diff --git a/components/nifbullet/bullet_nif_loader.cpp b/components/nifbullet/bullet_nif_loader.cpp
index 071f03630..b70404635 100644
--- a/components/nifbullet/bullet_nif_loader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifbullet/bullet_nif_loader.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ void ManualBulletShapeLoader::handleNode(Nif::Node *node, int flags,
     // the flags we currently use, at least.
     flags |= node->flags;
 
+    // Marker objects: just skip the entire node
+    /// \todo don't do this in the editor
+    if (node->name.find("marker") != std::string::npos)
+        return;
+
     // Check for extra data
     Nif::Extra *e = node;
     while (!e->extra.empty())
diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
index 5a5a614ef..5127af966 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
@@ -940,6 +940,11 @@ public:
     {
         flags |= node->flags;
 
+        // Marker objects: just skip the entire node
+        /// \todo don't do this in the editor
+        if (node->name.find("marker") != std::string::npos)
+            return;
+
         Nif::ExtraPtr e = node->extra;
         while(!e.empty())
         {