diff --git a/json/classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayout.java b/json/classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayout.java
index f71ff29..2c86583 100755
--- a/json/classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayout.java
+++ b/json/classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayout.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.slf4j.Marker;
+
 /**
  * A JsonLayout builds its {@link #toJsonMap(ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent) jsonMap} from a
  * source {@link ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent ILoggingEvent} with the following keys/value pairs:
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ public class JsonLayout extends JsonLayoutBase<ILoggingEvent> {
     public static final String MESSAGE_ATTR_NAME = "raw-message";
     public static final String EXCEPTION_ATTR_NAME = "exception";
     public static final String CONTEXT_ATTR_NAME = "context";
+    public static final String MARKER_ATTR_NAME = "marker";
 
     protected boolean includeLevel;
     protected boolean includeThreadName;
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ public class JsonLayout extends JsonLayoutBase<ILoggingEvent> {
     protected boolean includeMessage;
     protected boolean includeException;
     protected boolean includeContextName;
+    protected boolean includeMarker;
 
     private ThrowableHandlingConverter throwableProxyConverter;
 
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ public JsonLayout() {
         this.includeException = true;
         this.includeContextName = true;
         this.throwableProxyConverter = new ThrowableProxyConverter();
+        this.includeMarker = true;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -147,6 +152,10 @@ public void stop() {
         this.throwableProxyConverter.stop();
     }
 
+    protected String getMarkerNameOrNull (Marker marker) {
+    	return marker != null ? marker.getName() : null;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     protected Map toJsonMap(ILoggingEvent event) {
 
@@ -154,6 +163,7 @@ protected Map toJsonMap(ILoggingEvent event) {
 
         addTimestamp(TIMESTAMP_ATTR_NAME, this.includeTimestamp, event.getTimeStamp(), map);
         add(LEVEL_ATTR_NAME, this.includeLevel, String.valueOf(event.getLevel()), map);
+        add(MARKER_ATTR_NAME, this.includeMarker, getMarkerNameOrNull(event.getMarker()), map);
         add(THREAD_ATTR_NAME, this.includeThreadName, event.getThreadName(), map);
         addMap(MDC_ATTR_NAME, this.includeMDC, event.getMDCPropertyMap(), map);
         add(LOGGER_ATTR_NAME, this.includeLoggerName, event.getLoggerName(), map);
@@ -261,4 +271,13 @@ public ThrowableHandlingConverter getThrowableProxyConverter() {
     public void setThrowableProxyConverter(ThrowableHandlingConverter throwableProxyConverter) {
         this.throwableProxyConverter = throwableProxyConverter;
     }
+
+	public boolean isIncludeMarker() {
+		return includeMarker;
+	}
+
+	public void setIncludeMarker(boolean includeMarker) {
+		this.includeMarker = includeMarker;
+	}
+    
 }
diff --git a/json/classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayoutTest.java b/json/classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayoutTest.java
index 1732b64..4cd7dc0 100644
--- a/json/classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayoutTest.java
+++ b/json/classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/contrib/json/classic/JsonLayoutTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import ch.qos.logback.core.joran.spi.JoranException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Marker;
+import org.slf4j.MarkerFactory;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -137,6 +139,51 @@ public void jsonLayout() throws Exception {
         assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.MESSAGE_ATTR_NAME, debugMessage)));
         assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.EXCEPTION_ATTR_NAME, exception.toString())));
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void jsonLayoutWithMarker() throws Exception {
+    	configure("src/test/input/json/jsonLayout.xml");
+        String loggerName = "ROOT";
+        String message = "Info message with Marker";
+        String debugMessage = "Debug message with Marker";
+        Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(Logger.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
+        Marker marker = MarkerFactory.getMarker("MYMARKER");
+        logger.info(marker, "Test");
+        ILoggingEvent event = new LoggingEvent("my.class.name", logger, Level.INFO, message, null, null);
+        ((LoggingEvent)event).setMarker(marker);
+        
+        JsonLayout jsonLayout = new JsonLayout();
+        jsonLayout.setContext(context);
+        String log = jsonLayout.doLayout(event);
+
+        assertTimestamp(log);
+        assertThat(log, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.LEVEL_ATTR_NAME, Level.INFO)));
+        assertThat(log, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.THREAD_ATTR_NAME, "main")));
+        assertThat(log, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.LOGGER_ATTR_NAME, loggerName)));
+        assertThat(log, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.FORMATTED_MESSAGE_ATTR_NAME, message)));
+        assertThat(log, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.MARKER_ATTR_NAME, marker.getName())));
+
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeContextName(true);
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeMDC(true);
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeLoggerName(true);
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeException(true);
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeMessage(true);
+        jsonLayout.setIncludeMarker(true);
+
+        RuntimeException exception = new RuntimeException("Exception");
+        ILoggingEvent eventWithException = new LoggingEvent("my.class.name", logger, Level.DEBUG, debugMessage, exception, null);
+        ((LoggingEvent)eventWithException).setMarker(marker);
+        String logWithException = jsonLayout.doLayout(eventWithException);
+
+        assertTimestamp(logWithException);
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.LEVEL_ATTR_NAME, Level.DEBUG)));
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.LOGGER_ATTR_NAME, loggerName)));
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.FORMATTED_MESSAGE_ATTR_NAME, debugMessage)));
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.MESSAGE_ATTR_NAME, debugMessage)));
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.EXCEPTION_ATTR_NAME, exception.toString())));
+        assertThat(logWithException, containsString(String.format("%s=%s", JsonLayout.MARKER_ATTR_NAME, marker.getName())));
+        
+    }
 
     private void assertTimestamp(String log) {
         int timestamp = log.indexOf(JsonLayout.TIMESTAMP_ATTR_NAME);