diff --git a/src/cli/cli.ts b/src/cli/cli.ts
index cd6d77d0..98aa7665 100755
--- a/src/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cli.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { PipeParser } from '../parsers/pipe.parser.js';
 import { DirectiveParser } from '../parsers/directive.parser.js';
 import { ServiceParser } from '../parsers/service.parser.js';
 import { MarkerParser } from '../parsers/marker.parser.js';
+import { FunctionParser } from '../parsers/function.parser.js';
 import { PostProcessorInterface } from '../post-processors/post-processor.interface.js';
 import { SortByKeyPostProcessor } from '../post-processors/sort-by-key.post-processor.js';
 import { KeyAsDefaultValuePostProcessor } from '../post-processors/key-as-default-value.post-processor.js';
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ export const cli: any = y // temporary any
 		describe: 'Remove obsolete strings after merge',
 		type: 'boolean'
 	})
+	.option('marker', {
+		alias: 'm',
+		describe: 'Name of a custom marker function for extracting strings',
+		type: 'string',
+		default: undefined
+	})
 	.option('key-as-default-value', {
 		alias: 'k',
 		describe: 'Use key as default value',
@@ -115,7 +122,12 @@ const extractTask = new ExtractTask(cli.input, cli.output, {
 });
 
 // Parsers
-const parsers: ParserInterface[] = [new PipeParser(), new DirectiveParser(), new ServiceParser(), new MarkerParser()];
+const parsers: ParserInterface[] = [new PipeParser(), new DirectiveParser(), new ServiceParser()];
+if (cli.marker) {
+	parsers.push(new FunctionParser(cli.marker))
+} else {
+	parsers.push(new MarkerParser())
+}
 extractTask.setParsers(parsers);
 
 // Post processors
diff --git a/src/parsers/function.parser.ts b/src/parsers/function.parser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a05ec4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parsers/function.parser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
+
+import { ParserInterface } from './parser.interface.js';
+import { TranslationCollection } from '../utils/translation.collection.js';
+import { getStringsFromExpression, findSimpleCallExpressions } from '../utils/ast-helpers.js';
+import pkg from 'typescript';
+const { isIdentifier } = pkg;
+
+export class FunctionParser implements ParserInterface {
+	constructor(private fnName: string) {}
+
+	public extract(source: string, filePath: string): TranslationCollection | null {
+		const sourceFile = tsquery.ast(source, filePath);
+
+		let collection: TranslationCollection = new TranslationCollection();
+
+		const callExpressions = findSimpleCallExpressions(sourceFile, this.fnName);
+		callExpressions.forEach((callExpression) => {
+			if (!isIdentifier(callExpression.expression)
+			    || callExpression.expression.escapedText != this.fnName) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			const [firstArg] = callExpression.arguments;
+			if (!firstArg) {
+				return;
+			}
+			const strings = getStringsFromExpression(firstArg);
+			collection = collection.addKeys(strings);
+		});
+		return collection;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/ast-helpers.ts b/src/utils/ast-helpers.ts
index ca298cc4..879019dd 100644
--- a/src/utils/ast-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ast-helpers.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ export function findFunctionCallExpressions(node: Node, fnName: string | string[
 	return tsquery<CallExpression>(node, query);
 }
 
+export function findSimpleCallExpressions(node: Node, fnName: string) {
+	if (Array.isArray(fnName)) {
+		fnName = fnName.join('|');
+	}
+	const query = `CallExpression:has(Identifier[name="${fnName}"])`;
+	return tsquery<CallExpression>(node, query);
+}
+
 export function findPropertyCallExpressions(node: Node, prop: string, fnName: string | string[]): CallExpression[] {
 	if (Array.isArray(fnName)) {
 		fnName = fnName.join('|');
diff --git a/tests/parsers/function.parser.spec.ts b/tests/parsers/function.parser.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42a59466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parsers/function.parser.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+import { FunctionParser } from '../../src/parsers/function.parser.js';
+
+describe('FunctionParser', () => {
+	const componentFilename: string = 'test.component.ts';
+
+	let parser: FunctionParser;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		parser = new FunctionParser('MK');
+	});
+
+	it('should extract strings using marker function', () => {
+		const contents = `
+			MK('Hello world');
+			MK(['I', 'am', 'extracted']);
+			otherFunction('But I am not');
+			MK(message || 'binary expression');
+			MK(message ? message : 'conditional operator');
+			MK('FOO.bar');
+		`;
+		const keys = parser.extract(contents, componentFilename).keys();
+		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['Hello world', 'I', 'am', 'extracted', 'binary expression', 'conditional operator', 'FOO.bar']);
+	});
+
+	it('should extract split strings', () => {
+		const contents = `
+			MK('Hello ' + 'world');
+			MK('This is a ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'long line.');
+			MK('Mix ' + \`of \` + 'different ' + \`types\`);
+		`;
+		const keys = parser.extract(contents, componentFilename).keys();
+		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['Hello world', 'This is a very very very very long line.', 'Mix of different types']);
+	});
+
+	it('should extract split strings while keeping html tags', () => {
+		const contents = `
+			MK('Hello ' + 'world');
+			MK('This <em>is</em> a ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'very ' + 'long line.');
+			MK('Mix ' + \`of \` + 'different ' + \`types\`);
+		`;
+		const keys = parser.extract(contents, componentFilename).keys();
+		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['Hello world', 'This <em>is</em> a very very very very long line.', 'Mix of different types']);
+	});
+
+	it('should extract the strings', () => {
+		const contents = `
+
+		export class AppModule {
+			constructor() {
+				MK('DYNAMIC_TRAD.val1');
+				MK('DYNAMIC_TRAD.val2');
+			}
+		}
+		`;
+		const keys = parser.extract(contents, componentFilename).keys();
+		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['DYNAMIC_TRAD.val1', 'DYNAMIC_TRAD.val2']);
+	});
+
+});