diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtils.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtils.java
index 19e25a0b..f656251c 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtils.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtils.java
@@ -408,8 +408,11 @@ public class GeoUtils {
    * {@code ring}, ignoring repeated and collinear points.
    */
   public static boolean isConvex(LinearRing ring) {
+    double threshold = 1e-3;
+    double minPointsToCheck = 10;
     CoordinateSequence seq = ring.getCoordinateSequence();
-    if (seq.size() <= 3) {
+    int size = seq.size();
+    if (size <= 3) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -418,7 +421,7 @@ public class GeoUtils {
     double c0y = seq.getY(0);
     double c1x = Double.NaN, c1y = Double.NaN;
     int i;
-    for (i = 1; i < seq.size(); i++) {
+    for (i = 1; i < size; i++) {
       c1x = seq.getX(i);
       c1y = seq.getY(i);
       if (c1x != c0x || c1y != c0y) {
@@ -429,29 +432,39 @@ public class GeoUtils {
     double dx1 = c1x - c0x;
     double dy1 = c1y - c0y;
 
-    int sign = 0;
+    double negZ = 1e-20, posZ = 1e-20;
 
-    for (; i < seq.size(); i++) {
-      double c2x = seq.getX(i);
-      double c2y = seq.getY(i);
+    // need to wrap around to make sure the triangle formed by last and first points does not change sign
+    for (; i <= size + 1; i++) {
+      // first and last point should be the same, so skip index 0
+      int idx = i < size ? i : (i + 1 - size);
+      double c2x = seq.getX(idx);
+      double c2y = seq.getY(idx);
 
       double dx2 = c2x - c1x;
       double dy2 = c2y - c1y;
       double z = dx1 * dy2 - dy1 * dx2;
 
-      // if z == 0 (with small delta to account for rounding errors) then keep skipping
-      // points to ignore repeated or collinear points
-      if (Math.abs(z) < 1e-10) {
-        continue;
+      double absZ = Math.abs(z);
+
+      // look for sign changes in the triangles formed by sequential points
+      // but, we want to allow for rounding errors and small concavities relative to the overall shape
+      // so track the largest positive and negative threshold for triangle area and compare them once we
+      // have enough points
+      boolean extendedBounds = false;
+      if (z < 0 && absZ > negZ) {
+        negZ = absZ;
+        extendedBounds = true;
+      } else if (z > 0 && absZ > posZ) {
+        posZ = absZ;
+        extendedBounds = true;
       }
 
-      int s = z >= 0d ? 1 : -1;
-      if (sign == 0) {
-        // on the first non-repeated, non-collinear points, store sign of the area for comparison
-        sign = s;
-      } else if (sign != s) {
-        // the sign of this triangle has changed, not convex
-        return false;
+      if (i == minPointsToCheck || (i > minPointsToCheck && extendedBounds)) {
+        double ratio = negZ < posZ ? negZ / posZ : posZ / negZ;
+        if (ratio > threshold) {
+          return false;
+        }
       }
 
       c1x = c2x;
@@ -459,7 +472,7 @@ public class GeoUtils {
       dx1 = dx2;
       dy1 = dy2;
     }
-    return true;
+    return (negZ < posZ ? negZ / posZ : posZ / negZ) < threshold;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtilsTest.java b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtilsTest.java
index 84e46d72..206710f5 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtilsTest.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/geo/GeoUtilsTest.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class GeoUtilsTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void testBarelyConcaveRectangle() {
+  void testBarelyConcaveTriangle() {
     assertConvex(false, newLinearRing(
       0, 0,
       1, 0,
@@ -216,6 +216,24 @@ class GeoUtilsTest {
     ));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testAllowVerySmallConcavity() {
+    assertConvex(true, newLinearRing(
+      0, 0,
+      1, 0,
+      1, 1,
+      0.5001, 0.5,
+      0, 0
+    ));
+    assertConvex(true, newLinearRing(
+      0, 0,
+      1, 0,
+      1, 1,
+      0.5, 0.4999,
+      0, 0
+    ));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void test5PointsConcave() {
     assertConvex(false, newLinearRing(
@@ -295,7 +313,11 @@ class GeoUtilsTest {
         LinearRing flipped = flip ? (LinearRing) AffineTransformation.scaleInstance(-1, 1).transform(rotated) : rotated;
         for (boolean reverse : new boolean[]{false, true}) {
           LinearRing reversed = reverse ? flipped.reverse() : flipped;
-          assertEquals(isConvex, isConvex(reversed), "rotation=" + rotation + " flip=" + flip + " reverse=" + reverse);
+          for (double scale : new double[]{1, 1e-2, 1 / Math.pow(2, 14) / 4096}) {
+            LinearRing scaled = (LinearRing) AffineTransformation.scaleInstance(scale, scale).transform(reversed);
+            assertEquals(isConvex, isConvex(scaled),
+              "rotation=" + rotation + " flip=" + flip + " reverse=" + reverse + " scale=" + scale);
+          }
         }
       }
     }