diff --git a/build-scripts/regions/1_3_indexes_italy.xml b/build-scripts/regions/1_3_indexes_italy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcd1550ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-scripts/regions/1_3_indexes_italy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<regions_list>
+		<!-- 1.4 ITALY [SOURCE: GFOSS.it] -->		
+		<regions siteToDownload="http://download.gfoss.it/osm/osm/regioni/{0}.osm.bz2" region_prefix="Italy_" skip="true" 
+			region_suffix="_Europe">
+			<region name="abruzzo" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="basilicata" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="calabria" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="campania" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="emilia-romagna" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="friuli-venezia_giulia.osm" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="lazio" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="liguria" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="lombardia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="marche" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="molise" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="piemonte" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="puglia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="sardegna" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="sicilia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="toscana" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="trentino-alto_adige" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="valle_d_aosta" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="veneto" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+		</regions>
+                        
+</regions_list> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-scripts/regions/indexes.xml b/build-scripts/regions/indexes.xml
index 6598b5b5bf..2940eed293 100644
--- a/build-scripts/regions/indexes.xml
+++ b/build-scripts/regions/indexes.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@
 			<region name="schleswig-holstein" esize="" cityAdminLevel="7"/>
 			<region name="thueringen" esize="" cityAdminLevel="7"/>
 		</regions>
+		
+		<!-- 1.4 ITALY [SOURCE: GFOSS.it] -->		
+		<regions siteToDownload="http://download.gfoss.it/osm/osm/regioni/{0}.osm.bz2" region_prefix="Italy_" skip="false" 
+			region_suffix="_Europe">
+			<region name="abruzzo" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="basilicata" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="calabria" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="campania" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="emilia-romagna" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="friuli-venezia_giulia.osm" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="lazio" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="liguria" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="lombardia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="marche" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="molise" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="piemonte" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="puglia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="sardegna" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="sicilia" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="toscana" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="trentino-alto_adige" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="valle_d_aosta" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+			<region name="veneto" esize="" cityAdminLevel="4"/>
+		</regions>
 
         <regions siteToDownload="http://planet.openstreetmap.nl/planet-{0}-latest.osm.pbf" region_prefix="" skip="true" region_suffix="_Europe">
                      <region name="benelux" esize="6" />