diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/override_variants_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/override_variants_controller.js.coffee
index 663c6b467f..c84a1e1541 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/override_variants_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/override_variants_controller.js.coffee
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@ angular.module("ofn.admin").controller "AdminOverrideVariantsCtrl", ($scope, Ind
     $scope.hub = (hub for hub in hubs when hub.id == $scope.hub_id)[0]
 
 
+  $scope.displayDirty = ->
+
+
   $scope.update = ->
     StatusMessage.display 'success', 'Changes saved.'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/directives/track_variant_override.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/directives/track_variant_override.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8117a757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/directives/track_variant_override.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+angular.module("ofn.admin").directive "ofnTrackVariantOverride", (DirtyVariantOverrides) ->
+  require: "ngModel"
+  link: (scope, element, attrs, ngModel) ->
+    ngModel.$parsers.push (viewValue) ->
+      if ngModel.$dirty
+        variantOverride = scope.variantOverrides[scope.hub.id][scope.variant.id]
+        DirtyVariantOverrides.add variantOverride
+        scope.displayDirty()
+      viewValue
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68a6a923b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+angular.module("ofn.admin").factory "DirtyVariantOverrides", ->
+  new class DirtyVariantOverrides
+    dirtyVariantOverrides: {}
+
+    add: (vo) ->
+      @dirtyVariantOverrides[vo.hub_id] ||= {}
+      @dirtyVariantOverrides[vo.hub_id][vo.variant_id] = vo
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/products/override_variants/_products_variants.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/products/override_variants/_products_variants.html.haml
index 371f0db30e..8af837901e 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/products/override_variants/_products_variants.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/products/override_variants/_products_variants.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   %td
   %td {{ variant.options_text }}
   %td
-    %input{name: 'variant-overrides-{{ variant.id }}-price', type: 'text', ng: {model: 'variantOverrides[hub.id][variant.id].price'}, placeholder: '{{ variant.price }}'}
+    %input{name: 'variant-overrides-{{ variant.id }}-price', type: 'text', ng: {model: 'variantOverrides[hub.id][variant.id].price'}, placeholder: '{{ variant.price }}', 'ofn-track-variant-override' => 'price'}
 
   %td
-    %input{name: 'variant-overrides-{{ variant.id }}-count-on-hand', type: 'text', ng: {model: 'variantOverrides[hub.id][variant.id].count_on_hand'}, placeholder: '{{ variant.on_hand }}'}
+    %input{name: 'variant-overrides-{{ variant.id }}-count-on-hand', type: 'text', ng: {model: 'variantOverrides[hub.id][variant.id].count_on_hand'}, placeholder: '{{ variant.on_hand }}', 'ofn-track-variant-override' => 'price'}
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides_spec.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae955fd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/services/dirty_variant_overrides_spec.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+describe "maintaining a list of dirty variant overrides", ->
+  DirtyVariantOverrides = null
+  variantOverride =
+    variant_id: 1
+    hub_id: 2
+    price: 3
+    count_on_hand: 4
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    module "ofn.admin"
+
+  beforeEach inject (_DirtyVariantOverrides_) ->
+    DirtyVariantOverrides = _DirtyVariantOverrides_
+
+  it "adds new dirty variant overrides", ->
+    DirtyVariantOverrides.add variantOverride
+    expect(DirtyVariantOverrides.dirtyVariantOverrides).toEqual
+      2:
+        1:
+          variant_id: 1
+          hub_id: 2
+          price: 3
+          count_on_hand: 4
+
+  it "updates existing dirty variant overrides", ->
+    DirtyVariantOverrides.dirtyVariantOverrides =
+      2:
+        1:
+          variant_id: 5
+          hub_id: 6
+          price: 7
+          count_on_hand: 8
+    DirtyVariantOverrides.add variantOverride
+    expect(DirtyVariantOverrides.dirtyVariantOverrides).toEqual
+      2:
+        1:
+          variant_id: 1
+          hub_id: 2
+          price: 3
+          count_on_hand: 4