diff --git a/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_files/hawc2io/hawc2ascii_chantest_1.sel b/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_files/hawc2io/hawc2ascii_chantest_1.sel
index d308e5fc7fd23d4cb1ee3780c923e37ad34df6c1..f7fb5e595aae1ac2f18e4890838e0fff236df537 100755
--- a/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_files/hawc2io/hawc2ascii_chantest_1.sel
+++ b/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_files/hawc2io/hawc2ascii_chantest_1.sel
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
   Result file : res/dlc12_wsp07_wdir000_s1004.dat
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Scans    Channels    Time [sec]        Format
-      25000     422          500.000       ASCII
+      25000     425          500.000       ASCII
 
   Channel   Variable Description               
 
@@ -432,4 +432,7 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
     420      Cl, R= 75.5                    deg        Cl of blade  1 at radius  74.64
     421      Cl, R= 80.4                    deg        Cl of blade  1 at radius  80.30
     422      qwerty                         is         azerty
+    423      wake   1 gl. pos pos_x         m          Wake pos_x of source   1, Met. coo.
+    424      wake   2 gl. pos pos_y         m          Wake pos_y of source   2, Met. coo.
+    425      wake   5 gl. pos pos_z         m          Wake pos_z of source   5, Met. coo.
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/tests/test_windIO.py b/wetb/prepost/tests/test_windIO.py
index 5c2a9bec3cfd73d0edf35e376580e3ff958d9664..e73f02ff0bf54ed246f674dd11c77a0121449aef 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/tests/test_windIO.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/tests/test_windIO.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class TestsLoadResults(unittest.TestCase):
         # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
         res = windIO.LoadResults(self.respath, self.f1_chant, readdata=False)
         self.assertFalse(hasattr(res, 'sig'))
-        np.testing.assert_array_equal(res.ch_df.index.values, np.arange(0,422))
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(res.ch_df.index.values, np.arange(0,425))
         self.assertEqual(res.ch_df.unique_ch_name.values[0], 'Time')
         df = res.ch_df
         self.assertEqual(2, len(df[df['bearing_name']=='shaft_rot']))
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ class TestsLoadResults(unittest.TestCase):
                [200, 'blade2-blade2-node-017-momentvec-z', 'kNm'],
                [296, 'blade1-blade1-node-008-forcevec-z', 'kN'],
                [415, 'Cl-1-54.82', 'deg'],
-               [421, 'qwerty-is-azerty', 'is']
+               [421, 'qwerty-is-azerty', 'is'],
+               [422, 'wind_wake-wake_pos_x_1', 'm'],
+               [423, 'wind_wake-wake_pos_y_2', 'm'],
+               [424, 'wind_wake-wake_pos_z_5', 'm'],
               ]
         for k in exp:
             self.assertEqual(df.loc[k[0], 'unique_ch_name'], k[1])
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/windIO.py b/wetb/prepost/windIO.py
index ec154351105a5ba1dbabd000dd459cc12c723c20..557da7527e45bdf117378f6f281af101f1b0ff2b 100755
--- a/wetb/prepost/windIO.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/windIO.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ class LoadResults(ReadHawc2):
     cols = set(['bearing_name', 'sensortag', 'bodyname', 'chi', 'component',
                 'pos', 'coord', 'sensortype', 'radius', 'blade_nr', 'units',
                 'output_type', 'io_nr', 'io', 'dll', 'azimuth', 'flap_nr',
-                'direction'])
+                'direction', 'wake_source_nr'])
 
     # start with reading the .sel file, containing the info regarding
     # how to read the binary file and the channel information
@@ -1291,6 +1291,22 @@ class LoadResults(ReadHawc2):
                 channelinfo['sensortype'] = 'aero'
                 tag = 'aero-induc_a_norm'
 
+            # wake   1 gl. pos pos_z  //  Wake pos_z of source   1, Met. coo.
+            elif self.ch_details[ch, 0][:4] == 'wake':
+                wake_nr = re.search(r'\d+', self.ch_details[ch,0]).group()
+                comp = re.search(r'pos_([xyz])', self.ch_details[ch,0]).group(1)
+
+                channelinfo = {}
+                channelinfo['output_type'] = 'wake_pos'
+                channelinfo['sensortype'] = 'wind_wake'
+                channelinfo['component'] = comp
+                channelinfo['units'] = self.ch_details[ch, 1].strip()
+                channelinfo['chi'] = ch
+                channelinfo['wake_source_nr'] = int(wake_nr)
+                channelinfo['coord'] = 'met'
+
+                tag = 'wind_wake-wake_pos_%s_%s' % (comp, wake_nr)
+
             # -----------------------------------------------------------------
             # If all this fails, just combine channel name and description
             else: