diff --git a/src/generate/device.rs b/src/generate/device.rs
index de0a2b8a..75664a1f 100644
--- a/src/generate/device.rs
+++ b/src/generate/device.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use proc_macro2::{Ident, Span, TokenStream};
 use quote::{quote, ToTokens};
 
 use log::debug;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 
@@ -245,6 +246,24 @@ pub fn render(d: &Device, config: &Config, device_x: &mut String) -> Result<Toke
         exprs.extend(quote!(#id: #id { _marker: PhantomData },));
     }
 
+    debug!("Rendering markers");
+    let mut markers = TokenStream::new();
+    let unique_markers: HashSet<_> = config.mark_ranges.iter().map(|m| m.name.as_str()).collect();
+    for marker in unique_markers {
+        let marker = Ident::new(marker, Span::call_site());
+        markers.extend(quote! {
+            #[doc = "Marker trait"]
+            pub trait #marker {}
+        });
+    }
+
+    out.extend(quote! {
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        pub mod markers {
+            #markers
+        }
+    });
+
     let span = Span::call_site();
     let take = match config.target {
         Target::CortexM => Some(Ident::new("cortex_m", span)),
diff --git a/src/generate/register.rs b/src/generate/register.rs
index bd673040..49d1747d 100644
--- a/src/generate/register.rs
+++ b/src/generate/register.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use core::u64;
 use log::warn;
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, Punct, Spacing, Span, TokenStream};
 use quote::{quote, ToTokens};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use crate::util::{self, Config, ToSanitizedSnakeCase, ToSanitizedUpperCase, U32Ext};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn render(
     let mut mod_items = TokenStream::new();
     let mut r_impl_items = TokenStream::new();
     let mut w_impl_items = TokenStream::new();
+    let mut marker_impl_items = TokenStream::new();
     let mut methods = vec![];
 
     let can_read = access.can_read();
@@ -267,6 +269,22 @@ pub fn render(
         });
     }
 
+    let address = peripheral.base_address + register.address_offset as u64;
+    let markers: HashSet<_> = config
+        .mark_ranges
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|m| m.start <= address && address < m.end)
+        .map(|m| m.name.as_str())
+        .collect();
+    for marker in markers {
+        let name = Ident::new(marker, span);
+        marker_impl_items.extend(quote! {
+            impl crate::markers::#name for #name_uc_spec {}
+        });
+    }
+
+    mod_items.extend(marker_impl_items);
+
     out.extend(quote! {
         #[doc = #description]
         pub mod #name_sc #open
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b8447017..361738ad 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use clap::{App, Arg};
 
 use svd2rust::{
     generate, load_from,
-    util::{build_rs, Config, SourceType, Target},
+    util::{build_rs, parse_address, Config, MarkRange, SourceType, Target},
 };
 
 fn run() -> Result<()> {
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .possible_values(&["off", "error", "warn", "info", "debug", "trace"]),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("mark_range")
+                .long("mark_range")
+                .multiple(true)
+                .number_of_values(3)
+                .help("Mark registers in given range with a marker trait")
+                .long_help(
+"Mark registers in given range with a marker trait. For example to mark registers
+in the second 1MB block of RAM, use
+    --mark_range SecondMbMarker 0x100000 0x200000
+The ranges are given as half-open intervals.",
+                )
+                .value_names(&["trait", "range start", "range end"]),
+        )
         .version(concat!(
             env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
             include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/commit-info.txt"))
@@ -168,6 +182,18 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         source_type = SourceType::from_path(Path::new(file))
     }
 
+    let mut mark_range_iter = cfg.values("mark_range", Filter::Arg).into_iter().flatten();
+    let mut mark_ranges = Vec::new();
+    while let (Some(name), Some(start), Some(end)) = (
+        mark_range_iter.next(),
+        mark_range_iter.next(),
+        mark_range_iter.next(),
+    ) {
+        let start = parse_address(&start).context("Invalid range start")?;
+        let end = parse_address(&end).context("Invalid range end")?;
+        mark_ranges.push(MarkRange { name, start, end });
+    }
+
     let config = Config {
         target,
         nightly,
@@ -179,6 +205,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         strict,
         output_dir: path.clone(),
         source_type,
+        mark_ranges,
     };
 
     info!("Parsing device from SVD file");
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index a49f2ca0..a8e67f0e 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, num::ParseIntError};
 
 use crate::svd::{
     Access, Cluster, Field, Register, RegisterCluster, RegisterInfo, RegisterProperties,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub strict: bool,
     pub output_dir: PathBuf,
     pub source_type: SourceType,
+    pub mark_ranges: Vec<MarkRange>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -43,10 +44,19 @@ impl Default for Config {
             strict: false,
             output_dir: PathBuf::from("."),
             source_type: SourceType::default(),
+            mark_ranges: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+
+pub struct MarkRange {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub start: u64,
+    pub end: u64,
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Debug)]
@@ -435,3 +445,12 @@ impl FullName for RegisterInfo {
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub fn parse_address(addr: &str) -> Result<u64, ParseIntError> {
+    if let Some(addr) = addr.strip_prefix("0x") {
+        u64::from_str_radix(addr, 16)
+    } else {
+        #[allow(clippy::from_str_radix_10)] // Be explicit of the radix
+        u64::from_str_radix(addr, 10)
+    }
+}