diff --git a/Extractor/PBFParser.h b/Extractor/PBFParser.h
index bdbd057ad..28aa3f2a8 100644
--- a/Extractor/PBFParser.h
+++ b/Extractor/PBFParser.h
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ private:
 
     void parseRelation(_ThreadData * threadData) {
         const OSMPBF::PrimitiveGroup& group = threadData->PBFprimitiveBlock.primitivegroup( threadData->currentGroupID );
+
+        if(0 != luaL_dostring( myLuaState, "return use_restrictions\n")) {
+            ERR(lua_tostring(myLuaState,-1)<< " occured in scripting block");
+        }
+        if (!lua_toboolean(myLuaState, -1)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         for(int i = 0; i < group.relations_size(); i++ ) {
             const OSMPBF::Relation& inputRelation = threadData->PBFprimitiveBlock.primitivegroup( threadData->currentGroupID ).relations(i);
             bool isRestriction = false;
diff --git a/Extractor/XMLParser.h b/Extractor/XMLParser.h
index eb1312680..b336441e1 100644
--- a/Extractor/XMLParser.h
+++ b/Extractor/XMLParser.h
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public:
         return (xmlTextReaderRead( inputReader ) == 1);
     }
     bool Parse() {
+        if(0 != luaL_dostring( myLuaState, "return use_restrictions\n")) {
+            ERR(lua_tostring(myLuaState,-1)<< " occured in scripting block");
+        }
+        bool useRestrictions = lua_toboolean(myLuaState, -1) != 0;
+
         while ( xmlTextReaderRead( inputReader ) == 1 ) {
             const int type = xmlTextReaderNodeType( inputReader );
 
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ public:
             }
             if ( xmlStrEqual( currentName, ( const xmlChar* ) "relation" ) == 1 ) {
                 _RawRestrictionContainer r = _ReadXMLRestriction();
-                if(r.fromWay != UINT_MAX) {
+                if(useRestrictions && r.fromWay != UINT_MAX) {
                     if(!(*restrictionCallback)(r)) {
                         std::cerr << "[XMLParser] restriction not parsed" << std::endl;
                     }