diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/game.c b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
index 5451bde..cae667e 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/game.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
@@ -1693,6 +1693,8 @@ struct el *look_obj(int x, int y)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static xref_t get_nearest_xref(int i, int mx, int my);
+
 xref_t look_xref(int x, int y, struct el **elem)
 {
 	struct el *o;
@@ -1708,6 +1710,24 @@ xref_t look_xref(int x, int y, struct el **elem)
 		xref = txt_layout_xref(o->p.lay, x - o->x, y - o->y);
 	else if (type == elt_box)
 		xref = txt_box_xref(o->p.box, x - o->x, y - o->y);
+#ifdef ANDROID
+	if (!xref) {
+		int xc, yc, r;
+		xref = get_nearest_xref(o->id, x, y);
+		if (!xref)
+			return NULL;
+		r = fnt_height(txt_layout_font(xref_layout(xref))) * 2; /* radius is here */
+		if (!xref_position(xref, &xc, &yc)) {
+				if (o->type == elt_box && yc)
+					yc -= txt_box_off(el_box(o->id));
+				xc += o->x;
+				yc += o->y;
+				if (((x - xc)*(x - xc) + (y - yc)*(y - yc)) < (r * r))
+					return xref;
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	}
+#endif
 	return xref;
 }
 
@@ -2128,7 +2148,6 @@ static int select_ref(int prev, int last);
 static xref_t get_xref(int i, int last);
 static void xref_jump(xref_t xref, struct el* elem);
 
-static xref_t get_nearest_xref(int i, int mx, int my);
 
 static void select_frame(int prev)
 {
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/graphics.c b/src/sdl-instead/graphics.c
index e5bd193..0ce4afe 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/graphics.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/graphics.c
@@ -2176,6 +2176,12 @@ static void word_render(struct layout *layout, struct word *word, int x, int y)
 	gfx_draw(s, x, y);
 }
 
+fnt_t txt_layout_font(layout_t lay)
+{
+	struct layout *layout = lay;
+	return layout->fn;
+}
+
 static int vertical_align(struct word *w, int *hh)
 {
 	int h;
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/graphics.h b/src/sdl-instead/graphics.h
index 36bdeaf..0b0b002 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/graphics.h
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/graphics.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ extern void 	txt_layout_draw(layout_t lay, int x, int y);
 extern void	txt_layout_free(layout_t lay);
 extern xref_t 	txt_layout_xref(layout_t lay, int x, int y);
 extern void 	txt_layout_color(layout_t lay, color_t fg);
+extern fnt_t 	txt_layout_font(layout_t lay);
+
 extern void 	txt_layout_link_color(layout_t lay, color_t link);
 extern void 	txt_layout_active_color(layout_t lay, color_t link);
 extern void	txt_layout_link_style(layout_t lay, int style);