diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
index ff17673478..86ac09c7c2 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem.Settings
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.annotation.{ DoNotInherit, InternalApi }
 import akka.dispatch.RequiresMessageQueue
 import akka.event.Logging._
 import akka.util.ReentrantGuard
@@ -1403,7 +1404,9 @@ trait DiagnosticLoggingAdapter extends LoggingAdapter {
   def clearMDC(): Unit = mdc(emptyMDC)
 }
 
-final class LogMarker(val name: String)
+/** DO NOT INHERIT: Class is open only for use by akka-slf4j*/
+@DoNotInherit
+class LogMarker(val name: String)
 object LogMarker {
   /** The Marker is internally transferred via MDC using using this key */
   private[akka] final val MDCKey = "marker"
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
index 89da73f4f9..a9bb43201a 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ A more advanced (including most Akka added information) example pattern would be
 <pattern>%date{ISO8601} level=[%level] marker=[%marker] logger=[%logger] akkaSource=[%X{akkaSource}] sourceActorSystem=[%X{sourceActorSystem}] sourceThread=[%X{sourceThread}] mdc=[ticket-#%X{ticketNumber}: %X{ticketDesc}] - msg=[%msg]%n----%n</pattern>
 ```
 
+#### Using SLF4J's Markers
+
+It is also possible to use the `org.slf4j.Marker` with the `LoggingAdapter` when using slf4j.
+
+Since the akka-actor library avoids depending on any specific logging library, the support for this is included in `akka-slf4j`,
+which provides the `Slf4jLogMarker` type which can be passed in as first argument instead of the logging framework agnostic LogMarker 
+type from `akka-actor`. The most notable difference between the two is that slf4j's Markers can have child markers, so one can
+rely more information using them rather than just a single string.
+
+
 <a id="jul"></a>
 ## java.util.logging
 
diff --git a/akka-slf4j/src/main/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLogger.scala b/akka-slf4j/src/main/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLogger.scala
index 9bb62ca3f8..8573e54765 100644
--- a/akka-slf4j/src/main/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLogger.scala
+++ b/akka-slf4j/src/main/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLogger.scala
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ package akka.event.slf4j
 import org.slf4j.{ MDC, Marker, MarkerFactory, Logger ⇒ SLFLogger, LoggerFactory ⇒ SLFLoggerFactory }
 import akka.event.Logging._
 import akka.actor._
-import akka.event.DummyClassForStringSources
+import akka.event.{ LogMarker, _ }
 import akka.util.Helpers
-import akka.event.LoggingFilter
-import akka.event.EventStream
 import akka.dispatch.RequiresMessageQueue
-import akka.event.LoggerMessageQueueSemantics
 
 /**
  * Base trait for all classes that wants to be able use the SLF4J logging infrastructure.
@@ -111,8 +108,12 @@ class Slf4jLogger extends Actor with SLF4JLogging with RequiresMessageQueue[Logg
 
   private final def markerIfPresent(event: LogEvent): Marker =
     event match {
-      case m: LogEventWithMarker ⇒ MarkerFactory.getMarker(m.marker.name)
-      case _                     ⇒ null
+      case m: LogEventWithMarker ⇒
+        m.marker match {
+          case slf4jMarker: Slf4jLogMarker ⇒ slf4jMarker.marker
+          case marker                      ⇒ MarkerFactory.getMarker(marker.name)
+        }
+      case _ ⇒ null
     }
 
   /**
@@ -141,3 +142,14 @@ class Slf4jLoggingFilter(settings: ActorSystem.Settings, eventStream: EventStrea
   def isDebugEnabled(logClass: Class[_], logSource: String) =
     (eventStream.logLevel >= DebugLevel) && Logger(logClass, logSource).isDebugEnabled
 }
+
+/** Wraps [[org.slf4j.Marker]] */
+final class Slf4jLogMarker(val marker: org.slf4j.Marker) extends LogMarker(name = marker.getName)
+
+/** Factory for creating [[LogMarker]] that wraps [[org.slf4j.Marker]] */
+object Slf4jLogMarker {
+  def apply(marker: org.slf4j.Marker): Slf4jLogMarker = new Slf4jLogMarker(marker)
+
+  /** Java API */
+  def create(marker: org.slf4j.Marker): Slf4jLogMarker = apply(marker)
+}
diff --git a/akka-slf4j/src/test/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLoggerSpec.scala b/akka-slf4j/src/test/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLoggerSpec.scala
index 415dd8d781..2ec9435e12 100644
--- a/akka-slf4j/src/test/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLoggerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-slf4j/src/test/scala/akka/event/slf4j/Slf4jLoggerSpec.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ch.qos.logback.core.OutputStreamAppender
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach
+import org.slf4j.{ Marker, MarkerFactory }
 
 object Slf4jLoggerSpec {
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ object Slf4jLoggerSpec {
     """
 
   final case class StringWithMDC(s: String, mdc: Map[String, Any])
+  final case class StringWithSlf4jMarkerMDC(s: String, marker: Marker)
   final case class StringWithMarker(s: String, marker: LogMarker)
 
   final class LogProducer extends Actor with DiagnosticActorLogging {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ object Slf4jLoggerSpec {
         log.error(e, e.getMessage)
       case (s: String, x: Int, y: Int) ⇒
         log.info(s, x, y)
+      case StringWithSlf4jMarkerMDC(s, m) ⇒
+        markLog.info(Slf4jLogMarker(m), s)
       case StringWithMDC(s, mdc) ⇒
         log.mdc(mdc)
         log.info(s)
@@ -110,6 +114,17 @@ class Slf4jLoggerSpec extends AkkaSpec(Slf4jLoggerSpec.config) with BeforeAndAft
       s should include("msg=[security-wise interesting message]")
     }
 
+    "log info with slf4j marker" in {
+      val slf4jMarker = MarkerFactory.getMarker("SLF")
+      slf4jMarker.add(MarkerFactory.getMarker("ADDED")) // slf4j markers can have children
+      producer ! StringWithSlf4jMarkerMDC("security-wise interesting message", slf4jMarker)
+
+      awaitCond(outputString.contains("----"), 5 seconds)
+      val s = outputString
+      s should include("marker=[SLF [ ADDED ]]")
+      s should include("msg=[security-wise interesting message]")
+    }
+
     "put custom MDC values when specified" in {
       producer ! StringWithMDC("Message with custom MDC values", Map("ticketNumber" → 3671, "ticketDesc" → "Custom MDC Values"))