diff --git a/bin/downloadPostal b/bin/downloadPostal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9e486654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/downloadPostal
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec node ./bin/downloadPostalData.js
diff --git a/bin/downloadPostalData.js b/bin/downloadPostalData.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8606833a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/downloadPostalData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const config = require('pelias-config').generate();
+const validateISOCode = require('../lib/validateISOCode');
+
+const countryCode = validateISOCode(config.imports.geonames.countryCode);
+
+const filename = countryCode === 'ALL' ? 'allCountries' : countryCode;
+
+const task = require('../lib/tasks/downloadPostal');
+task(filename);
diff --git a/bin/startPostal b/bin/startPostal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..89d33b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/startPostal
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec node --max_old_space_size=8000 importPostal.js
diff --git a/importPostal.js b/importPostal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15e6b2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/importPostal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const config = require('pelias-config').generate();
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const logger = require('pelias-logger').get('geonames');
+
+if (_.has(config, 'imports.geonames.adminLookup')) {
+  logger.info('imports.geonames.adminLookup has been deprecated, ' +
+              'enable adminLookup using imports.adminLookup.enabled = true');
+}
+
+const resolvers = require( './lib/tasks/resolvers' );
+const task = require('./lib/tasks/importPostal');
+const validateISOCode = require('./lib/validateISOCode');
+// const dbclient = require('pelias-dbclient');
+
+const isocode = validateISOCode( config.imports.geonames.countryCode );
+const filename = isocode === 'ALL' ? 'allCountries' : isocode;
+const sources = resolvers.selectPostalSources( filename );
+
+// const endstream = dbclient({name: 'geonames'});
+
+for(const source of sources){
+  task( source );
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/lib/streams/featureCountryFilterPostalStream.js b/lib/streams/featureCountryFilterPostalStream.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fbc7382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/streams/featureCountryFilterPostalStream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var filter = require('through2-filter');
+var _ = require( 'lodash' );
+var unwantedFcodes = ['CA','GB','NL'];
+const config = require('pelias-config').generate();
+
+function filterRecord(data) {
+  if(config.imports.geonames.countryCode==='ALL' && _.includes(unwantedFcodes,data.country_code)) {
+    return data.postal_code.length > 4;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+function create() {
+  return filter.obj(filterRecord);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  filterRecord: filterRecord,
+  create: create
+};
diff --git a/lib/streams/peliasPostalDocGenerator.js b/lib/streams/peliasPostalDocGenerator.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f38175c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/streams/peliasPostalDocGenerator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+var Document = require( 'pelias-model' ).Document;
+var logger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'geonames' );
+var through2 = require('through2');
+module.exports = {};
+
+module.exports.create = function() {
+    return through2.obj(function(data,enc,next){
+        var record;
+        try{
+
+            const country_code = data.country_code;
+            const postal_code = data.postal_code;
+
+
+            const postal_code_clean =
+                (postal_code.includes(country_code)?postal_code.substring(3):postal_code).replace(' ','');
+            const id = `${country_code}${postal_code_clean}`;
+           const alias = (postal_code.includes(' ')?postal_code.replace(' ',''):null);
+
+            record = new Document('geonames','postalcode', id)
+                .setName('default',(alias===null?postal_code:`${postal_code}, ${alias}`))
+                .setSource('geonames')
+                // .setNameAlias('alt',aliases[0])
+                .setCentroid({
+                    lat:data.latitude,
+                    lon:data.longitude
+                })
+                .setPopularity(9000)
+                .addParent('postalcode',postal_code, id, alias,'geonames');
+
+
+
+        }catch (e){
+            logger.warn(
+                'Failed to create a Document from:', data, 'Exception:', e
+            );
+        }
+        if( record !== undefined ){
+            this.push( record );
+        }
+        next();
+    });
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/tasks/downloadPostal.js b/lib/tasks/downloadPostal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3deba71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/downloadPostal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+const child_process = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const logger = require('pelias-logger').get('geonames');
+
+// use datapath setting from your config file
+const config = require('pelias-config').generate();
+const basepath = config.imports.geonames.datapath;
+const sourceURL = config.imports.geonames.sourceURL;
+
+module.exports = function (countryCode) {
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(basepath, {recursive: true});
+    fs.mkdirSync(`${basepath}/postal`, {recursive: true});
+
+
+    const urlPrefix = sourceURL || 'http://download.geonames.org/export/zip';
+    const remoteFilePath = `${urlPrefix}/${countryCode}.zip`;
+
+
+    const localFileName = `${basepath}/postal/${countryCode}.zip`;
+    logger.info('downloading datafile from:', remoteFilePath);
+
+    const command = `curl ${remoteFilePath} > ${localFileName}`;
+
+
+    if (countryCode === 'allCountries') {
+        const full_countries = [ 'allCountries','CA_full.csv', 'GB_full.csv', 'NL_full.csv'];
+        const jobs = [];
+        for (const countryCode of full_countries) {
+            const localFileName = `${basepath}/postal/${countryCode}.zip`;
+            const remoteFilePath = `${urlPrefix}/${countryCode}.zip`;
+
+            logger.info('downloading datafile from:', remoteFilePath);
+            const command = `curl ${remoteFilePath} > ${localFileName}`;
+            jobs.push(child_process.exec(command));
+
+        }
+        jobs.forEach((job)=>{
+            job.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+                process.stdout.write(data);
+            });
+
+            job.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+                process.stderr.write(data);
+            });
+            job.on('close', (code) => {
+                process.exitCode = code;
+            });
+        });
+    } else {
+        let job = child_process.exec(command);
+        job.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+            process.stdout.write(data);
+        });
+
+        job.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+            process.stderr.write(data);
+        });
+
+        job.on('close', (code) => {
+            console.log(`Postal Codes download finished with exit code ${code}`);
+            process.exitCode = code;
+        });
+    }
+
+
+};
diff --git a/lib/tasks/import.js b/lib/tasks/import.js
index 16df1c50..37fceb27 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/import.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/import.js
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ module.exports = function( sourceStream, endStream ){
     .pipe( blacklistStream() )
     .pipe( adminLookupStream.create() )
     .pipe( overrideLookedUpLocalityAndLocaladmin.create() )
-    .pipe(model.createDocumentMapperStream())
+    .pipe( model.createDocumentMapperStream() )
     .pipe( endStream );
 };
diff --git a/lib/tasks/importPostal.js b/lib/tasks/importPostal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..191be8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/importPostal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+var dbclient = require('pelias-dbclient');
+var unzipper = require('unzipper');
+var csv = require('fast-csv');
+const through2 = require('through2');
+var adminLookupStream = require('pelias-wof-admin-lookup');
+
+var featureCountryFilterPostalStream = require('../streams/featureCountryFilterPostalStream');
+var peliasPostalDocGenerator = require('../streams/peliasPostalDocGenerator');
+var model = require('pelias-model');
+const overrideLookedUpLocalityAndLocaladmin = require('../streams/overrideLookedUpLocalityAndLocaladmin');
+
+
+
+var transformJSON = function() {
+    return through2.obj(function(data,enc,next){
+        data = {
+            country_code:data[0],
+            postal_code:data[1],
+            place_name:data[2],
+            admin_name1:data[3],
+            admin_code1:data[4],
+            admin_name2:data[5],
+            admin_code2:data[6],
+            admin_name3:data[7],
+            admin_code3:data[8],
+            latitude:data[9],
+            longitude:data[10],
+            accuracy:data[11],
+        };
+        next(null,data);
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = function (sourceStream, endStream) {
+    endStream = endStream || dbclient({name: 'geonames'});
+
+    sourceStream
+            .pipe(unzipper.ParseOne('^(?!readme).*$'))
+            .pipe(csv.parse({delimiter:'\t'}))
+            .on('finish',()=>{
+                console.log('1 file - done');
+            })
+            .pipe(transformJSON())
+            .pipe(featureCountryFilterPostalStream.create())
+            .pipe( peliasPostalDocGenerator.create() )
+            .pipe( adminLookupStream.create() )
+            .pipe( overrideLookedUpLocalityAndLocaladmin.create() )
+            .pipe( model.createDocumentMapperStream() )
+            // .on('data',(data)=>{
+            //     console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
+            // });
+            .pipe( endStream );
+
+
+
+
+
+};
diff --git a/lib/tasks/resolvers.js b/lib/tasks/resolvers.js
index 82b231f8..3fcc0609 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/resolvers.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/resolvers.js
@@ -28,8 +28,50 @@ function selectSource(filename) {
   return getLocalFileStream(filename) || getRemoteFileStream(filename);
 }
 
+
+function getLocalPostalFileStreams(country) {
+  if(country==='allCountries') {
+    const full_countries = [ 'CA_full.csv', 'GB_full.csv', 'NL_full.csv'];
+    // const full_countries = ['allCountries', 'CA_full.csv', 'GB_full.csv', 'NL_full.csv'];
+    const postalFileStreams = [];
+    for(const file of full_countries) {
+      const localFileName = util.format('%s/postal/%s.zip', basepath, file);
+
+      if (fs.existsSync(localFileName)) {
+        logger.info('reading datafile from disk at:', localFileName);
+        postalFileStreams.push(fs.createReadStream(localFileName));
+      } else {
+        logger.warn(`${localFileName} doesn't exist.`);
+      }
+    }
+    return postalFileStreams;
+  }
+  else{
+    const localFileName = util.format('%s/postal/%s.zip', basepath, country);
+    if (fs.existsSync(localFileName)) {
+      logger.info('reading datafile from disk at:', localFileName);
+      return [fs.createReadStream(localFileName)];
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+function getRemotePostalFileStreams(country) {
+  var remoteFilePath = util.format( 'http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/%s.zip', country );
+
+  logger.info( 'streaming datafile from:', remoteFilePath );
+  return [request.get( remoteFilePath )];
+}
+
+function selectPostalSources(country) {
+  return getLocalPostalFileStreams(country) || getRemotePostalFileStreams(country);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   getLocalFileStream: getLocalFileStream,
   getRemoteFileStream: getRemoteFileStream,
-  selectSource: selectSource
+  selectSource: selectSource,
+  selectPostalSources:selectPostalSources
 };
diff --git a/metadata/category_mapping.json b/metadata/category_mapping.json
index b0f46032..caa2d8ad 100644
--- a/metadata/category_mapping.json
+++ b/metadata/category_mapping.json
@@ -597,4 +597,4 @@
   "PNDSI": ["natural:water", "natural"],
   "PNDSF": ["natural:water", "natural"],
   "MTS": ["natural"]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata/popularity_mapping.json b/metadata/popularity_mapping.json
index fec7ec30..4ad69996 100644
--- a/metadata/popularity_mapping.json
+++ b/metadata/popularity_mapping.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "HSTS": 5000,
   "RLG": 5000
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10a63326..a3b9e42a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
   "scripts": {
     "download_metadata": "mkdirp metadata && node bin/updateMetadata.js",
     "download": "./bin/download",
+    "downloadPostal": "./bin/downloadPostal",
     "countryCodes": "node bin/viewCountryCodes.js",
     "functional": "./bin/functional",
     "import": "./bin/start",
     "lint": "jshint .",
     "postinstall": "npm run download_metadata",
     "start": "./bin/start",
+    "startPostal": "./bin/startPostal",
     "test": "NODE_ENV=test npm run units",
     "travis": "npm test && npm run functional",
     "units": "./bin/units",
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@
     "JSONStream": "^1.0.7",
     "cli-table": "^0.3.0",
     "csv-parse": "^4.8.2",
+    "etl": "^0.6.12",
+    "fast-csv": "^4.3.6",
     "geonames-stream": "^2.0.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.0",
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@
     "pelias-model": "^9.0.0",
     "pelias-wof-admin-lookup": "^7.3.0",
     "request": "^2.34.0",
-    "through2": "^3.0.0",
+    "through2": "^3.0.2",
     "through2-filter": "^3.0.0",
     "through2-sink": "^1.0.0",
     "unzipper": "^0.10.0"