diff --git a/packages/core/src/mappers/renderer.ts b/packages/core/src/mappers/renderer.ts
index d80392c85..15800f1d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/mappers/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/mappers/renderer.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import {
   composeWithUi,
   convertDateToString,
   createLabelDescriptionFrom,
+  encode,
   findUiControl,
   getFirstPrimitiveProp,
   getPropPath,
@@ -130,6 +131,38 @@ const isRequired = (
   );
 };
 
+/**
+ * Determines whether the data at the given instance path is required, based on
+ * the root schema. Walks the data path against the root schema while skipping
+ * combinator branches (oneOf/anyOf/allOf), so a required parent makes its
+ * inner combinator sub-schemas required as well.
+ */
+const isRequiredAtPath = (rootSchema: JsonSchema, path: string): boolean => {
+  if (!path) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const segments = path.split('.');
+  const lastSegment = segments[segments.length - 1];
+  if (/^\d+$/.test(lastSegment)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  let parentSchemaPath = '#';
+  for (let i = 0; i < segments.length - 1; i++) {
+    const segment = segments[i];
+    if (/^\d+$/.test(segment)) {
+      // We don't try to resolve through array indices to keep the lookup simple.
+      return false;
+    }
+    parentSchemaPath += '/properties/' + encode(segment);
+  }
+  const parentSchema = Resolve.schema(rootSchema, parentSchemaPath, rootSchema);
+  return (
+    parentSchema !== undefined &&
+    parentSchema.required !== undefined &&
+    parentSchema.required.indexOf(lastSegment) !== -1
+  );
+};
+
 /**
  * Adds an asterisk to the given label string based
  * on the required parameter.
@@ -603,7 +636,8 @@ export const mapStateToControlProps = (
   const rootSchema = getSchema(state);
   const required =
     controlElement.scope !== undefined &&
-    isRequired(ownProps.schema, controlElement.scope, rootSchema);
+    (isRequired(ownProps.schema, controlElement.scope, rootSchema) ||
+      isRequiredAtPath(rootSchema, path));
   const resolvedSchema = Resolve.schema(
     ownProps.schema || rootSchema,
     controlElement.scope,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/mappers/renderer.test.ts b/packages/core/test/mappers/renderer.test.ts
index 9d0dd516c..443a8e4ef 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/mappers/renderer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/mappers/renderer.test.ts
@@ -2149,6 +2149,51 @@ test('mapStateToControlProps - required is calculated correctly from encoded JSO
   t.true(props.required === true);
 });
 
+test('mapStateToControlProps - required propagates from required oneOf parent to dispatched primitive sub-schema (issue #2222)', (t) => {
+  // The OneOf renderer dispatches the string sub-schema with a generated
+  // uischema whose scope is `#`. The inner control should still be marked
+  // as required because the oneOf parent is required.
+  const rootSchema = {
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      mecanique: {
+        oneOf: [
+          { type: 'string' },
+          {
+            type: 'object',
+            properties: { cardinale: { type: 'string' } },
+            required: ['cardinale'],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    required: ['mecanique'],
+  };
+  const subSchema = (rootSchema.properties.mecanique as any).oneOf[0];
+  const uischema: ControlElement = {
+    type: 'Control',
+    scope: '#',
+  };
+  const ownProps = {
+    visible: true,
+    uischema,
+    path: 'mecanique',
+    schema: subSchema,
+  };
+  const state = {
+    jsonforms: {
+      core: {
+        schema: rootSchema,
+        data: {},
+        uischema,
+        errors: [] as ErrorObject[],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const props = mapStateToControlProps(state, ownProps);
+  t.true(props.required === true);
+});
+
 test('mapStateToEnumControlProps - i18n - should not crash without i18n', (t) => {
   const ownProps = {
     uischema: coreUISchema,
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/examples/required.ts b/packages/examples/src/examples/required.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..743b6d5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/examples/src/examples/required.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+  The MIT License
+
+  Copyright (c) 2017-2019 EclipseSource Munich
+  https://github.com/eclipsesource/jsonforms
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+import { registerExamples } from '../register';
+
+export const schema = {
+  type: 'object',
+  properties: {
+    requiredString: {
+      type: 'string',
+      description: 'Marked as required via the parent object.',
+    },
+    optionalString: {
+      type: 'string',
+      description: 'Not in the parent`s required array.',
+    },
+    nested: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        requiredNestedString: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'Required via the immediate parent (nested) object.',
+        },
+        optionalNestedString: {
+          type: 'string',
+        },
+      },
+      required: ['requiredNestedString'],
+    },
+    requiredOneOf: {
+      title: 'Required oneOf',
+      description:
+        'Whole oneOf is required at the parent. Both branches should show as required.',
+      oneOf: [
+        {
+          title: 'String branch',
+          type: 'string',
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Object branch',
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            value: { type: 'string' },
+          },
+          required: ['value'],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    optionalOneOf: {
+      title: 'Optional oneOf',
+      description:
+        'oneOf is NOT required. Only fields with their own required constraint show as required.',
+      oneOf: [
+        {
+          title: 'String branch',
+          type: 'string',
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Object branch',
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            value: { type: 'string' },
+          },
+          required: ['value'],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  required: ['requiredString', 'nested', 'requiredOneOf'],
+};
+
+export const data = {};
+
+registerExamples([
+  {
+    name: 'required',
+    label: 'Required',
+    data,
+    schema,
+    uischema: undefined,
+  },
+]);
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/index.ts b/packages/examples/src/index.ts
index f8fdc044d..7d983b7c4 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/index.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import * as multiEnum from './examples/enum-multi';
 import * as enumI18n from './examples/enumI18n';
 import * as enumInArray from './examples/enumInArray';
 import * as readonly from './examples/readonly';
+import * as required from './examples/required';
 import * as listWithDetailPrimitives from './examples/list-with-detail-primitives';
 import * as conditionalSchemaComposition from './examples/conditional-schema-compositions';
 import * as additionalErrors from './examples/additional-errors';
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ export {
   enumI18n,
   enumInArray,
   readonly,
+  required,
   listWithDetailPrimitives,
   conditionalSchemaComposition,
   additionalErrors,