diff --git a/landcover.mss b/landcover.mss
index f3d4251704..058e162093 100644
--- a/landcover.mss
+++ b/landcover.mss
@@ -825,11 +825,16 @@
 }
 
 #area-barriers {
-  [zoom >= 16] {
-    line-color: #444;
-    line-width: 0.4;
-    [feature = 'barrier_hedge'] {
+    [feature = 'barrier_hedge'][area = 'yes'] {
       polygon-fill: #aed1a0;
+      [zoom >= 17] {
+        line-width: 2;
+      }
+      [zoom >= 18] {
+        line-width: 1;
+      }
+      [zoom >= 19] {
+        line-width: 0.5;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/project.mml b/project.mml
index 2ce761545a..4acc8ef98b 100644
--- a/project.mml
+++ b/project.mml
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ Layer:
       <<: *osm2pgsql
       table: |-
         (SELECT
-            way, COALESCE(historic, barrier) AS feature
-          FROM (SELECT way,
+            way, area, COALESCE(historic, barrier) AS feature
+          FROM (SELECT way, tags->'area' AS area,
             ('barrier_' || (CASE WHEN barrier IN ('chain', 'city_wall', 'embankment', 'ditch', 'fence', 'guard_rail',
                   'handrail', 'hedge', 'kerb', 'retaining_wall', 'wall') THEN barrier ELSE NULL END)) AS barrier,
             ('historic_' || (CASE WHEN historic = 'citywalls' THEN historic ELSE NULL END)) AS historic