diff --git a/include/engine/api/route_api.hpp b/include/engine/api/route_api.hpp
index dea263951..138a75baf 100644
--- a/include/engine/api/route_api.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/api/route_api.hpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class RouteAPI : public BaseAPI
             {
                 util::json::Array durations;
                 util::json::Array distances;
+                util::json::Array nodes;
                 auto &leg_geometry = leg_geometries[idx];
                 std::for_each(
                     leg_geometry.annotations.begin(),
@@ -206,9 +207,16 @@ class RouteAPI : public BaseAPI
                         durations.values.push_back(step.duration);
                         distances.values.push_back(step.distance);
                     });
+                std::for_each(
+                    leg_geometry.osm_node_ids.begin(),
+                    leg_geometry.osm_node_ids.end(),
+                    [this, &nodes](const OSMNodeID &node_id) {
+                        nodes.values.push_back(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(node_id));
+                    });
                 util::json::Object annotation;
                 annotation.values["distance"] = std::move(distances);
                 annotation.values["duration"] = std::move(durations);
+                annotation.values["nodes"] = std::move(nodes);
                 annotations.push_back(std::move(annotation));
             }
         }
diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
index 411f4c311..22b8ad169 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class BaseDataFacade
 
     // node and edge information access
     virtual util::Coordinate GetCoordinateOfNode(const unsigned id) const = 0;
+    virtual OSMNodeID GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(const unsigned id) const = 0;
 
     virtual unsigned GetGeometryIndexForEdgeID(const unsigned id) const = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade/internal_datafacade.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade/internal_datafacade.hpp
index c6c341a30..00d7dbc42 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade/internal_datafacade.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade/internal_datafacade.hpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class InternalDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
     std::string m_timestamp;
 
     util::ShM<util::Coordinate, false>::vector m_coordinate_list;
+    util::ShM<OSMNodeID, false>::vector m_osmnodeid_list;
     util::ShM<NodeID, false>::vector m_via_node_list;
     util::ShM<unsigned, false>::vector m_name_ID_list;
     util::ShM<extractor::guidance::TurnInstruction, false>::vector m_turn_instruction_list;
@@ -156,10 +157,12 @@ class InternalDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
         unsigned number_of_coordinates = 0;
         nodes_input_stream.read((char *)&number_of_coordinates, sizeof(unsigned));
         m_coordinate_list.resize(number_of_coordinates);
+        m_osmnodeid_list.resize(number_of_coordinates);
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < number_of_coordinates; ++i)
         {
             nodes_input_stream.read((char *)&current_node, sizeof(extractor::QueryNode));
             m_coordinate_list[i] = util::Coordinate(current_node.lon, current_node.lat);
+            m_osmnodeid_list[i] = current_node.node_id;
             BOOST_ASSERT(m_coordinate_list[i].IsValid());
         }
 
@@ -438,6 +441,11 @@ class InternalDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
         return m_coordinate_list[id];
     }
 
+    OSMNodeID GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(const unsigned id) const override final
+    {
+        return m_osmnodeid_list[id];
+    }
+
     extractor::guidance::TurnInstruction
     GetTurnInstructionForEdgeID(const unsigned id) const override final
     {
diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade/shared_datafacade.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade/shared_datafacade.hpp
index 28ec34b6b..ae5ac425d 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade/shared_datafacade.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade/shared_datafacade.hpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class SharedDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
     extractor::ProfileProperties *m_profile_properties;
 
     util::ShM<util::Coordinate, true>::vector m_coordinate_list;
+    util::ShM<OSMNodeID, true>::vector m_osmnodeid_list;
     util::ShM<NodeID, true>::vector m_via_node_list;
     util::ShM<unsigned, true>::vector m_name_ID_list;
     util::ShM<extractor::guidance::TurnInstruction, true>::vector m_turn_instruction_list;
@@ -170,6 +171,11 @@ class SharedDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
             coordinate_list_ptr,
             data_layout->num_entries[storage::SharedDataLayout::COORDINATE_LIST]);
 
+        auto osmnodeid_list_ptr = data_layout->GetBlockPtr<OSMNodeID>(
+            shared_memory, storage::SharedDataLayout::OSM_NODE_ID_LIST);
+        m_osmnodeid_list.reset(osmnodeid_list_ptr,
+            data_layout->num_entries[storage::SharedDataLayout::OSM_NODE_ID_LIST]);
+
         auto travel_mode_list_ptr = data_layout->GetBlockPtr<extractor::TravelMode>(
             shared_memory, storage::SharedDataLayout::TRAVEL_MODE);
         util::ShM<extractor::TravelMode, true>::vector travel_mode_list(
@@ -471,6 +477,11 @@ class SharedDataFacade final : public BaseDataFacade
         return m_coordinate_list[id];
     }
 
+    OSMNodeID GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(const unsigned id) const override final
+    {
+        return m_osmnodeid_list[id];
+    }
+
     virtual void GetUncompressedGeometry(const EdgeID id,
                                          std::vector<NodeID> &result_nodes) const override final
     {
diff --git a/include/engine/guidance/assemble_geometry.hpp b/include/engine/guidance/assemble_geometry.hpp
index 163044a8f..1c2b5886e 100644
--- a/include/engine/guidance/assemble_geometry.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/guidance/assemble_geometry.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ LegGeometry assembleGeometry(const DataFacadeT &facade,
     geometry.segment_offsets.push_back(0);
     geometry.locations.push_back(source_node.location);
 
+    // Need to get the node ID preceding the source phantom node
+    // TODO: check if this was traversed in reverse?
+    std::vector<NodeID> reverse_geometry;
+    facade.GetUncompressedGeometry(source_node.reverse_packed_geometry_id, reverse_geometry);
+    geometry.osm_node_ids.push_back(facade.GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(
+        reverse_geometry[reverse_geometry.size() - source_node.fwd_segment_position - 1]));
+
     auto cumulative_distance = 0.;
     auto current_distance = 0.;
     auto prev_coordinate = geometry.locations.front();
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ LegGeometry assembleGeometry(const DataFacadeT &facade,
         geometry.annotations.emplace_back(
             LegGeometry::Annotation{current_distance, path_point.duration_until_turn / 10.});
         geometry.locations.push_back(std::move(coordinate));
+        geometry.osm_node_ids.push_back(facade.GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(path_point.turn_via_node));
     }
     current_distance =
         util::coordinate_calculation::haversineDistance(prev_coordinate, target_node.location);
@@ -76,6 +84,13 @@ LegGeometry assembleGeometry(const DataFacadeT &facade,
     geometry.segment_offsets.push_back(geometry.locations.size());
     geometry.locations.push_back(target_node.location);
 
+    // Need to get the node ID following the destination phantom node
+    // TODO: check if this was traversed in reverse??
+    std::vector<NodeID> forward_geometry;
+    facade.GetUncompressedGeometry(target_node.forward_packed_geometry_id, forward_geometry);
+    geometry.osm_node_ids.push_back(
+        facade.GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(forward_geometry[target_node.fwd_segment_position]));
+
     BOOST_ASSERT(geometry.segment_distances.size() == geometry.segment_offsets.size() - 1);
     BOOST_ASSERT(geometry.locations.size() > geometry.segment_distances.size());
     BOOST_ASSERT(geometry.annotations.size() == geometry.locations.size() - 1);
diff --git a/include/engine/guidance/leg_geometry.hpp b/include/engine/guidance/leg_geometry.hpp
index d06088aaf..72b0e6570 100644
--- a/include/engine/guidance/leg_geometry.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/guidance/leg_geometry.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "util/coordinate.hpp"
 #include "util/integer_range.hpp"
+#include "util/typedefs.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ struct LegGeometry
     std::vector<std::size_t> segment_offsets;
     // length of the segment in meters
     std::vector<double> segment_distances;
+    // original OSM node IDs for each coordinate
+    std::vector<OSMNodeID> osm_node_ids;
 
     // Per-coordinate metadata
     struct Annotation
diff --git a/include/storage/shared_datatype.hpp b/include/storage/shared_datatype.hpp
index 5528a5adb..866fc369a 100644
--- a/include/storage/shared_datatype.hpp
+++ b/include/storage/shared_datatype.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct SharedDataLayout
         GRAPH_NODE_LIST,
         GRAPH_EDGE_LIST,
         COORDINATE_LIST,
+        OSM_NODE_ID_LIST,
         TURN_INSTRUCTION,
         ENTRY_CLASSID,
         TRAVEL_MODE,
diff --git a/src/engine/guidance/post_processing.cpp b/src/engine/guidance/post_processing.cpp
index 9ea4b8bfa..564904492 100644
--- a/src/engine/guidance/post_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/guidance/post_processing.cpp
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ void trimShortSegments(std::vector<RouteStep> &steps, LegGeometry &geometry)
         // fixup the coordinate
         geometry.locations.erase(geometry.locations.begin());
         geometry.annotations.erase(geometry.annotations.begin());
+        geometry.osm_node_ids.erase(geometry.osm_node_ids.begin());
 
         // remove the initial distance value
         geometry.segment_distances.erase(geometry.segment_distances.begin());
@@ -818,6 +819,7 @@ void trimShortSegments(std::vector<RouteStep> &steps, LegGeometry &geometry)
     {
         geometry.locations.pop_back();
         geometry.annotations.pop_back();
+        geometry.osm_node_ids.pop_back();
         geometry.segment_offsets.pop_back();
         BOOST_ASSERT(geometry.segment_distances.back() < 1);
         geometry.segment_distances.pop_back();
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.cpp b/src/storage/storage.cpp
index 55e76ccb3..c655a629f 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/storage.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ int Storage::Run()
     nodes_input_stream.read((char *)&coordinate_list_size, sizeof(unsigned));
     shared_layout_ptr->SetBlockSize<util::Coordinate>(SharedDataLayout::COORDINATE_LIST,
                                                       coordinate_list_size);
+    // we'll read a list of OSM node IDs from the same data, so set the same block size:
+    shared_layout_ptr->SetBlockSize<OSMNodeID>(SharedDataLayout::OSM_NODE_ID_LIST,
+                                               coordinate_list_size);
 
     // load geometries sizes
     boost::filesystem::ifstream geometry_input_stream(config.geometries_path, std::ios::binary);
@@ -535,12 +538,15 @@ int Storage::Run()
     // Loading list of coordinates
     util::Coordinate *coordinates_ptr = shared_layout_ptr->GetBlockPtr<util::Coordinate, true>(
         shared_memory_ptr, SharedDataLayout::COORDINATE_LIST);
+    OSMNodeID *osmnodeid_ptr = shared_layout_ptr->GetBlockPtr<OSMNodeID, true>(
+        shared_memory_ptr, SharedDataLayout::OSM_NODE_ID_LIST);
 
     extractor::QueryNode current_node;
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < coordinate_list_size; ++i)
     {
         nodes_input_stream.read((char *)&current_node, sizeof(extractor::QueryNode));
         coordinates_ptr[i] = util::Coordinate(current_node.lon, current_node.lat);
+        osmnodeid_ptr[i] = OSMNodeID(current_node.node_id);
     }
     nodes_input_stream.close();
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/mocks/mock_datafacade.hpp b/unit_tests/mocks/mock_datafacade.hpp
index 230e782a6..b6915529a 100644
--- a/unit_tests/mocks/mock_datafacade.hpp
+++ b/unit_tests/mocks/mock_datafacade.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class MockDataFacade final : public engine::datafacade::BaseDataFacade
     {
         return {util::FixedLongitude{0}, util::FixedLatitude{0}};
     }
+    OSMNodeID GetOSMNodeIDOfNode(const unsigned /* id */) const override
+    {
+        return OSMNodeID{0};
+    }
     bool EdgeIsCompressed(const unsigned /* id */) const { return false; }
     unsigned GetGeometryIndexForEdgeID(const unsigned /* id */) const override
     {