diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/westnordost/streetcomplete/quests/road_name/RoadNameSuggestionsSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/westnordost/streetcomplete/quests/road_name/RoadNameSuggestionsSource.kt
index a553b4cf01..6742eda562 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/westnordost/streetcomplete/quests/road_name/RoadNameSuggestionsSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/westnordost/streetcomplete/quests/road_name/RoadNameSuggestionsSource.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ class RoadNameSuggestionsSource(
     fun getNames(points: List<LatLon>, maxDistance: Double): List<MutableMap<String, String>> {
         if (points.isEmpty()) return emptyList()
 
-        val bbox = points.enclosingBoundingBox().enlargedBy(maxDistance)
+        /* add 50m radius for bbox query because roads will only be included in the result that have
+           at least one node in the bounding box around the tap position. This is a problem for long
+           straight roads (#3797). This doesn't completely solve this issue but mitigates it */
+        val bbox = points.enclosingBoundingBox().enlargedBy(maxDistance + 50)
         val mapData = mapDataSource.getMapDataWithGeometry(bbox)
         val roadsWithNames = mapData.ways.filter { it.isRoadWithName() }