diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product.php
index 6cfa90a7c4c0c..c94c52c7d31a2 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  * @method \Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product\Collection getCollection()
  * @method string getUrlKey()
  * @method Product setUrlKey(string $urlKey)
+ * @method Product setUrlPath(string $urlKey)
  * @method Product setRequestPath(string $requestPath)
  * @method Product setWebsiteIds(array $ids)
  *
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/Observer/ProductUrlPathAutogeneratorObserver.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/Observer/ProductUrlPathAutogeneratorObserver.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8bccc5f05f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/Observer/ProductUrlPathAutogeneratorObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2013-2017 Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Observer;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Product;
+use Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Model\ProductUrlPathGenerator;
+use Magento\Framework\Event\Observer;
+use Magento\Framework\Event\ObserverInterface;
+
+class ProductUrlPathAutogeneratorObserver implements ObserverInterface
+{
+    /** @var ProductUrlPathGenerator */
+    protected $productUrlPathGenerator;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ProductUrlPathGenerator $productUrlPathGenerator
+     */
+    public function __construct(ProductUrlPathGenerator $productUrlPathGenerator)
+    {
+        $this->productUrlPathGenerator = $productUrlPathGenerator;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Magento\Framework\Event\Observer $observer
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function execute(\Magento\Framework\Event\Observer $observer)
+    {
+        /** @var Product $product */
+        $product = $observer->getEvent()->getProduct();
+        $product->setUrlPath($this->productUrlPathGenerator->getUrlPath($product));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/etc/events.xml b/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/etc/events.xml
index 60c8d1045d836..b9af7031a6a36 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/etc/events.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogUrlRewrite/etc/events.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     </event>
     <event name="catalog_product_save_before">
         <observer name="product_url_key_autogeneration" instance="Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Observer\ProductUrlKeyAutogeneratorObserver"/>
+        <observer name="product_url_path_autogeneration" instance="Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Observer\ProductUrlPathAutogeneratorObserver"/>
     </event>
     <event name="catalog_product_save_after">
         <observer name="process_url_rewrite_saving" instance="Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Observer\ProductProcessUrlRewriteSavingObserver"/>