diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/annotations/MarkerViewManager.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/annotations/MarkerViewManager.java
index 01fb5d8a7..f1794b808 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/annotations/MarkerViewManager.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/annotations/MarkerViewManager.java
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ public class MarkerViewManager {
 
                             markerViewMap.put(marker, adaptedView);
                             if (convertView == null) {
-                                mapView.addView(adaptedView);
+                                mapView.getMarkerViewContainer().addView(adaptedView);
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
index 68a2a47cf..b42e764c3 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import android.view.Surface;
 import android.view.TextureView;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
     private NativeMapView mNativeMapView;
     private boolean mHasSurface = false;
 
+    private ViewGroup mMarkerViewContainer;
     private CompassView mCompassView;
     private ImageView mLogoView;
     private ImageView mAttributionsView;
@@ -224,6 +226,8 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
         // Connectivity
         onConnectivityChanged(isConnected());
 
+        mMarkerViewContainer = (ViewGroup) view.findViewById(R.id.markerViewContainer);
+
         mMyLocationView = (MyLocationView) view.findViewById(R.id.userLocationView);
         mMyLocationView.setMapboxMap(mMapboxMap);
 
@@ -1132,6 +1136,13 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
         return new ArrayList<>(annotations);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the ViewGroup containing the marker views
+     */
+    public ViewGroup getMarkerViewContainer() {
+        return mMarkerViewContainer;
+    }
+
 
     int getTopOffsetPixelsForIcon(Icon icon) {
         if (mDestroyed) {
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/layout/mapview_internal.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/layout/mapview_internal.xml
index e944a5b4d..8787b0ba7 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/layout/mapview_internal.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/layout/mapview_internal.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent" />
 
+    <FrameLayout
+        android:id="@+id/markerViewContainer"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
+
     <com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.widgets.CompassView
         android:id="@+id/compassView"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"