diff --git a/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js b/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
index 9a77b54c..22a215eb 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
+++ b/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
@@ -261,14 +261,17 @@ GoogleGeocoder.prototype._formatResult = function (result) {
  * @param <function> callback Callback method
  */
 GoogleGeocoder.prototype._reverse = function (query, callback) {
-  var lat = query.lat;
-  var lng = query.lon;
 
   var _this = this;
   var params = this._prepareQueryString();
 
-  params.latlng = lat + ',' + lng;
-
+  if(query.lat&&query.lon) {
+    params.latlng = query.lat + ',' + query.lon;
+  }
+  else if(query.place_id ) {
+    params.place_id = query.place_id ;
+  }
+  
   if (query.language) {
     params.language = query.language;
   }