diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
index fa0178c34..410f3b2c6 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class UnitOfWork implements PropertyChangedListener
      * 4) All collection updates
      * 5) All entity deletions
      *
-     * @param object $entity
+     * @param null|object|array $entity
      * @return void
      */
     public function commit($entity = null)
@@ -268,8 +268,12 @@ class UnitOfWork implements PropertyChangedListener
         // Compute changes done since last commit.
         if ($entity === null) {
             $this->computeChangeSets();
-        } else {
+        } elseif (is_object($entity)) {
             $this->computeSingleEntityChangeSet($entity);
+        } elseif (is_array($entity)) {
+            foreach ($entity as $object) {
+                $this->computeSingleEntityChangeSet($object);
+            }
         }
 
         if ( ! ($this->entityInsertions ||
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/BasicFunctionalTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/BasicFunctionalTest.php
index 75005acb1..415069a35 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/BasicFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/BasicFunctionalTest.php
@@ -1056,6 +1056,37 @@ class BasicFunctionalTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals(\Doctrine\ORM\UnitOfWork::STATE_DETACHED, $unitOfWork->getEntityState($address));
     }
 
+    public function testFlushManyExplicitEntities()
+    {
+        $userA = new CmsUser;
+        $userA->username = 'UserA';
+        $userA->name = 'UserA';
+
+        $userB = new CmsUser;
+        $userB->username = 'UserB';
+        $userB->name = 'UserB';
+
+        $userC = new CmsUser;
+        $userC->username = 'UserC';
+        $userC->name = 'UserC';
+
+        $this->_em->persist($userA);
+        $this->_em->persist($userB);
+        $this->_em->persist($userC);
+
+        $this->_em->flush(array($userA, $userB, $userB));
+
+        $userC->name = 'changed name';
+
+        $this->_em->flush(array($userA, $userB));
+        $this->_em->refresh($userC);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($userA->id > 0, 'user a has an id');
+        $this->assertTrue($userB->id > 0, 'user b has an id');
+        $this->assertTrue($userC->id > 0, 'user c has an id');
+        $this->assertEquals('UserC', $userC->name, 'name has not changed because we did not flush it');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group DDC-720
      */