diff --git a/attribute.cpp b/attribute.cpp
index e969ab12..ac7b82cd 100644
--- a/attribute.cpp
+++ b/attribute.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 #include "jsonpull/jsonpull.h"
 #include "milo/dtoa_milo.h"
 
+std::map<std::string, attribute_op> numeric_operations = {
+	{"sum", op_sum},
+	{"min", op_min},
+	{"max", op_max},
+	{"count", op_count},
+};
+
 void set_attribute_accum(std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> &attribute_accum, std::string name, std::string type) {
 	attribute_op t;
 
diff --git a/attribute.hpp b/attribute.hpp
index af860ffa..ce54dcba 100644
--- a/attribute.hpp
+++ b/attribute.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <map>
 
 enum attribute_op {
 	op_sum,
@@ -26,4 +27,6 @@ void set_attribute_accum(std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> &attribut
 void set_attribute_accum(std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> &attribute_accum, const char *arg, char **argv);
 void preserve_attribute(attribute_op const &op, const std::string &key, serial_val const &val, std::vector<std::string> &full_keys, std::vector<serial_val> &full_values, std::unordered_map<std::string, accum_state> &attribute_accum_state);
 
+extern std::map<std::string, attribute_op> numeric_operations;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/clip.cpp b/clip.cpp
index b10d25a6..1a554233 100644
--- a/clip.cpp
+++ b/clip.cpp
@@ -1120,6 +1120,8 @@ struct tile_feature {
 	size_t seq = 0;
 };
 
+bool accumulate_numeric = true;	 // XXX
+
 static void feature_out(std::vector<tile_feature> const &features, mvt_layer &outlayer, std::set<std::string> const &keep, std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> const &attribute_accum, std::shared_ptr<std::string> const &tile_stringpool) {
 	// Add geometry to output feature
 
@@ -1139,7 +1141,7 @@ static void feature_out(std::vector<tile_feature> const &features, mvt_layer &ou
 
 		outfeature.seq = features[0].seq;
 
-		if (attribute_accum.size() > 0) {
+		if (attribute_accum.size() > 0 || accumulate_numeric) {
 			// convert the attributes of the output feature
 			// from mvt_value to serial_val so they can have
 			// attributes from the other features of the
@@ -1148,6 +1150,7 @@ static void feature_out(std::vector<tile_feature> const &features, mvt_layer &ou
 			std::unordered_map<std::string, accum_state> attribute_accum_state;
 			std::vector<std::string> full_keys;
 			std::vector<serial_val> full_values;
+			std::map<std::string, size_t> numeric;
 
 			for (size_t i = 0; i + 1 < features[0].tags.size(); i += 2) {
 				auto f = attribute_accum.find(features[0].layer->keys[features[0].tags[i]]);
@@ -1155,6 +1158,12 @@ static void feature_out(std::vector<tile_feature> const &features, mvt_layer &ou
 					// this attribute has an accumulator, so convert it
 					full_keys.push_back(features[0].layer->keys[features[0].tags[i]]);
 					full_values.push_back(mvt_value_to_serial_val(features[0].layer->values[features[0].tags[i + 1]]));
+				} else if (accumulate_numeric && features[0].layer->values[features[0].tags[i + 1]].is_numeric()) {
+					// convert numeric for accumulation
+					const std::string &key = features[0].layer->keys[features[0].tags[i]];
+					numeric.emplace(key, full_keys.size());
+					full_keys.push_back(key);
+					full_values.push_back(mvt_value_to_serial_val(features[0].layer->values[features[0].tags[i + 1]]));
 				} else {
 					// otherwise just tag it directly onto the output feature
 					if (keep.size() == 0 || keep.find(features[0].layer->keys[features[0].tags[i]]) != keep.end()) {
@@ -1163,6 +1172,14 @@ static void feature_out(std::vector<tile_feature> const &features, mvt_layer &ou
 				}
 			}
 
+			// also create any numeric accumulation attributes that are needed
+			// but don't exist yet
+			for (auto const &k : numeric) {
+				for (auto const &op : numeric_operations) {
+					std::string key = k.first + ":" + op.first;
+				}
+			}
+
 			// accumulate whatever attributes are specified to be accumulated
 			// onto the feature that will survive into the output, from the
 			// features that will not
diff --git a/geometry.cpp b/geometry.cpp
index 321ad28c..58d4f163 100644
--- a/geometry.cpp
+++ b/geometry.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "main.hpp"
 #include "options.hpp"
 #include "errors.hpp"
-#include "projection.hpp"
 
 drawvec decode_geometry(const char **meta, int z, unsigned tx, unsigned ty, long long *bbox, unsigned initial_x, unsigned initial_y) {
 	drawvec out;
diff --git a/tile.cpp b/tile.cpp
index a5fa1ba2..89a869ea 100644
--- a/tile.cpp
+++ b/tile.cpp
@@ -1456,13 +1456,6 @@ void promote_attribute_prefix(std::string const &key, std::string const &prefixe
 	}
 }
 
-std::map<std::string, attribute_op> numeric_operations = {
-	{"sum", op_sum},
-	{"min", op_min},
-	{"max", op_max},
-	{"count", op_count},
-};
-
 // accumulate attribute values from sf onto p
 void preserve_attributes(std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> const *attribute_accum, const serial_feature &sf, serial_feature &p) {
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < sf.keys.size(); i++) {