diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 4d0dfa6e7b..1c65ef013e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ For the changes, see [PMD Designer Changelog](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designe
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
+*   java-errorprone
+    *   [#2250](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2250): \[java] InvalidLogMessageFormat flags logging calls using a slf4j-Marker
+
 ### API Changes
 
 ### External Contributions
 
+*   [#2251](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2251): \[java] FP for InvalidLogMessageFormat when using slf4j-Markers - [Kris Scheibe](https://github.com/kris-scheibe)
 *   [#2253](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2253): \[modelica] Remove duplicated dependencies - [Piotrek Żygieło](https://github.com/pzygielo)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/InvalidLogMessageFormatRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/InvalidLogMessageFormatRule.java
index 37d5236176..46101bdff2 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/InvalidLogMessageFormatRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/InvalidLogMessageFormatRule.java
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ public class InvalidLogMessageFormatRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
         final List<ASTExpression> argumentList = parentNode.getFirstChildOfType(ASTPrimarySuffix.class)
                 .getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTArgumentList.class).findChildrenOfType(ASTExpression.class);
 
+        // ignore the first argument if it is a known non-string value, e.g. a slf4j-Marker
+        if (argumentList.get(0).getType() != null && !argumentList.get(0).getType().equals(String.class)) {
+            argumentList.remove(0);
+        }
+
         // remove the message parameter
         final ASTExpression messageParam = argumentList.remove(0);
         final int expectedArguments = expectedArguments(messageParam);
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat.xml
index 5b44373acc..8f0db82778 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat.xml
@@ -780,6 +780,33 @@ public class InvalidLogMessageFormatTest {
         logger.warn("foo {}", "flibble", "moo", "blah", "blah"); // PMD flags this
         logger.warn("foo", "flibble", "moo", "blah", "blah"); // PMD doesn't flag this
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>ignore slf4j-Markers when detecting the number of arguments</description>
+        <expected-problems>2</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>11,17</expected-linenumbers>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Marker;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.BasicMarkerFactory;
+
+public class InvalidLogMessageFormatTest {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("MyLogger");
+    private static final Marker marker = BasicMarkerFactory.getMarker("MARKER");
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        logger.warn(marker, "foo {}", "flibble", "moo", "blah", "blah"); // wrong number of arguments
+        logger.warn(marker, "foo"); // correct: marker and no arguments
+        logger.warn(marker, "foo", new Exception()); // correct: marker and one exception parameter
+        logger.warn(marker, "foo {}", "bar"); // correct: marker and one argument
+
+        final var otherMarker = MarkerFactory.getMarker("OTHER_MARKER");
+        logger.warn(otherMarker, "foo"); // gets flagged as we can't statically determine the type of the "otherMarker" variable
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>