diff --git a/entitycache.module b/entitycache.module
index bbc39b8..a9763eb 100644
--- a/entitycache.module
+++ b/entitycache.module
@@ -341,6 +341,20 @@ function poll_entitycache_node_load($nodes) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_entitycache_node_load().
+ *
+ * This forces translation information to be added on each request, to avoid
+ * expensive cache clears.
+ */
+function translation_entitycache_node_load($nodes) {
+  $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {node} n WHERE n.nid IN (:nids)", array(':nids' => array_keys($nodes)), array('fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC));
+  foreach ($result as $record) {
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->tnid = $record['tnid'];
+    $nodes[$record['nid']]->translate = $record['translate'];
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_comment_publish().
  *
  * @todo: core should not call this hook outside of a comment_save().
diff --git a/entitycache.test b/entitycache.test
index 1f97374..7cca337 100644
--- a/entitycache.test
+++ b/entitycache.test
@@ -1378,6 +1378,23 @@ class EntityCacheUserValidationTestCase extends UserValidationTestCase {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Copy of TranslationTestCase.
+ */
+class EntityCacheTranslationTestCase extends TranslationTestCase {
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Copy of TranslationTestCase',
+      'description' => 'Copy of TranslationTestCase',
+      'group' => 'Entity cache'
+    );
+  }
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setup();
+    module_enable(array('entitycache'));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Test comments on nodes.
  */
 class EntityCacheCommentNodeTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {