diff --git a/sql/functions.sql b/sql/functions.sql
index 658771b7..878c69c9 100644
--- a/sql/functions.sql
+++ b/sql/functions.sql
@@ -2241,9 +2241,11 @@ BEGIN
   END IF;
 
   IF for_place_id IS NULL THEN
-    for_place_id := in_place_id;
-    select calculated_country_code, housenumber, rank_search, postcode, null from placex where place_id = for_place_id 
-      INTO searchcountrycode, searchhousenumber, searchrankaddress, searchpostcode, searchhousename;
+    select coalesce(linked_place_id, place_id),  calculated_country_code,
+           housenumber, rank_search, postcode, null
+      from placex where place_id = in_place_id
+      INTO for_place_id, searchcountrycode, searchhousenumber, searchrankaddress, searchpostcode, searchhousename;
+      RAISE WARNING '% fffff %', in_place_id, for_place_id;
   END IF;
 
 --RAISE WARNING '% % % %',searchcountrycode, searchhousenumber, searchrankaddress, searchpostcode;
diff --git a/tests/features/api/reverse_by_id.feature b/tests/features/api/reverse_by_id.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f5a8f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/api/reverse_by_id.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Feature: Reverse lookup by ID
+    Testing reverse geocoding via OSM ID
+
+    # see github issue #269
+    Scenario: Get address of linked places
+        Given the request parameters
+          | osm_type | osm_id
+          | N        | 151421301
+        When sending an API call reverse
+        Then exactly 1 result is returned
+        And result addresses contain
+          | county       | state
+          | Pratt County | Kansas