diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
index 7198006..9e3c52f 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import
   std/[hashes, net],
   eth/[keys],
   ./spr,
+  ./node,
   ../../../../dht/providers_messages
 
 export providers_messages
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ type
     addProvider = 0x0B
     getProviders = 0x0C
     providers = 0x0D
+    findNodeFast = 0x83
 
   RequestId* = object
     id*: seq[byte]
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ type
   FindNodeMessage* = object
     distances*: seq[uint16]
 
+  FindNodeFastMessage* = object
+    target*: NodeId
+
   NodesMessage* = object
     total*: uint32
     sprs*: seq[SignedPeerRecord]
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ type
 
   SomeMessage* = PingMessage or PongMessage or FindNodeMessage or NodesMessage or
     TalkReqMessage or TalkRespMessage or AddProviderMessage or GetProvidersMessage or
-    ProvidersMessage
+    ProvidersMessage or FindNodeFastMessage
 
   Message* = object
     reqId*: RequestId
@@ -85,6 +90,8 @@ type
       pong*: PongMessage
     of findNode:
       findNode*: FindNodeMessage
+    of findNodeFast:
+      findNodeFast*: FindNodeFastMessage
     of nodes:
       nodes*: NodesMessage
     of talkReq:
@@ -112,6 +119,7 @@ template messageKind*(T: typedesc[SomeMessage]): MessageKind =
   when T is PingMessage: ping
   elif T is PongMessage: pong
   elif T is FindNodeMessage: findNode
+  elif T is FindNodeFastMessage: findNodeFast
   elif T is NodesMessage: nodes
   elif T is TalkReqMessage: talkReq
   elif T is TalkRespMessage: talkResp
diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
index 882ad80..7938661 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import
   chronicles,
   libp2p/routing_record,
   libp2p/signed_envelope,
-  "."/[messages, spr],
+  "."/[messages, spr, node],
   ../../../../dht/providers_encoding
 
 from stew/objects import checkedEnumAssign
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, ip: IpAddress) =
     writer.append(ip.address_v4)
   of IpAddressFamily.IPv6: writer.append(ip.address_v6)
 
+proc read*(rlp: var Rlp, T: type NodeId): T
+    {.raises: [ValueError, RlpError, Defect].} =
+  mixin read
+  let nodeId = NodeId.fromBytesBE(rlp.toBytes())
+  rlp.skipElem()
+  nodeId
+
+proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, value: NodeId) =
+  writer.append(value.toBytesBE)
+
 proc numFields(T: typedesc): int =
   for k, v in fieldPairs(default(T)): inc result
 
@@ -117,6 +127,7 @@ proc decodeMessage*(body: openArray[byte]): DecodeResult[Message] =
       of ping: rlp.decode(message.ping)
       of pong: rlp.decode(message.pong)
       of findNode: rlp.decode(message.findNode)
+      of findNodeFast: rlp.decode(message.findNodeFast)
       of nodes: rlp.decode(message.nodes)
       of talkReq: rlp.decode(message.talkReq)
       of talkResp: rlp.decode(message.talkResp)
diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
index 00670fa..85518ea 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ proc handleFindNode(d: Protocol, fromId: NodeId, fromAddr: Address,
       # with empty nodes.
       d.sendNodes(fromId, fromAddr, reqId, [])
 
+proc handleFindNodeFast(d: Protocol, fromId: NodeId, fromAddr: Address,
+    fnf: FindNodeFastMessage, reqId: RequestId) =
+  d.sendNodes(fromId, fromAddr, reqId,
+    d.routingTable.neighbours(fnf.target, seenOnly = true))
+  # TODO: if known, maybe we should add exact target even if not yet "seen" 
+
 proc handleTalkReq(d: Protocol, fromId: NodeId, fromAddr: Address,
     talkreq: TalkReqMessage, reqId: RequestId) =
   let talkProtocol = d.talkProtocols.getOrDefault(talkreq.protocol)
@@ -336,6 +342,9 @@ proc handleMessage(d: Protocol, srcId: NodeId, fromAddr: Address,
   of findNode:
     discovery_message_requests_incoming.inc()
     d.handleFindNode(srcId, fromAddr, message.findNode, message.reqId)
+  of findNodeFast:
+    discovery_message_requests_incoming.inc()
+    d.handleFindNodeFast(srcId, fromAddr, message.findNodeFast, message.reqId)
   of talkReq:
     discovery_message_requests_incoming.inc()
     d.handleTalkReq(srcId, fromAddr, message.talkReq, message.reqId)
@@ -467,7 +476,7 @@ proc ping*(d: Protocol, toNode: Node):
 
 proc findNode*(d: Protocol, toNode: Node, distances: seq[uint16]):
     Future[DiscResult[seq[Node]]] {.async.} =
-  ## Send a discovery findNode message.
+  ## Send a getNeighbours message.
   ##
   ## Returns the received nodes or an error.
   ## Received SPRs are already validated and converted to `Node`.
@@ -482,6 +491,24 @@ proc findNode*(d: Protocol, toNode: Node, distances: seq[uint16]):
     d.replaceNode(toNode)
     return err(nodes.error)
 
+proc findNodeFast*(d: Protocol, toNode: Node, target: NodeId):
+    Future[DiscResult[seq[Node]]] {.async.} =
+  ## Send a findNode message.
+  ##
+  ## Returns the received nodes or an error.
+  ## Received SPRs are already validated and converted to `Node`.
+  let reqId = d.sendRequest(toNode, FindNodeFastMessage(target: target))
+  let nodes = await d.waitNodes(toNode, reqId)
+
+  if nodes.isOk:
+    let res = verifyNodesRecords(nodes.get(), toNode, findNodeResultLimit)
+    d.routingTable.setJustSeen(toNode)
+    return ok(res)
+  else:
+    d.replaceNode(toNode)
+    return err(nodes.error)
+
+
 proc talkReq*(d: Protocol, toNode: Node, protocol, request: seq[byte]):
     Future[DiscResult[seq[byte]]] {.async.} =
   ## Send a discovery talkreq message.
@@ -530,7 +557,19 @@ proc lookupWorker(d: Protocol, destNode: Node, target: NodeId):
     for n in result:
       discard d.addNode(n)
 
-proc lookup*(d: Protocol, target: NodeId): Future[seq[Node]] {.async.} =
+proc lookupWorkerFast(d: Protocol, destNode: Node, target: NodeId):
+    Future[seq[Node]] {.async.} =
+  ## use terget NodeId based find_node
+
+  let r = await d.findNodeFast(destNode, target)
+  if r.isOk:
+    result.add(r[])
+
+    # Attempt to add all nodes discovered
+    for n in result:
+      discard d.addNode(n)
+
+proc lookup*(d: Protocol, target: NodeId, fast: bool = false): Future[seq[Node]] {.async.} =
   ## Perform a lookup for the given target, return the closest n nodes to the
   ## target. Maximum value for n is `BUCKET_SIZE`.
   # `closestNodes` holds the k closest nodes to target found, sorted by distance
@@ -553,7 +592,10 @@ proc lookup*(d: Protocol, target: NodeId): Future[seq[Node]] {.async.} =
     while i < closestNodes.len and pendingQueries.len < alpha:
       let n = closestNodes[i]
       if not asked.containsOrIncl(n.id):
-        pendingQueries.add(d.lookupWorker(n, target))
+        if fast: 
+          pendingQueries.add(d.lookupWorkerFast(n, target))
+        else:
+          pendingQueries.add(d.lookupWorker(n, target))
       inc i
 
     trace "discv5 pending queries", total = pendingQueries.len