diff --git a/pathauto.module b/pathauto.module
index 9bb132d..0296ed7 100644
--- a/pathauto.module
+++ b/pathauto.module
@@ -374,6 +374,24 @@ function pathauto_entity_presave($entity, $entity_type) {
     $entity->path['alias'] = $entity->path['old_alias'];
   }
 
+  // Prevent rebuilding custom paths from node_save
+  // when syncing translations
+  if (pathauto_type_applied($entity_type) && !isset($entity->path['pathauto']) && !empty($entity->language)) {
+    $langcode = $entity->language;
+    list($id, , $bundle) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);
+
+    if (!empty($id)) {
+      module_load_include('inc', 'pathauto');
+      $uri = entity_uri($entity_type, $entity);
+      $path = drupal_get_path_alias($uri['path'], $langcode);
+      $pathauto_alias = pathauto_create_alias($entity_type, 'return', $uri['path'], array($entity_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
@@ -893,5 +911,22 @@ function pathauto_blog_update_alias(stdClass $account, $op, array $options = arr
 }
 
 /**
+ * Check whether pathauto is applied to entity type.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ */
+function pathauto_type_applied($type) {
+  $all_settings = module_invoke_all('pathauto', 'settings');
+  $entity_types = array('node', 'user', 'taxonomy_term');
+  foreach ($all_settings as $setting) {
+    if (isset($setting->entity_type)) {
+      $entity_types[] = $setting->entity_type;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return in_array($type, $entity_types);
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "name pathauto_user".
  */