diff --git a/src/luis-middleware.js b/src/luis-middleware.js
index 39034b0..3dc255e 100644
--- a/src/luis-middleware.js
+++ b/src/luis-middleware.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ module.exports = {
     middleware: {
         receive: receive,
         hereIntent: hereIntent,
-        hereAction: hereAction
+        hereAction: hereAction,
+        getEntity: getEntity,
     }
 };
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function receive(options) {
     }
     var minThreshold = options.minThreshold || 0.1;
     var captureThreshold = options.captureThreshold || 0.7;
+    var alwaysIncludeEntities = options.alwaysIncludeEntities || false;
     return function (bot, message, next) {
         // We will only process the text and either there's no topIntent
         // or the score for the topIntent is below the captureThreshold.
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ function receive(options) {
 
                         var result = JSON.parse(body);
 
+                        if (alwaysIncludeEntities) {
+                            message.entities = result.entities || [];
+                        }
 						if (result.topScoringIntent) {
 							// API v2.0
 							message.topIntent = result.topScoringIntent;
@@ -94,3 +99,8 @@ function hereAction(tests, message) {
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+function getEntity({ entities = [] }, ...types) {
+    const entity = entities.find(entity => types.includes(entity.type));
+    return entity && (entity.resolution.value || entity.resolution.values);
+}
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