diff --git a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
index 743e1b1284..578da6842f 100755
--- a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
+++ b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ usage() {
   echo -e "MAIL\tE-mail address to send notifications"
   echo -e "OSRM_URL\tURL of the osrm server to build world roads."
   echo -e "SRTM_PATH\tPath to 27k zip files with SRTM data."
+  echo -e "OLD_INTDIR\tPath to an intermediate_data directory with older files."
   echo
 }
 
@@ -261,7 +262,12 @@ if [ "$MODE" == "coast" ]; then
         if [ -f "$BOOKING_FILE" -a "$(wc -l < "$BOOKING_FILE" || echo 0)" -gt 100 ]; then
           echo "Hotels have been downloaded. Please ensure this line is before Step 4." >> "$PLANET_LOG"
         else
-          log "Failed to download hotels!"
+          if [ -n "${OLD_INTDIR-}" -a -f "${OLD_INTDIR-}/$(basename "$BOOKING_FILE")" ]; then
+            cp "$OLD_INTDIR/$(basename "$BOOKING_FILE")" "$INTDIR"
+            log "Failed to download hotels! Using older hotels list."
+          else
+            log "Failed to download hotels!"
+          fi
           [ -n "${MAIL-}" ] && tail "$LOG_PATH/booking.log" | mailx -s "Failed to download hotels at $(hostname), please hurry to fix" "$MAIL"
         fi
     ) &
@@ -275,7 +281,12 @@ if [ "$MODE" == "coast" ]; then
         if [ -f "$OPENTABLE_FILE" -a "$(wc -l < "$OPENTABLE_FILE" || echo 0)" -gt 100 ]; then
           echo "Restaurants have been downloaded. Please ensure this line is before Step 4." >> "$PLANET_LOG"
         else
-          log "Failed to download restaurants!"
+          if [ -n "${OLD_INTDIR-}" -a -f "${OLD_INTDIR-}/$(basename "$OPENTABLE_FILE")" ]; then
+            cp "$OLD_INTDIR/$(basename "$OPENTABLE_FILE")" "$INTDIR"
+            log "Failed to download restaurants! Using older restaurants list."
+          else
+            log "Failed to download restaurants!"
+          fi
           [ -n "${MAIL-}" ] && tail "$LOG_PATH/opentable.log" | mailx -s "Failed to download restaurants at $(hostname), please hurry to fix" "$MAIL"
         fi
     ) &
@@ -353,7 +364,12 @@ fi
 # This mode is started only after updating or processing a planet file
 if [ "$MODE" == "roads" ]; then
   if [ -z "${OSRM_URL-}" ]; then
-    log "OSRM_URL variable not set. World roads will not be calculated."
+    if [ -n "${OLD_INTDIR-}" -a -f "${OLD_INTDIR-}/ways.csv" ]; then
+      cp "$OLD_INTDIR/ways.csv" "$INTDIR"
+      log "OSRM_URL variable is not set. Using older world roads file."
+    else
+      log "OSRM_URL variable is not set. World roads will not be calculated."
+    fi
   else
     putmode "Step 2a: Generating road networks for the World map"
     $PYTHON "$ROADS_SCRIPT" "$INTDIR" "$OSRM_URL" >>"$LOG_PATH"/road_runner.log
@@ -411,6 +427,10 @@ if [ "$MODE" == "features" ]; then
   # Checking for coastlines, can't build proper mwms without them
   if [ ! -s "$INTDIR/WorldCoasts.geom" ]; then
     COASTS="${COASTS-WorldCoasts.geom}"
+    if [ ! -s "$COASTS" -a -n "${OLD_INTDIR-}" -a -s "$OLD_INTDIR/WorldCoasts.geom" ]; then
+      log "Using older coastlines."
+      COASTS="$OLD_INTDIR/WorldCoasts.geom"
+    fi
     if [ -s "$COASTS" ]; then
       cp "$COASTS" "$INTDIR/WorldCoasts.geom"
       RAWGEOM="${COASTS%.*}.rawgeom"