diff --git a/drools-compiler/src/main/java/org/drools/compiler/rule/builder/PatternBuilder.java b/drools-compiler/src/main/java/org/drools/compiler/rule/builder/PatternBuilder.java
index c924584ae94..d76f82dc601 100644
--- a/drools-compiler/src/main/java/org/drools/compiler/rule/builder/PatternBuilder.java
+++ b/drools-compiler/src/main/java/org/drools/compiler/rule/builder/PatternBuilder.java
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 import static org.drools.compiler.rule.builder.util.PatternBuilderUtil.getNormalizeDate;
 import static org.drools.compiler.rule.builder.util.PatternBuilderUtil.normalizeEmptyKeyword;
 import static org.drools.compiler.rule.builder.util.PatternBuilderUtil.normalizeStringOperator;
+import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.doesFirstPropHaveListMapAccessor;
+import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.extractFirstIdentifier;
 import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.isIdentifier;
 
 /**
@@ -1474,8 +1476,12 @@ protected void buildRuleBindings(RuleBuildContext context,
 
         declr.setReadAccessor(extractor);
 
-        if (!declr.isFromXpathChunk() && typeDeclaration != null && extractor instanceof FieldNameSupplier) {
-            addFieldToPatternWatchlist(pattern, typeDeclaration, ((FieldNameSupplier) extractor).getFieldName());
+        if (!declr.isFromXpathChunk() && typeDeclaration != null) {
+            if (extractor instanceof FieldNameSupplier) {
+                addFieldToPatternWatchlist(pattern, typeDeclaration, ((FieldNameSupplier) extractor).getFieldName());
+            } else if (doesFirstPropHaveListMapAccessor(fieldBindingDescr.getBindingField())) {
+                addFieldToPatternWatchlist(pattern, typeDeclaration, extractFirstIdentifier(fieldBindingDescr.getBindingField(), 0)); // extractor is MVELObjectClassFieldReader
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/drools-model/drools-model-codegen/src/test/java/org/drools/model/codegen/execmodel/PropertyReactivityTest.java b/drools-model/drools-model-codegen/src/test/java/org/drools/model/codegen/execmodel/PropertyReactivityTest.java
index 35ea079bf03..018773fa003 100644
--- a/drools-model/drools-model-codegen/src/test/java/org/drools/model/codegen/execmodel/PropertyReactivityTest.java
+++ b/drools-model/drools-model-codegen/src/test/java/org/drools/model/codegen/execmodel/PropertyReactivityTest.java
@@ -1637,4 +1637,96 @@ private void testVariousCasePropFact(String modifyStatement, String... expectedR
 
         assertThat(results).containsExactly(expectedResults);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bindOnlyPropertyReacts() {
+        // DROOLS-7214
+        final String str =
+                "import " + Person.class.getCanonicalName() + ";\n" +
+                           "dialect \"mvel\"\n" +
+                           "rule R when\n" +
+                           "    $p : Person( name == \"Mario\", $age : age )\n" +
+                           "then\n" +
+                           "    modify($p) { age = $age + 1 };\n" +
+                           "end\n";
+
+        KieSession ksession = getKieSession(str);
+
+        Person p = new Person("Mario", 40);
+        ksession.insert(p);
+        int fired = ksession.fireAllRules(10); // intentional loop
+
+        assertThat(fired).isEqualTo(10);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bindOnlyMapPropertyReacts() {
+        // DROOLS-7214
+        final String str =
+                "import " + Person.class.getCanonicalName() + ";\n" +
+                           "dialect \"mvel\"\n" +
+                           "rule R when\n" +
+                           "    $p : Person( name == \"Mario\", $map : itemsString )\n" +
+                           "then\n" +
+                           "    $p.itemsString[\"B\"] = \"itemB\";\n" +
+                           "    modify($p) { itemsString = $p.itemsString };\n" +
+                           "end\n";
+
+        KieSession ksession = getKieSession(str);
+
+        Person p = new Person("Mario", 40);
+        p.getItemsString().put("A", "itemA");
+        ksession.insert(p);
+        int fired = ksession.fireAllRules(10); // intentional loop
+
+        assertThat(fired).isEqualTo(10);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bindOnlyMapPropertyWithAccessOperatorReacts() {
+        // DROOLS-7214
+        final String str =
+                "import " + Person.class.getCanonicalName() + ";\n" +
+                           "dialect \"mvel\"\n" +
+                           "rule R when\n" +
+                           "    $p : Person( name == \"Mario\", $mapDataA : itemsString[\"A\"] )\n" +
+                           "then\n" +
+                           "    $p.itemsString[\"B\"] = \"itemB\";\n" +
+                           "    modify($p) { itemsString = $p.itemsString };\n" +
+                           "end\n";
+
+        KieSession ksession = getKieSession(str);
+
+        Person p = new Person("Mario", 40);
+        p.getItemsString().put("A", "itemA");
+        ksession.insert(p);
+        int fired = ksession.fireAllRules(10); // intentional loop
+
+        assertThat(fired).isEqualTo(10);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bindOnlyListPropertyWithAccessOperatorReacts() {
+        // DROOLS-7214
+        final String str =
+                "import " + Person.class.getCanonicalName() + ";\n" +
+                           "import " + Address.class.getCanonicalName() + ";\n" +
+                           "dialect \"mvel\"\n" +
+                           "rule R when\n" +
+                           "    $p : Person( name == \"Mario\", $listData0 : addresses[0] )\n" +
+                           "then\n" +
+                           "    $p.addresses.add(new Address(\"C\"));\n" +
+                           "    modify($p) { addresses = $p.addresses };\n" +
+                           "end\n";
+
+        KieSession ksession = getKieSession(str);
+
+        Person p = new Person("Mario", 40);
+        p.getAddresses().add(new Address("A"));
+        p.getAddresses().add(new Address("B"));
+        ksession.insert(p);
+        int fired = ksession.fireAllRules(10); // intentional loop
+
+        assertThat(fired).isEqualTo(10);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/drools-mvel/src/main/java/org/drools/mvel/MVELConstraint.java b/drools-mvel/src/main/java/org/drools/mvel/MVELConstraint.java
index 373417669c5..39487277a2e 100644
--- a/drools-mvel/src/main/java/org/drools/mvel/MVELConstraint.java
+++ b/drools-mvel/src/main/java/org/drools/mvel/MVELConstraint.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.codeAwareIndexOf;
 import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.equalsIgnoreSpaces;
 import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.extractFirstIdentifier;
+import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.lookAheadIgnoringSpaces;
 import static org.drools.util.StringUtils.skipBlanks;
 
 public class MVELConstraint extends MutableTypeConstraint implements IndexableConstraint, AcceptsReadAccessor {
@@ -533,8 +534,8 @@ private int nextPropertyName(String expression, List<String> names, int cursor)
         }
 
         if (!isAccessor) {
-            String lookAhead = lookAheadIgnoringSpaces(expression, cursor);
-            boolean isMethodInvocation = lookAhead != null && lookAhead.equals("(");
+            Character lookAhead = lookAheadIgnoringSpaces(expression, cursor);
+            boolean isMethodInvocation = lookAhead != null && lookAhead.equals('(');
             if (isMethodInvocation) {
                 return nextPropertyName(expression, names, cursor);
             }
@@ -546,17 +547,6 @@ private int nextPropertyName(String expression, List<String> names, int cursor)
         return skipOperator(expression, cursor);
     }
 
-    private String lookAheadIgnoringSpaces(String expression, int cursor) {
-        while (cursor < expression.length()) {
-            char c = expression.charAt(cursor);
-            if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
-                return "" + c;
-            }
-            cursor++;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     private int skipOperator(String expression, int cursor) {
         if (cursor < expression.length() && expression.charAt(cursor) == '.') {
             while (cursor < expression.length() && Character.isWhitespace(expression.charAt(++cursor)));
diff --git a/drools-util/src/main/java/org/drools/util/StringUtils.java b/drools-util/src/main/java/org/drools/util/StringUtils.java
index 40eb6135cb0..b861192d93e 100644
--- a/drools-util/src/main/java/org/drools/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/drools-util/src/main/java/org/drools/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -1366,4 +1366,22 @@ public static boolean equalsIgnoreSpaces(String s1, String s2) {
     public static String uuid() {
         return "x" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().replace( '-', 'x' );
     }
+
+    public static boolean doesFirstPropHaveListMapAccessor(String expression) {
+        StringBuilder propertyNameBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        int cursor = extractFirstIdentifier(expression, propertyNameBuilder, 0);
+        Character nextChar = lookAheadIgnoringSpaces(expression, cursor);
+        return nextChar != null && nextChar.equals('[');
+    }
+
+    public static Character lookAheadIgnoringSpaces(String expression, int cursor) {
+        while (cursor < expression.length()) {
+            char c = expression.charAt(cursor);
+            if (!Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
+                return c;
+            }
+            cursor++;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }