diff --git a/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js b/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c9d3629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+var logger = require('pelias-logger').get('api');
+var Document = require('pelias-model').Document;
+
+var placeTypes = [
+  'country',
+  'macroregion',
+  'region',
+  'macrocounty',
+  'county',
+  'localadmin',
+  'locality',
+  'neighbourhood',
+  'borough'
+];
+
+/**
+ * Convert WOF integer ids to Pelias formatted ids that can be used by the /place endpoint.
+ * This should probably be moved to the import pipeline once we are happy with the way this works.
+ */
+
+function setup() {
+  return function (req, res, next) {
+    // do nothing if no result data set
+    if (!res || !res.data) {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    res.data = res.data.map(normalizeParentIds);
+
+    next();
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Update all parent ids in the admin hierarchy
+ *
+ * @param {object} place
+ * @return {object}
+ */
+function normalizeParentIds(place) {
+
+  if (place && place.parent) {
+    placeTypes.forEach(function (placeType) {
+      if (place.parent[placeType] && place.parent[placeType].length > 0 && place.parent[placeType][0]) {
+        place.parent[placeType + '_id'] = [ makeNewId(placeType, place.parent[placeType + '_id']) ];
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  return place;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate a valid Pelias ids from placetype and WOF id.
+ * Assumes all of the incoming ids are WOF ids.
+ *
+ * @param {string} placeType
+ * @param {number} id
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+function makeNewId(placeType, id) {
+  var doc = new Document('whosonfirst', placeType, id);
+  return doc.getGid();
+}
+
+module.exports = setup;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84ada6ea..f97df8eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "morgan": "1.7.0",
     "pelias-config": "^1.0.1",
     "pelias-logger": "^0.0.8",
+    "pelias-model": "^3.1.0",
     "pelias-query": "6.2.0",
     "pelias-suggester-pipeline": "2.0.4",
     "stats-lite": "1.0.3",
diff --git a/routes/v1.js b/routes/v1.js
index eacd0a40..c8c88de1 100644
--- a/routes/v1.js
+++ b/routes/v1.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ var postProc = {
   renamePlacenames: require('../middleware/renamePlacenames'),
   geocodeJSON: require('../middleware/geocodeJSON'),
   sendJSON: require('../middleware/sendJSON'),
-  parseBoundingBox: require('../middleware/parseBBox')
+  parseBoundingBox: require('../middleware/parseBBox'),
+  normalizeParentIds: require('../middleware/normalizeParentIds')
 };
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ function addRoutes(app, peliasConfig) {
       postProc.localNamingConventions(),
       postProc.renamePlacenames(),
       postProc.parseBoundingBox(),
+      postProc.normalizeParentIds(),
       postProc.geocodeJSON(peliasConfig, base),
       postProc.sendJSON
     ]),
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ function addRoutes(app, peliasConfig) {
       postProc.localNamingConventions(),
       postProc.renamePlacenames(),
       postProc.parseBoundingBox(),
+      postProc.normalizeParentIds(),
       postProc.geocodeJSON(peliasConfig, base),
       postProc.sendJSON
     ]),
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ function addRoutes(app, peliasConfig) {
       postProc.localNamingConventions(),
       postProc.renamePlacenames(),
       postProc.parseBoundingBox(),
+      postProc.normalizeParentIds(),
       postProc.geocodeJSON(peliasConfig, base),
       postProc.sendJSON
     ]),
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ function addRoutes(app, peliasConfig) {
       postProc.localNamingConventions(),
       postProc.renamePlacenames(),
       postProc.parseBoundingBox(),
+      postProc.normalizeParentIds(),
       postProc.geocodeJSON(peliasConfig, base),
       postProc.sendJSON
     ]),
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js b/test/unit/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ad603f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/normalizeParentIds.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+var normalizer = require('../../../middleware/normalizeParentIds')();
+
+module.exports.tests = {};
+
+module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
+  test('WOF ids converted to Pelias ids', function(t) {
+
+    var input = {
+      data: [{
+        'parent': {
+          'country': ['United States'],
+          'country_id': ['85633793'],
+          'country_a': ['USA'],
+          'macroregion': ['MacroRegion Name'],
+          'macroregion_id': ['foobar'],
+          'macroregion_a': ['MacroRegion Abbreviation'],
+          'region': ['New York'],
+          'region_id': ['85688543'],
+          'region_a': ['NY'],
+          'macrocounty': ['MacroCounty Name'],
+          'macrocounty_id': ['~~~~~'],
+          'macrocounty_a': ['MacroCounty Abbreviation'],
+          'county': ['Kings County'],
+          'county_id': ['102082361'],
+          'county_a': [null],
+          'localadmin': ['Brooklyn'],
+          'localadmin_id': ['404521211'],
+          'localadmin_a': [null],
+          'locality': ['Some Locality'],
+          'locality_id': ['85977539'],
+          'locality_a': [null],
+          'neighbourhood': [],
+          'neighbourhood_id': []
+        }
+      }]
+    };
+
+    var expected = {
+      data: [{
+        'parent': {
+          'country': ['United States'],
+          'country_id': ['whosonfirst:country:85633793'],
+          'country_a': ['USA'],
+          'macroregion': ['MacroRegion Name'],
+          'macroregion_id': ['whosonfirst:macroregion:foobar'],
+          'macroregion_a': ['MacroRegion Abbreviation'],
+          'region': ['New York'],
+          'region_id': ['whosonfirst:region:85688543'],
+          'region_a': ['NY'],
+          'macrocounty': ['MacroCounty Name'],
+          'macrocounty_id': ['whosonfirst:macrocounty:~~~~~'],
+          'macrocounty_a': ['MacroCounty Abbreviation'],
+          'county': ['Kings County'],
+          'county_id': ['whosonfirst:county:102082361'],
+          'county_a': [null],
+          'localadmin': ['Brooklyn'],
+          'localadmin_id': ['whosonfirst:localadmin:404521211'],
+          'localadmin_a': [null],
+          'locality': ['Some Locality'],
+          'locality_id': ['whosonfirst:locality:85977539'],
+          'locality_a': [null],
+          'neighbourhood': [],
+          'neighbourhood_id': []
+        }
+      }]
+    };
+
+    normalizer({}, input, function () {
+      t.deepEqual(input, expected);
+      t.end();
+    });
+
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
+
+  function test(name, testFunction) {
+    return tape('[middleware] normalizeParentIds: ' + name, testFunction);
+  }
+
+  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
+    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index 2e8b382e..c1ab11b7 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var tests = [
   require('./middleware/localNamingConventions'),
   require('./middleware/dedupe'),
   require('./middleware/parseBBox'),
+  require('./middleware/normalizeParentIds'),
   require('./query/autocomplete'),
   require('./query/autocomplete_defaults'),
   require('./query/search_defaults'),