diff --git a/driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/PropertyMapper.java b/driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/PropertyMapper.java
index b66b749363c..8cc106a2ae7 100644
--- a/driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/PropertyMapper.java
+++ b/driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/PropertyMapper.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ boolean isComputed() {
     }
 
     boolean isTransient() {
-        return hasAnnotation(Transient.class);
+        return hasAnnotation(Transient.class) || (this.field != null && Modifier.isTransient(this.field.getModifiers()));
     }
 
     boolean isPartitionKey() {