diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31c30f4..8070ce2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.9.7 - Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
+	- Support for marking packets, uses new config file and
+	  IPv4_MARK file option
+
 0.9.6 - Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
 	- Minor changes to procedures in planning of 1.0
 
diff --git a/bin/firewall-sosdg b/bin/firewall-sosdg
index 9e8499c..ab77d07 100755
--- a/bin/firewall-sosdg
+++ b/bin/firewall-sosdg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-FW_VERSION="0.9.6"
+FW_VERSION="0.9.7"
 
 # These option is here to help pre-1.0 users easily upgrade, defines critical defaults
 # that would otherwise require remaking their options file.  I leave this on by default,
@@ -354,6 +354,38 @@ if [ $LANDHCPSERVER ]; then
 
 fi
 
+if [ -s "$BASEDIR/include/ipv4_custom_mark" ]; then
+	display_c YELLOW "Loading custom mark rules..."
+	. "$BASEDIR/include/ipv4_custom_mark"
+fi
+
+if [ -r "$IPv4_MARK" ]; then
+	display_c YELLOW "Adding mark: "
+	for i in `grep -v "\#" $IPv4_MARK`; do
+		MARK=( ${i//:/ } )
+		INIF=${MARK[0]}
+		INIP=${MARK[1]}
+		DSTIP=${MARK[2]}
+		IPMARK=${MARK[3]}
+
+		case $INIP in
+			!*) INNEG="!"
+				INIP=${INIP#\!};;
+		esac
+		case $DSTIP in
+			!*) DSTNEG="!"
+				DSTIP=${DSTIP#\!};;
+		esac
+
+		$IPTABLES -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i ${INIF} ${INNEG} -s ${INIP} \
+   		     ${DSTNEG} -d ${DSTIP} -j MARK --set-mark=${IPMARK}
+		display_c DEFAULT "\t${GREEN}${INNEG}${INIF}:${PURPLE}${INIP}${AQUA}->${BLUE}${DSTNEG}${DSTIP}:${RED}${IPMARK}"
+		unset INNEG DSTNET
+	done
+echo -ne "\n"
+fi
+
+
 
 if [ -s "$BASEDIR/include/ipv4_custom_nat" ]; then
 	display_c YELLOW "Loading custom nat rules..."
diff --git a/ipv4-marks b/ipv4-marks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f22b322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipv4-marks
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# IPv4 Packet Marking
+# Used to mark packets for specific routing (or other) purposes
+# incoming-interface:src-range:dst-range:mark-num
+# Use ! before IP/range to negate
+# eth0:192.168.0.0/24:192.168.1.0/24:5
+# ORDER MATTERS!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/options.default b/options.default
index 4fc3347..5470a10 100755
--- a/options.default
+++ b/options.default
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ DONTTRACK="127.0.0.1"
 # IP range(s) to forward
 ROUTING=$BASEDIR/ipv4-routing
 
+# Mark ipv4 packets for advanced purposes
+IPv4_MARK=$BASEDIR/ipv4-marks
 
 # Hacks to either block specific kinds of attacks or fix problems
 #