diff --git a/clip.cpp b/clip.cpp
index f83aeb9c..76d23089 100644
--- a/clip.cpp
+++ b/clip.cpp
@@ -387,8 +387,7 @@ drawvec clean_or_clip_poly(drawvec &geom, int z, int buffer, bool clip, bool try
 	return ret;
 }
 
-drawvec clip_poly_poly(drawvec &geom, drawvec const &bounds) {
-	geom = remove_noop(geom, VT_POLYGON, 0);
+drawvec clip_poly_poly(drawvec const &geom, drawvec const &bounds) {
 	mapbox::geometry::multi_polygon<long long> result;
 
 	{
@@ -450,7 +449,7 @@ drawvec clip_poly_poly(drawvec &geom, drawvec const &bounds) {
 	return ret;
 }
 
-drawvec clip_point_poly(drawvec &geom, drawvec const &bounds) {
+drawvec clip_point_poly(drawvec const &geom, drawvec const &bounds) {
 	drawvec out;
 	for (auto const &p : geom) {
 		if (pnpoly_mp(bounds, p.x, p.y)) {
diff --git a/geometry.hpp b/geometry.hpp
index bc616058..db96a2cd 100644
--- a/geometry.hpp
+++ b/geometry.hpp
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ int pnpoly(const drawvec &vert, size_t start, size_t nvert, long long testx, lon
 bool pnpoly_mp(drawvec const &geom, long long x, long long y);
 double distance_from_line(long long point_x, long long point_y, long long segA_x, long long segA_y, long long segB_x, long long segB_y);
 
+drawvec clip_poly_poly(drawvec const &geom, drawvec const &bounds);
+drawvec clip_lines_poly(drawvec const &geom, drawvec const &bounds);
+drawvec clip_point_poly(drawvec const &geom, drawvec const &bounds);
+
 struct input_tile {
 	std::string tile;
 	int z;
diff --git a/overzoom.cpp b/overzoom.cpp
index da098042..b6fa1b56 100644
--- a/overzoom.cpp
+++ b/overzoom.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,34 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		fclose(f);
 	}
 
+	// clip the clip polygons, if any, to the tile bounds,
+	// to reduce their complexity
+
+	if (clipbboxes.size() > 0) {
+		long long wx1 = (nx - buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
+		long long wy1 = (ny - buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
+		long long wx2 = (nx + 1 + buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
+		long long wy2 = (ny + 1 + buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
+
+		drawvec tile_bounds;
+		tile_bounds.emplace_back(VT_MOVETO, wx1, wy1);
+		tile_bounds.emplace_back(VT_LINETO, wx2, wy1);
+		tile_bounds.emplace_back(VT_LINETO, wx2, wy2);
+		tile_bounds.emplace_back(VT_LINETO, wx1, wy2);
+		tile_bounds.emplace_back(VT_LINETO, wx1, wy1);
+
+		for (auto &c : clipbboxes) {
+			c.minx = std::max(c.minx, wx1);
+			c.miny = std::max(c.miny, wy1);
+			c.maxx = std::min(c.maxx, wx2);
+			c.maxy = std::min(c.maxy, wy2);
+
+			if (c.dv.size() > 0) {
+				c.dv = clip_poly_poly(c.dv, tile_bounds);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	json_object *json_filter = NULL;
 	if (filter.size() > 0) {
 		json_filter = parse_filter(filter.c_str());