diff --git a/pathauto.module b/pathauto.module
index dffc292..6f336e2 100644
--- a/pathauto.module
+++ b/pathauto.module
@@ -357,6 +357,24 @@ function pathauto_entity_presave($entity, $type) {
     $entity->path['alias'] = $entity->path['old_alias'];
   }
 
+  // Prevent rebuilding custom paths from node_save
+  // when syncing translations
+  if (!isset($entity->path['pathauto'])) {
+    $langcode = $entity->language;
+    list($id, , $bundle) = entity_extract_ids($type, $entity);
+
+    if (!empty($id)) {
+      module_load_include('inc', 'pathauto');
+      $uri = entity_uri($type, $entity);
+      $path = drupal_get_path_alias($uri['path'], $langcode);
+      $pathauto_alias = pathauto_create_alias($type, 'return', $uri['path'], array($type => $entity), $bundle, $langcode);
+      $entity->path['pathauto'] = ($path != $uri['path'] && $path == $pathauto_alias);
+    }
+    else {
+      $entity->path['pathauto'] = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Help prevent errors with progromatically creating entities by defining
   // path['alias'] as an empty string.
   // @see http://drupal.org/node/1328180