {
+
+	private static SqlStatementTracker sqlTracker;
+
+	@Override
+	protected Configuration constructConfiguration() {
+		Configuration configuration = super.constructConfiguration();
+
+		// Construct a tracker that collects query statements via the SqlStatementLogger framework.
+		// Pass in configuration properties to hand off any actual logging properties
+		sqlTracker = new SqlStatementTracker( DirtyCheckingIT::updateQueryFilter, configuration.getProperties() );
+		return configuration;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean updateQueryFilter(String s) {
+		return s.toLowerCase().startsWith( "update " );
+	}
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void clearTracker() {
+		sqlTracker.clear();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void addServices(StandardServiceRegistryBuilder builder) {
+		sqlTracker.registerService( builder );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Collection<Class<?>> annotatedEntities() {
+		return List.of( Fruit.class );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected CompletionStage<Void> cleanDb() {
+		// There's only one test, so we don't need to clean the db.
+		// This prevents extra queries in the log when the test is over.
+		return voidFuture();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDirtyCheck(VertxTestContext context) {
+		test(
+				context,
+				getMutinySessionFactory()
+						.withTransaction( s -> s.persist( new Fruit().setId( 5 ).setName( "Apple" ) ) )
+						.chain( () -> getMutinySessionFactory().withTransaction( s -> s.find( Fruit.class, 5 ) ) )
+						.invoke( fruit -> {
+							assertThat( fruit ).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue( "name", "Apple" );
+							assertThat( sqlTracker.getLoggedQueries() )
+									.as( "Dirty field detection failed, unexpected SQL mutation query" )
+									.isEmpty();
+						} )
+		);
+	}
+}