diff --git a/modeltranslation/tests/models.py b/modeltranslation/tests/models.py
index 4b40982..36f104b 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/tests/models.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/tests/models.py
@@ -313,6 +313,30 @@ class CustomManager2TestModel(models.Model):
     objects = CustomManager2()
 
 
+class CustomManagerAbstract(models.Manager):
+    pass
+
+
+class CustomManagerBaseModel(models.Model):
+    needs_translation = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
+    objects = models.Manager()  # ensures objects is the default manager
+    translations = CustomManagerAbstract()
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+
+class CustomManagerChildTestModel(CustomManagerBaseModel):
+    title = models.CharField(ugettext_lazy('title'), max_length=255)
+
+    objects = CustomManager2()
+
+
+class PlainChildTestModel(CustomManagerBaseModel):
+    title = models.CharField(ugettext_lazy('title'), max_length=255)
+
+
 # ######### Required fields testing
 
 class RequiredModel(models.Model):
diff --git a/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py b/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
index 0c79dd0..cd151d7 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from django.apps import apps as django_apps
 
 from modeltranslation import admin, settings as mt_settings, translator
 from modeltranslation.forms import TranslationModelForm
+from modeltranslation.manager import MultilingualManager
 from modeltranslation.models import autodiscover
 from modeltranslation.tests.test_settings import TEST_SETTINGS
 from modeltranslation.utils import (build_css_class, build_localized_fieldname,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ models = translation = None
 request = None
 
 # How many models are registered for tests.
-TEST_MODELS = 31 + (1 if MIGRATIONS else 0)
+TEST_MODELS = 33 + (1 if MIGRATIONS else 0)
 
 
 class reload_override_settings(override_settings):
@@ -2730,6 +2731,20 @@ class TestManager(ModeltranslationTestBase):
         manager = models.CustomManagerTestModel.another_mgr_name
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(manager, MultilingualManager))
 
+    def test_default_manager_for_inherited_models_with_custom_manager(self):
+        """Test if default manager is still set from local managers"""
+        manager = models.CustomManagerChildTestModel._meta.default_manager
+        self.assertEqual('objects', manager.name)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(manager, MultilingualManager))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(
+            models.CustomManagerChildTestModel.translations,
+            MultilingualManager))
+
+    def test_default_manager_for_inherited_models(self):
+        manager = models.PlainChildTestModel._meta.default_manager
+        self.assertEqual('objects', manager.name)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(models.PlainChildTestModel.translations, MultilingualManager))
+
     def test_custom_manager2(self):
         """Test if user-defined queryset is still working"""
         from modeltranslation.manager import MultilingualManager, MultilingualQuerySet
diff --git a/modeltranslation/tests/translation.py b/modeltranslation/tests/translation.py
index 402217b..cd875d7 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/tests/translation.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/tests/translation.py
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class ManagerTestModelTranslationOptions(TranslationOptions):
 @register([
     models.CustomManagerTestModel,
     models.CustomManager2TestModel,
+    models.CustomManagerChildTestModel,
+    models.PlainChildTestModel
 ])
 class CustomManagerTestModelTranslationOptions(TranslationOptions):
     fields = ('title',)
diff --git a/modeltranslation/translator.py b/modeltranslation/translator.py
index 744ceed..3194b60 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/translator.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/translator.py
@@ -203,11 +203,17 @@ def add_manager(model):
     if model._meta.abstract:
         return
     # Make all managers local for this model to fix patching parent model managers
+    added = set(model._meta.managers) - set(model._meta.local_managers)
     model._meta.local_managers = model._meta.managers
 
     for current_manager in model._meta.local_managers:
         prev_class = current_manager.__class__
         patch_manager_class(current_manager)
+        if current_manager in added:
+            # Since default_manager is fetched by order of creation, any manager
+            # moved from parent class to child class needs to receive a new creation_counter
+            # in order to be ordered after the original local managers
+            current_manager._set_creation_counter()
         if model._default_manager.__class__ is prev_class:
             # Normally model._default_manager is a reference to one of model's managers
             # (and would be patched by the way).