diff --git a/water.mss b/water.mss
index 903fb71429..7d134a8974 100644
--- a/water.mss
+++ b/water.mss
@@ -266,6 +266,20 @@
         marker-fill: saturate(darken(@water-color, 40%), 30%);
         marker-clip: false;
       }
+
+      [zoom >= 19] {
+        text-name: "[name]";
+        text-size: 10;
+        text-face-name: @oblique-fonts;
+        text-fill: @water-text;
+        text-halo-radius: @standard-halo-radius;
+        text-halo-fill: @standard-halo-fill;
+        text-spacing: 600;
+        text-placement: line;
+        text-vertical-alignment: middle;
+        text-dy: 8;
+        text-repeat-distance: @waterway-text-repeat-distance;
+      }
     }
   }
 }