diff --git a/address_utils/address_utils.go b/address_utils/address_utils.go
index bb58a469af0be7e44c48e0747b00aaf0168ee1d1..e4ef6cea68ba3fb4436f11f5fa488574c5206734 100644
--- a/address_utils/address_utils.go
+++ b/address_utils/address_utils.go
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 // MD5HashOfAddress m(E,L,L) - calculates and returns the MD5 hash of the entered address, lat and lng concatenated together. If lat and lng is blank, it is only the hash of the entered address
-func MD5HashOfAddress(enteredAddress string, lat *float64, lng *float64) string {
+func MD5HashOfAddress(enteredAddress string, lat *float64, lng *float64, addressType *string) string {
 	valueToHash := enteredAddress
 	if lat != nil && lng != nil {
 		valueToHash += fmt.Sprintf(",%v,%v", *lat, *lng)
 	}
 
+	if addressType != nil && len(*addressType) > 0 && *addressType != "unknown" {
+		valueToHash += fmt.Sprintf(",%s", *addressType)
+	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%X", md5.Sum([]byte(valueToHash)))
 }