diff --git a/src/components/marker.ts b/src/components/marker.ts
index 95e9fcdca..a529e0c49 100644
--- a/src/components/marker.ts
+++ b/src/components/marker.ts
@@ -90,14 +90,26 @@ function Marker(props: MarkerProps) {
 
   const marker: MapboxMarker = useMemo(() => {
     let hasChildren = false;
+    let childElement = null;
+
     React.Children.forEach(props.children, el => {
       if (el) {
         hasChildren = true;
+
+        const element = el as JSX.Element;
+        const {children, ...other} = element.props;
+
+        childElement = document.createElement('div');
+
+        if (other['aria-label']) {
+          childElement.setAttribute('aria-label', other['aria-label']);
+        }
       }
     });
+
     const options = {
       ...props,
-      element: hasChildren ? document.createElement('div') : null
+      element: childElement
     };
 
     const mk = new mapLib.Marker(options).setLngLat([props.longitude, props.latitude]);