diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaceroots.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaceroots.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4611340202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaceroots.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Set proper names and paths for space roots
+
+We fixed a problem where the names and paths were not set correctly for space roots.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3440
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/apps/sharing/shares/shares.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/apps/sharing/shares/shares.go
index 8a94b91af1..83df7da5e6 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/apps/sharing/shares/shares.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocs/handlers/apps/sharing/shares/shares.go
@@ -1178,6 +1178,9 @@ func (h *Handler) addFileInfo(ctx context.Context, s *conversions.ShareData, inf
 		s.FileTarget = path.Join(h.sharePrefix, name)
 		if s.ShareType == conversions.ShareTypePublicLink {
 			s.FileTarget = path.Join("/", name)
+			if info.Id.OpaqueId == info.Id.SpaceId { // we unfortunately have to special case space roots and not append their name here
+				s.FileTarget = "/"
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	s.StorageID = storageIDPrefix + s.FileTarget
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
index fa05e41da2..04acdf444f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ func ReadNode(ctx context.Context, lu PathLookup, spaceID, nodeID string, canLis
 	case err != nil:
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// lookup name in extended attributes
+	r.Name, err = r.Xattr(xattrs.NameAttr)
+	switch {
+	case xattrs.IsNotExist(err):
+		return r, nil // swallow not found, the node defaults to exists = false
+	case err != nil:
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	r.Exists = true
 
 	// TODO ReadNode should not check permissions
@@ -605,9 +613,12 @@ func (n *Node) AsResourceInfo(ctx context.Context, rp *provider.ResourcePermissi
 
 	id := &provider.ResourceId{SpaceId: n.SpaceID, OpaqueId: n.ID}
 
-	if returnBasename {
+	switch {
+	case n.IsSpaceRoot():
+		fn = "." // space roots do not have a path as they are referencing themselves
+	case returnBasename:
 		fn = n.Name
-	} else {
+	default:
 		fn, err = n.lu.Path(ctx, n)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
index 96678b149e..efc04a389f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) CreateStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, req *provider.Cr
 	// always enable propagation on the storage space root
 	// mark the space root node as the end of propagation
 	metadata[xattrs.PropagationAttr] = "1"
+	metadata[xattrs.NameAttr] = req.Name
 	metadata[xattrs.SpaceNameAttr] = req.Name
 
 	if req.Type != "" {
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) UpdateStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, req *provider.Up
 
 	metadata := make(map[string]string, 5)
 	if space.Name != "" {
+		metadata[xattrs.NameAttr] = space.Name
 		metadata[xattrs.SpaceNameAttr] = space.Name
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/grpc/gateway_storageprovider_test.go b/tests/integration/grpc/gateway_storageprovider_test.go
index 60df3f8b8d..8ea003ca9c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/grpc/gateway_storageprovider_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/grpc/gateway_storageprovider_test.go
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ var _ = Describe("gateway", func() {
 				info := statRes.Info
 				Expect(info.Type).To(Equal(storagep.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_CONTAINER))
 				Expect(utils.ResourceIDEqual(info.Id, homeRef.ResourceId)).To(BeTrue())
-				Expect(info.Path).To(Equal("")) // path of a root node of a space is always ""
+				Expect(info.Path).To(Equal(".")) // path of a root node of a space is always "."
 				Expect(info.Owner.OpaqueId).To(Equal(user.Id.OpaqueId))
 
 				// TODO: size aggregating is done by the client now - so no chance testing that here
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ var _ = Describe("gateway", func() {
 				info := statRes.Info
 				Expect(info.Type).To(Equal(storagep.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_CONTAINER))
 				Expect(utils.ResourceIDEqual(info.Id, embeddedRef.ResourceId)).To(BeTrue())
-				Expect(info.Path).To(Equal("")) // path of a root node of a space is always ""
+				Expect(info.Path).To(Equal(".")) // path of a root node of a space is always "."
 				Expect(info.Size).To(Equal(uint64(2)))
 			})