diff --git a/field_collection.module b/field_collection.module
index 645093a..21be6fe 100644
--- a/field_collection.module
+++ b/field_collection.module
@@ -895,6 +895,14 @@ function field_collection_field_settings_form($field, $instance) {
  * creation or to save changes to the host entity and its collections at once.
  */
 function field_collection_field_presave($host_entity_type, $host_entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, &$items) {
+  $force_new_entity = !empty($host_entity->is_new);
+  // Some special casing for nodes since is_new property is being set after this
+  // hook fires. Usually the is_new property/flag should be set before calling
+  // field_attach_presave().
+  if (!$force_new_entity && $host_entity_type == 'node') {
+    $force_new_entity = empty($host_entity->nid);
+  }
+
   foreach ($items as &$item) {
     // In case the entity has been changed / created, save it and set the id.
     // If the host entity creates a new revision, save new item-revisions as
@@ -903,6 +911,12 @@ function field_collection_field_presave($host_entity_type, $host_entity, $field,
 
       if ($entity = field_collection_field_get_entity($item)) {
 
+        if ($force_new_entity) {
+          $entity->item_id = NULL;
+          $entity->revision_id = NULL;
+          $entity->is_new = TRUE;
+        }
+
         if (!empty($entity->is_new)) {
           $entity->setHostEntity($host_entity_type, $host_entity, LANGUAGE_NONE, FALSE);
         }
diff --git a/field_collection.test b/field_collection.test
index b62d048..fd150f4 100644
--- a/field_collection.test
+++ b/field_collection.test
@@ -299,6 +299,33 @@ class FieldCollectionBasicTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     $this->drupalGet("node/$node->nid/revisions");
   }
+
+  /**
+   * If host-entities are copied field_collection-entities should be copied to.
+   *
+   * This fixes #1316162
+   */
+  function testCopyingEntities() {
+    list($node, $entity) = $this->createNodeWithFieldCollection();
+
+    // create a copy of that node.
+    $node->nid = NULL;
+    $node->vid = NULL;
+    $node->is_new = TRUE;
+
+    node_save($node);
+    $item = $node->{$this->field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0];
+    $this->assertNotEqual($entity->item_id, $item['value']);
+
+    // create another copy this time (needlessly) forcing a new revision.
+    $node->nid = NULL;
+    $node->vid = NULL;
+    $node->is_new = TRUE;
+    $node->revision = TRUE;
+    node_save($node);
+    $item = $node->{$this->field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0];
+    $this->assertNotEqual($entity->item_id, $item['value']);
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -420,3 +447,101 @@ class FieldCollectionRulesIntegrationTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     RulesLog::logger()->checkLog();
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Test using field collection with content that gets translated.
+ */
+class FieldCollectionContentTranslationTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Field collection content translation',
+      'description' => 'Tests using content under translation.',
+      'group' => 'Field types',
+      'dependencies' => array('locale'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp(array('field_collection', 'translation'));
+    // Create a field_collection field to use for the tests.
+    $this->field_name = 'field_test_collection';
+    $this->field = array('field_name' => $this->field_name, 'type' => 'field_collection', 'cardinality' => 4);
+    $this->field = field_create_field($this->field);
+    $this->field_id = $this->field['id'];
+
+    $this->instance = array(
+      'field_name' => $this->field_name,
+      'entity_type' => 'node',
+      'bundle' => 'article',
+      'label' => $this->randomName() . '_label',
+      'description' => $this->randomName() . '_description',
+      'weight' => mt_rand(0, 127),
+      'settings' => array(),
+      'widget' => array(
+        'type' => 'field_collection_embed',
+        'label' => 'Test',
+        'settings' => array(),
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->instance = field_create_instance($this->instance);
+
+    // Add a field to the collection.
+    $field = array(
+      'field_name' => 'field_text',
+      'type' => 'text',
+      'cardinality' => 1,
+      'translatable' => FALSE,
+    );
+    field_create_field($field);
+    $instance = array(
+      'entity_type' => 'field_collection_item',
+      'field_name' => 'field_text',
+      'bundle' => $this->field_name,
+      'label' => 'Test text field',
+      'widget' => array(
+        'type' => 'text_textfield',
+      ),
+    );
+    field_create_instance($instance);
+
+    $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer languages', 'administer content types', 'access administration pages', 'create article content', 'edit any article content', 'translate content'));
+
+    $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
+    // Add German language.
+    locale_add_language('de');
+
+    // Set "Article" content type to use multilingual support.
+    variable_set('language_content_type_article', TRANSLATION_ENABLED);
+  }
+
+  public function testContentTranslation() {
+    // Create "Article" content.
+    $edit['title'] = $this->randomName();
+    $edit['body[' . LANGUAGE_NONE . '][0][value]'] = $this->randomName();
+    $edit['language'] = 'en';
+    $field_collection_name = 'field_test_collection[' . LANGUAGE_NONE . '][0][field_text][' . LANGUAGE_NONE . '][0][value]';
+    $edit[$field_collection_name] = $this->randomName();
+
+    $this->drupalPost('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'));
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Article %title has been created.', array('%title' => $edit['title'])), 'Article created.');
+    $node1 = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
+
+    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node1->nid . '/edit');
+    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node1->nid . '/translate');
+    $this->drupalGet('node/add/article', array('query' => array('translation' => $node1->nid, 'target' => 'de')));
+
+    // Suffix translations with the langcode.
+    unset($edit['language']);
+    $edit['title'] .= 'DE';
+    $edit[$field_collection_name] .= 'DE';
+    $this->drupalPost('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'), array('query' => array('translation' => $node1->nid, 'target' => 'de')));
+    $node2 = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title']);
+
+    // Ensure that our new node is the translation of the first one.
+    $this->assertEqual($node1->nid, $node2->tnid, 'Succesfully created translation.');
+    // And check to see that their field collections are different.
+    $this->assertNotEqual($node1->field_test_collection, $node2->field_test_collection, 'Field collections between translation source and translation differ.');
+  }
+
+}