diff --git a/src/lookupStream.js b/src/lookupStream.js
index 36c1756..fb1cf88 100644
--- a/src/lookupStream.js
+++ b/src/lookupStream.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const async = require('async');
 const parallelTransform = require('parallel-transform');
 const logger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'wof-admin-lookup' );
 const getAdminLayers = require( './getAdminLayers' );
@@ -10,72 +11,97 @@ function hasAnyMultiples(result) {
   });
 }
 
-function createPipResolverStream(pipResolver, config) {
-  return function (doc, callback) {
-    // don't do anything if there's no centroid
-    if (_.isEmpty(doc.getCentroid())) {
-      return callback(null, doc);
-    }
+function updateDocument(doc, config, point, result) {
+  // log results w/o country OR any multiples
+  if (_.isEmpty(result.country)) {
+    logger.debug('no country', {
+      centroid: point,
+      result: result
+    });
+  }
+  if (hasAnyMultiples(result)) {
+    logger.debug('multiple values', {
+      centroid: point,
+      result: result
+    });
+  }
 
-    pipResolver.lookup(doc.getCentroid(), getAdminLayers(doc.getLayer()), (err, result) => {
-      if (err) {
-        // if there's an error, just log it and move on
-        logger.error(`PIP server failed: ${(err.message || JSON.stringify(err))}`, {
-          id: doc.getGid(),
-          lat: doc.getCentroid().lat,
-          lon: doc.getCentroid().lon
-        });
-        // don't pass the unmodified doc along
-        return callback();
-      }
+  doc.getParentFields()
+    // filter out placetypes for which there are no values
+    .filter((placetype) => { return !_.isEmpty(result[placetype]); })
+    // assign parents into the doc
+    .forEach((placetype) => {
+      const values = result[placetype];
+
+      try {
+        // addParent can throw an error if, for example, name is an empty string
+        doc.addParent(placetype, values[0].name, values[0].id.toString(), values[0].abbr);
 
-      // log results w/o country OR any multiples
-      if (_.isEmpty(result.country)) {
-        logger.debug('no country', {
-          centroid: doc.getCentroid(),
-          result: result
-        });
       }
-      if (hasAnyMultiples(result)) {
-        logger.debug('multiple values', {
-          centroid: doc.getCentroid(),
-          result: result
+      catch (err) {
+        logger.warn('invalid value', {
+          centroid: point,
+          result: {
+            type: placetype,
+            values: values
+          }
         });
       }
+    });
 
-      doc.getParentFields()
-        // filter out placetypes for which there are no values
-        .filter((placetype) => { return !_.isEmpty(result[placetype]); } )
-        // assign parents into the doc
-        .forEach((placetype) => {
-          const values = result[placetype];
+  // prefer a 'postal city' locality when a valid postal code is available
+  // optionally enable/disable this functionality using config variable.
+  if (config && true === config.usePostalCities) {
+    usePostalCity(result, doc);
+  }
+}
 
-          try {
-            // addParent can throw an error if, for example, name is an empty string
-            doc.addParent(placetype, values[0].name, values[0].id.toString(), values[0].abbr);
+function createPipResolverStream(pipResolver, config) {
+  return function (doc, callback) {
+    // don't do anything if there's no centroid
+    if (_.isEmpty(doc.getCentroid())) {
+      return callback(null, doc);
+    }
 
-          }
-          catch (err) {
-            logger.warn('invalid value', {
-              centroid: doc.getCentroid(),
-              result: {
-                type: placetype,
-                values: values
-              }
+    let points = [doc.getCentroid()];
+    const layers = getAdminLayers(doc.getLayer());
+
+    // optionally, perform multiple lookups per document if additional
+    //  points are specified in the 'pip' $meta property.
+    const pip = doc.getMeta('pip');
+    if( _.isArray(pip) && !_.isEmpty(pip) ){
+      points = points.concat(
+        pip.filter(point => {
+          return _.isPlainObject(point) && _.has(point, 'lon') && _.has(point, 'lat');
+        })
+      );
+    }
+
+    var lookups = points.map(point => {
+      return (cb) => {
+        pipResolver.lookup(point, layers, (err, result) => {
+          if (err) {
+            // if there's an error, just log it and move on
+            logger.error(`PIP server failed: ${(err.message || JSON.stringify(err))}`, {
+              id: doc.getGid(),
+              lat: point.lat,
+              lon: point.lon
             });
+            // don't pass the unmodified doc along
+            return cb(err);
           }
 
-        }
-      );
+          updateDocument(doc, config, point, result);
+          cb();
+        });
+      };
+    });
 
-      // prefer a 'postal city' locality when a valid postal code is available
-      // optionally enable/disable this functionality using config variable.
-      if( config && true === config.usePostalCities ){
-        usePostalCity( result, doc );
+    async.parallel(lookups, (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return callback();
       }
-
       callback(null, doc);
-
     });
   };
 }