diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-mark.el b/mu4e/mu4e-mark.el
index b630032b..4b17f340 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-mark.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-mark.el
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Value is one of the following symbols:
 	   (const ignore :tag "ignore marks without asking"))
   :group 'mu4e-headers)
 
+(defcustom mu4e-mark-execute-pre-hook nil
+  "Hook run just *before* a mark is applied to a message. The hook function
+is called with two arguments, the mark being executed and the message itself.")
+
 (defvar mu4e-headers-show-target t
   "Whether to show targets (such as '-> delete', '-> /archive')
 when marking message. Normally, this is useful information for the
@@ -404,7 +408,10 @@ If NO-CONFIRMATION is non-nil, don't ask user for confirmation."
               ;; note: whenever you do something with the message,
               ;; it looses its N (new) flag
               (if markdescr
-                  (funcall (plist-get (cdr markdescr) :action) docid msg target)
+                  (progn
+                    (run-hook-with-args
+                    'mu4e-mark-execute-pre-hook mark msg)
+                    (funcall (plist-get (cdr markdescr) :action) docid msg target))
                 (mu4e-error "Unrecognized mark %S" mark))))
           mu4e~mark-map))
        (mu4e-mark-unmark-all)
diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
index 00a6d868..a2e63c04 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
@@ -2114,6 +2114,10 @@ the marks (@key{x}).
 After you have marked some messages, you can execute them with @key{x}
 (@kbd{M-x mu4e-mark-execute-all}).
 
+A hook, @code{mu4e-mark-execute-pre-hook}, is available which is run
+right before execution of each mark. The hook is called with two
+arguments, the mark and the message itself.
+
 @node Leaving the headers buffer
 @section Leaving the headers buffer