--- models/behaviors/sluggable.php.orig	Tue Jun 17 10:38:04 2008
+++ models/behaviors/sluggable.php	Thu Jan 08 02:47:45 2009
@@ -95,12 +95,18 @@
 		if ((!$this->__settings[$Model->alias]['real'] || $Model->hasField($this->__settings[$Model->alias]['slug'])) && ($this->__settings[$Model->alias]['overwrite'] || empty($Model->id))) {
 			// Build label out of data in label fields, if available, or using a default slug otherwise
 
-			$label = '';
+			// Serge Rodovnichenko: check if slug passed as parameter and, if so
+			// do not create a new one, just check for uniqness
+			if (!array_key_exists($this->__settings[$Model->alias]['slug'], $Model->data[$Model->alias]) || empty($Model->data[$Model->alias][$this->__settings[$Model->alias]['slug']])) {
+				$label = '';
 
-			foreach($this->__settings[$Model->alias]['label'] as $field) {
-				if (!empty($Model->data[$Model->alias][$field])) {
-					$label .= ife(!empty($label), ' ', '') . $Model->data[$Model->alias][$field];
+				foreach($this->__settings[$Model->alias]['label'] as $field) {
+					if (!empty($Model->data[$Model->alias][$field])) {
+						$label .= ife(!empty($label), ' ', '') . $Model->data[$Model->alias][$field];
+					}
 				}
+			} else {
+				$label = $Model->data[$Model->alias][$this->__settings[$Model->alias]['slug']];
 			}
 
 			// Keep on going only if we've got something to slug