diff --git a/example/lib/pages/polyline.dart b/example/lib/pages/polyline.dart
index 5acc40753..8423c5060 100644
--- a/example/lib/pages/polyline.dart
+++ b/example/lib/pages/polyline.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class _PolylinePageState extends State<PolylinePage> {
                     userAgentPackageName: 'dev.fleaflet.flutter_map.example',
                   ),
                   PolylineLayer(
+                    interactive: true,
                     polylines: [
                       Polyline(
                         points: [
@@ -72,6 +73,18 @@ class _PolylinePageState extends State<PolylinePage> {
                         color: Colors.blue.withOpacity(0.6),
                         borderStrokeWidth: 20,
                         borderColor: Colors.red.withOpacity(0.4),
+                        onTap: (LatLng point) {
+                          showDialog<void>(
+                              context: context,
+                              builder: (BuildContext context) {
+                                return Dialog(
+                                  child: Padding(
+                                    padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
+                                    child: Text('clicked $point'),
+                                  ),
+                                );
+                              });
+                        },
                       ),
                       Polyline(
                         points: [
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer.dart b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer.dart
index b20de99f1..89d7b3989 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:core';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
 import 'dart:ui' as ui;
 
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class Polyline {
   final StrokeCap strokeCap;
   final StrokeJoin strokeJoin;
   final bool useStrokeWidthInMeter;
+  final void Function(LatLng point)? onTap;
 
   LatLngBounds? _boundingBox;
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ class Polyline {
     this.strokeCap = StrokeCap.round,
     this.strokeJoin = StrokeJoin.round,
     this.useStrokeWidthInMeter = false,
+    this.onTap,
   });
 
   /// Used to batch draw calls to the canvas.
@@ -54,45 +57,78 @@ class Polyline {
       useStrokeWidthInMeter);
 }
 
+class _Hit {
+  final Polyline polyline;
+  final LatLng point;
+
+  const _Hit(this.polyline, this.point);
+}
+
+class _LastHit {
+  _Hit? hit;
+}
+
 @immutable
 class PolylineLayer extends StatelessWidget {
   final List<Polyline> polylines;
-  final bool polylineCulling;
+  final bool interactive;
 
   const PolylineLayer({
     super.key,
     required this.polylines,
-    this.polylineCulling = false,
+    //@Deprecated('Let's always cull')
+    bool polylineCulling = true,
+    this.interactive = false,
   });
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final map = MapCamera.of(context);
 
+    final lastHit = _LastHit();
+    final paint = CustomPaint(
+      painter: _PolylinePainter(
+        polylines
+            .where((p) => p.boundingBox.isOverlapping(map.visibleBounds))
+            .toList(),
+        map,
+        interactive ? lastHit : null,
+      ),
+      size: Size(map.size.x, map.size.y),
+      isComplex: true,
+    );
+
+    if (!interactive) {
+      return MobileLayerTransformer(child: paint);
+    }
+
     return MobileLayerTransformer(
-      child: CustomPaint(
-        painter: PolylinePainter(
-          polylineCulling
-              ? polylines
-                  .where((p) => p.boundingBox.isOverlapping(map.visibleBounds))
-                  .toList()
-              : polylines,
-          map,
-        ),
-        size: Size(map.size.x, map.size.y),
-        isComplex: true,
+      child: GestureDetector(
+        behavior: HitTestBehavior.deferToChild,
+        onTap: () {
+          final hit = lastHit.hit;
+          if (hit == null) return;
+
+          final onTap = hit.polyline.onTap;
+          if (onTap != null) {
+            onTap(hit.point);
+          }
+        },
+        child: paint,
       ),
     );
   }
 }
 
-class PolylinePainter extends CustomPainter {
+class _PolylinePainter extends CustomPainter {
   final List<Polyline> polylines;
 
   final MapCamera map;
   final LatLngBounds bounds;
+  final _LastHit? lastHit;
 
-  PolylinePainter(this.polylines, this.map) : bounds = map.visibleBounds;
+  _PolylinePainter(this.polylines, this.map, this.lastHit)
+      : bounds = map.visibleBounds;
 
   int get hash => _hash ??= Object.hashAll(polylines);
 
@@ -112,6 +148,56 @@ class PolylinePainter extends CustomPainter {
     );
   }
 
+  @override
+  bool? hitTest(Offset position) {
+    if (lastHit == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    final hit = map.pointToLatLng(math.Point(position.dx, position.dy));
+    final origin = map.project(map.center).toOffset() - map.size.toOffset() / 2;
+
+    final candidates = <Polyline>[];
+
+    outer:
+    for (final p in polylines) {
+      if (p.onTap == null) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (!p.boundingBox.contains(hit)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      final offsets = getOffsets(origin, p.points);
+      for (int i = 0; i < offsets.length - 1; i++) {
+        final o1 = offsets[i];
+        final o2 = offsets[i + 1];
+
+        final distance = math.sqrt(_distToSegmentSquared(
+          position.dx,
+          position.dy,
+          o1.dx,
+          o1.dy,
+          o2.dx,
+          o2.dy,
+        ));
+        if (distance < p.strokeWidth) {
+          candidates.add(p);
+          continue outer;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (candidates.isNotEmpty) {
+      lastHit!.hit = _Hit(candidates.last, hit);
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    lastHit!.hit = null;
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @override
   void paint(Canvas canvas, Size size) {
     final rect = Offset.zero & size;
@@ -291,9 +377,28 @@ class PolylinePainter extends CustomPainter {
   }
 
   @override
-  bool shouldRepaint(PolylinePainter oldDelegate) {
+  bool shouldRepaint(_PolylinePainter oldDelegate) {
     return oldDelegate.bounds != bounds ||
         oldDelegate.polylines.length != polylines.length ||
         oldDelegate.hash != hash;
   }
 }
+
+double _distanceSq(double x0, double y0, double x1, double y1) {
+  final dx = x0 - x1;
+  final dy = y0 - y1;
+  return dx * dx + dy * dy;
+}
+
+double _distToSegmentSquared(
+    double px, double py, double x0, double y0, double x1, double y1) {
+  final dx = x1 - x0;
+  final dy = y1 - y0;
+  final distanceSq = dx * dx + dy * dy;
+  if (distanceSq == 0) {
+    return _distanceSq(px, py, x0, y0);
+  }
+
+  final t = (((px - x0) * dx + (py - y0) * dy) / distanceSq).clamp(0, 1);
+  return _distanceSq(px, py, x0 + t * dx, y0 + t * dy);
+}