diff --git a/include/extractor/scripting_environment.hpp b/include/extractor/scripting_environment.hpp
index a450b3154f1..e04d1b0768a 100644
--- a/include/extractor/scripting_environment.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/scripting_environment.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <osmium/index/map/sparse_file_array.hpp>
+#include <osmium/index/map/dense_file_array.hpp>
+#include <osmium/handler/node_locations_for_ways.hpp>
+#include <osmium/dynamic_handler.hpp>
+
 namespace osmium
 {
 class Node;
@@ -36,6 +41,12 @@ class RestrictionParser;
 struct ExtractionNode;
 struct ExtractionWay;
 
+using index_type = osmium::index::map::SparseFileArray<osmium::unsigned_object_id_type, osmium::Location>;
+// using index_type = osmium::index::map::DenseFileArray<osmium::unsigned_object_id_type, osmium::Location>;
+
+// The location handler always depends on the index type
+using location_handler_type = osmium::handler::NodeLocationsForWays<index_type>;
+
 /**
  * Abstract class that handles processing osmium ways, nodes and relation objects by applying
  * user supplied profiles.
@@ -65,6 +76,11 @@ class ScriptingEnvironment
                     tbb::concurrent_vector<std::pair<std::size_t, ExtractionWay>> &resulting_ways,
                     tbb::concurrent_vector<boost::optional<InputRestrictionContainer>>
                         &resulting_restrictions) = 0;
+
+    static location_handler_type *location_handler;
+    static void setCache(location_handler_type &cache) {
+        location_handler = &cache;
+    };
 };
 }
 }
diff --git a/profiles/car.lua b/profiles/car.lua
index 3fd87208300..58db2e43eed 100644
--- a/profiles/car.lua
+++ b/profiles/car.lua
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ function node_function (node, result)
 end
 
 function way_function (way, result)
+
+  print("way id : ", way:id());
+  for node in way:get_nodes() do
+    node:location();
+    print("  node id  : ", node:id())
+    print("  node lat :", node:location():lat())
+  end
+
   local highway = way:get_value_by_key("highway")
   local route = way:get_value_by_key("route")
   local bridge = way:get_value_by_key("bridge")
diff --git a/src/extractor/extractor.cpp b/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
index 39af53615b3..9e4474e3da5 100644
--- a/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
+++ b/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,21 @@ int Extractor::run(ScriptingEnvironment &scripting_environment)
             std::min(recommended_num_threads, config.requested_num_threads);
         tbb::task_scheduler_init init(number_of_threads);
 
+        // Node Location Cache
+        const osmium::io::File input_file_cache(config.input_path.string());
+        int fd = open("nodes.cache", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);
+        if (fd == -1)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error(strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        index_type index{fd};
+
+        location_handler_type location_handler(index);
+        location_handler.ignore_errors();
+
+        scripting_environment.setCache(location_handler);
+
         util::SimpleLogger().Write() << "Input file: " << config.input_path.filename().string();
         if (!config.profile_path.empty())
         {
@@ -174,6 +189,10 @@ int Extractor::run(ScriptingEnvironment &scripting_environment)
             for (auto iter = std::begin(buffer), end = std::end(buffer); iter != end; ++iter)
             {
                 osm_elements.push_back(iter);
+
+                // Feed the cache, we assume the nodes are stored first, into data source.
+                if(iter->type() == osmium::item_type::node)
+                    location_handler.node(static_cast<const osmium::Node &>(*iter));
             }
 
             // clear resulting vectors
diff --git a/src/extractor/scripting_environment_lua.cpp b/src/extractor/scripting_environment_lua.cpp
index b0aadf97e46..4b0167db48c 100644
--- a/src/extractor/scripting_environment_lua.cpp
+++ b/src/extractor/scripting_environment_lua.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ LuaScriptingEnvironment::LuaScriptingEnvironment(const std::string &file_name)
     util::SimpleLogger().Write() << "Using script " << file_name;
 }
 
+location_handler_type *ScriptingEnvironment::location_handler = nullptr;
+
 void LuaScriptingEnvironment::InitContext(LuaScriptingContext &context)
 {
     typedef double (osmium::Location::*location_member_ptr_type)() const;
@@ -195,6 +197,10 @@ void LuaScriptingEnvironment::InitContext(LuaScriptingContext &context)
              .def(luabind::constructor<>())
              // Dear ambitious reader: registering .location() as in:
              // .def("location", +[](const osmium::NodeRef& nref){ return nref.location(); })
+             .def("location", +[](const osmium::NodeRef& nref){
+                 osmium::Location location = LuaScriptingEnvironment::location_handler->get_node_location(nref.ref());
+                 return location;
+             })
              // will crash at runtime, since we're not (yet?) using libosnmium's
              // NodeLocationsForWays cache
              .def("id", &osmium::NodeRef::ref),