diff --git a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/population/XYToLinks.java b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/population/XYToLinks.java
index ec9ada3bad5..83aefa033e0 100644
--- a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/population/XYToLinks.java
+++ b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/population/XYToLinks.java
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 package org.matsim.application.prepare.population;
 
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Scenario;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.TransportMode;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Network;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.population.Population;
 import org.matsim.application.MATSimAppCommand;
+import org.matsim.core.config.ConfigUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.network.NetworkUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.network.algorithms.TransportModeNetworkFilter;
 import org.matsim.core.population.PopulationUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.population.algorithms.ParallelPersonAlgorithmUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.population.algorithms.XY2Links;
+import org.matsim.core.scenario.ScenarioUtils;
+import org.matsim.facilities.ActivityFacilities;
 import org.matsim.facilities.FacilitiesUtils;
+import org.matsim.facilities.MatsimFacilitiesReader;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -29,6 +34,9 @@ public class XYToLinks implements MATSimAppCommand {
 	@CommandLine.Option(names = "--car-only", description = "Convert to car-only network", defaultValue = "false")
 	private boolean carOnly;
 
+	@CommandLine.Option(names = "--facilities", description = "Input facilities. Necessary if activities already were assigned facility ids.")
+	private Path inputFacilities;
+
 	@Override
 	public Integer call() throws Exception {
 
@@ -42,7 +50,16 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
 			network = carOnlyNetwork;
 		}
 
-		XY2Links algo = new XY2Links(network, FacilitiesUtils.createActivityFacilities());
+		ActivityFacilities facilities = FacilitiesUtils.createActivityFacilities();
+
+		if (inputFacilities != null) {
+			Scenario scenario = ScenarioUtils.loadScenario(ConfigUtils.createConfig());
+			MatsimFacilitiesReader reader = new MatsimFacilitiesReader(scenario);
+			reader.parse(inputFacilities.toUri().toURL());
+			facilities = scenario.getActivityFacilities();
+		}
+
+		XY2Links algo = new XY2Links(network, facilities);
 
 		Population population = PopulationUtils.readPopulation(input.toString());