diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmPath.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmPath.java
index 268907d..7360bec 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmPath.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmPath.java
@@ -121,11 +121,26 @@ abstract class OsmPath implements OsmLinkHolder {
 
   protected abstract void resetState();
 
+  static int seg = 1;
 
   protected void addAddionalPenalty(OsmTrack refTrack, boolean detailMode, OsmPath origin, OsmLink link, RoutingContext rc) {
     byte[] description = link.descriptionBitmap;
-    if (description == null) {
-      return; // could be a beeline path
+    if (description == null) { // could be a beeline path
+      message = new MessageData();
+      if (message != null) {
+        message.turnangle = 0;
+        message.time = (float) 1;
+        message.energy = (float) 0;
+        message.priorityclassifier = 0;
+        message.classifiermask = 0;
+        message.lon = targetNode.getILon();
+        message.lat = targetNode.getILat();
+        message.ele = Short.MIN_VALUE;
+        message.linkdist = sourceNode.calcDistance(targetNode);
+        message.wayKeyValues = "direct_segment=" + seg;
+      }
+      seg++;
+      return;
     }
 
     boolean recordTransferNodes = detailMode || rc.countTraffic;