diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index d4cf0257..51eada83 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var controllers     = {};
 controllers.index   = require('./controller/index');
 controllers.doc     = require('./controller/doc');
 controllers.suggest = require('./controller/suggest');
+controllers.suggest_near_me = require('./controller/suggest_near_me');
 controllers.search  = require('./controller/search');
 
 /** ----------------------- routes ----------------------- **/
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ app.get( '/doc', sanitisers.doc.middleware, controllers.doc() );
 
 // suggest API
 app.get( '/suggest', sanitisers.suggest.middleware, controllers.suggest() );
+app.get( '/suggest_near_me', sanitisers.suggest.middleware, controllers.suggest_near_me() );
 
 // search API
 app.get( '/search', sanitisers.search.middleware, controllers.search() );
diff --git a/controller/suggest_near_me.js b/controller/suggest_near_me.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..956363b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/suggest_near_me.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+var service = { suggest: require('../service/suggest') };
+var geojsonify = require('../helper/geojsonify').suggest;
+
+function setup( backend, query ){
+
+  // allow overriding of dependencies
+  backend = backend || require('../src/backend');
+  query = query || require('../query/suggest');
+
+  function controller( req, res, next ){
+
+    // backend command
+    var cmd = {
+      index: 'pelias',
+      body: query( req.clean )
+    };
+
+    // query backend
+    service.suggest( backend, cmd, function( err, docs ){
+
+      // error handler
+      if( err ){ return next( err ); }
+
+      // convert docs to geojson
+      var geojson = geojsonify( docs );
+
+      // response envelope
+      geojson.date = new Date().getTime();
+
+      // respond
+      return res.status(200).json( geojson );
+    });
+
+  }
+
+  return controller;
+}
+
+module.exports = setup;
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diff --git a/test/unit/controller/suggest_near_me.js b/test/unit/controller/suggest_near_me.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfb96195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/controller/suggest_near_me.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+
+var setup = require('../../../controller/suggest'),
+    mockBackend = require('../mock/backend'),
+    mockQuery = require('../mock/query');
+
+module.exports.tests = {};
+
+module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
+  test('valid interface', function(t) {
+    t.equal(typeof setup, 'function', 'setup is a function');
+    t.equal(typeof setup(), 'function', 'setup returns a controller');
+    t.end();
+  });
+};
+
+// functionally test controller (backend success)
+module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
+
+  // expected geojson features for 'client/suggest/ok/1' fixture
+  var expected = [{
+    type: 'Feature',
+    geometry: {
+      type: 'Point',
+      coordinates: [ 101, -10.1 ]
+    },
+    properties: {
+      id: 'mockid1',
+      type: 'mocktype',
+      value: 1
+    }
+  }, {
+    type: 'Feature',
+    geometry: {
+      type: 'Point',
+      coordinates: [ 101, -10.1 ]
+    },
+    properties: {
+      id: 'mockid2',
+      type: 'mocktype',
+      value: 2
+    }
+  }];
+
+  test('functional success', function(t) {
+    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/ok/1', function( cmd ){
+      t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct backend command');
+    });
+    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
+    var res = {
+      status: function( code ){
+        t.equal(code, 200, 'status set');
+        return res;
+      },
+      json: function( json ){
+        t.equal(typeof json, 'object', 'returns json');
+        t.equal(typeof json.date, 'number', 'date set');
+        t.equal(json.type, 'FeatureCollection', 'valid geojson');
+        t.true(Array.isArray(json.features), 'features is array');
+        t.deepEqual(json.features, expected, 'values correctly mapped');
+        t.end();
+      }
+    };
+    controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, res );
+  });
+};
+
+// functionally test controller (backend failure)
+module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
+  test('functional failure', function(t) {
+    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/fail/1', function( cmd ){
+      t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct backend command');
+    });
+    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
+    var next = function( message ){
+      t.equal(message,'a backend error occurred','error passed to errorHandler');
+      t.end();
+    };
+    controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, undefined, next );
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
+
+  function test(name, testFunction) {
+    return tape('GET /suggest ' + name, testFunction);
+  }
+
+  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
+    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
+  }
+};
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diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index ec1309be..f828c6c5 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var tests = [
   require('./controller/index'),
   require('./controller/doc'),
   require('./controller/suggest'),
+  require('./controller/suggest_near_me'),
   require('./controller/search'),
   require('./service/mget'),
   require('./service/search'),