diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArguments.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArguments.kt
index 2febc6aa1..f7930795f 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArguments.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArguments.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Severity
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ThresholdRule
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.RequiresTypeResolution
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtCallExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtLambdaArgument
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.callUtil.getParameterForArgument
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.callUtil.getResolvedCall
@@ -53,11 +54,13 @@ class NamedArguments(
         }
     }
 
+    @Suppress("ReturnCount")
     private fun KtCallExpression.canNameArguments(): Boolean {
+        val unnamedArguments = valueArguments.filterNot { it.isNamed() || it is KtLambdaArgument }
+        if (unnamedArguments.isEmpty()) return false
         val resolvedCall = getResolvedCall(bindingContext) ?: return false
         if (!resolvedCall.candidateDescriptor.hasStableParameterNames()) return false
-        val unnamedArguments = valueArguments.filter { !it.isNamed() }
-        return unnamedArguments.isNotEmpty() && unnamedArguments.all {
+        return unnamedArguments.all {
             resolvedCall.getParameterForArgument(it)?.varargElementType == null || it.getSpreadElement() != null
         }
     }
diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArgumentsSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArgumentsSpec.kt
index 92dbec9da..632a645ca 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArgumentsSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NamedArgumentsSpec.kt
@@ -150,5 +150,43 @@ class NamedArgumentsSpec : Spek({
             val findings = namedArguments.compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
             assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
         }
+
+        context("lambda argument") {
+            it("inner lambda argument") {
+                val code = """
+                fun foo(a: Int, b: Int, c: Int, block: ((Int) -> Int)) {}
+                
+                fun test() {
+                    foo(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, { it })
+                }
+            """
+                val findings = namedArguments.compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
+                assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+            }
+
+            it("outer lambda argument") {
+                val code = """
+                fun foo(a: Int, b: Int, c: Int, block: ((Int) -> Int)) {}
+                
+                fun test() {
+                    foo(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3) { it }
+                }
+            """
+                val findings = namedArguments.compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
+                assertThat(findings).hasSize(0)
+            }
+
+            it("unnamed argument and outer argument") {
+                val code = """
+                fun foo(a: Int, b: Int, c: Int, block: ((Int) -> Int)) {}
+                
+                fun test() {
+                    foo(a = 1, b = 2, 3) { it }
+                }
+            """
+                val findings = namedArguments.compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
+                assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+            }
+        }
     }
 })