diff --git plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
index 0d44e84..7f3f07f 100644
--- plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
+++ plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
@@ -104,6 +104,67 @@ class FeedsTermProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
       form_set_error('vocabulary', t('Choose a vocabulary'));
     }
   }
+  
+  /**
+  * Override setTargetElement to operate on a target item that is a term.
+  */
+  public function setTargetElement(FeedsSource $source, $target_node, $target_element, $value) {
+    switch ($target_element) {
+      case 'parent':      
+        if (!empty($value)) {
+          $terms = taxonomy_get_term_by_name($value);
+          $parent_tid = '';
+          foreach ($terms as $term) {
+            if ($term->vid == $target_node->vid) {
+              $parent_tid = $term->tid;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (!empty($parent_tid)) {
+            $target_node->parent = $parent_tid;
+          }
+          else {
+            $term = new stdClass();
+            $term->vid = $target_node->vid;
+            $term->name = $value;
+            $status = taxonomy_term_save($term);
+            $tid = $term->tid;
+            $target_node->parent = $tid;
+            //$target_node->parent = 0;
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          $target_node->parent = 0;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'parentguid':      
+        $value = intval($value);
+        $query = db_select('feeds_item')
+          ->fields('feeds_item', array('entity_id'))
+          ->condition('entity_type', $this->entityType());
+        $parent_tid = $query->condition('guid', $value)->execute()->fetchField();
+
+        if (!empty($parent_tid)) {
+          $target_node->parent = $parent_tid;
+        }
+        else {
+          $target_node->parent = 0;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'weight':
+        if (!empty($value)) {
+          $weight = intval($value);
+        }
+        else {
+          $weight = 0;
+        }
+        $target_node->weight = $weight;
+        break;
+      default:
+        parent::setTargetElement($source, $target_node, $target_element, $value);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Return available mapping targets.
@@ -116,6 +177,21 @@ class FeedsTermProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
         'description' => t('Name of the taxonomy term.'),
         'optional_unique' => TRUE,
        ),
+      'parent' => array(
+        'name' => t('Parent Term Name'),
+        'description' => t('Name of the Parent Term.'),
+        'optional_unique' => TRUE,
+      ),
+      'parentguid' => array(
+        'name' => t('Parent GUID'),
+        'description' => t('The globally unique identifier of the item\'s parent term.'),
+        'optional_unique' => TRUE,
+      ),
+      'weight' => array(
+        'name' => t('Term Weight'),
+        'description' => t('Weight of the Term.'),
+        'optional_unique' => TRUE,
+      ),
       'description' => array(
         'name' => t('Term description'),
         'description' => t('Description of the taxonomy term.'),