diff --git a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
index ebde281..d2d9a2e 100644
--- a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ function _auto_notify_message() {
 
 function _is_auto_notify_ignored() {
     local command="$1"
+    # split the command if its been piped one or more times
+    local command_list=("${(@s/|/)command}")
+    local target_command="${command_list[-1]}"
+    # Remove leading whitespace
+    target_command="$(echo "$target_command" | sed -e 's/^ *//')}"
+
     for ignore in $AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE; do
-        if [[ "$command" == "$ignore"* ]]; then
+        if [[ "$target_command" == "$ignore"* ]]; then
             print "yes"
             return
         fi
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
index d0c3891..bd99aff 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
+++ b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@
     done
 }
 
+@test 'auto-notify-send does not send notification for ignored piped commands' {
+    AUTO_COMMAND="echo hello world |  less -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="echo hello world |  less -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_START=11000
+    run _auto_notify_send
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$output" is_empty
+}
+
 @test 'auto-notify-send does not send notification for ignored commands with arguments' {
     for command in $AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE; do
         AUTO_COMMAND="somealias bar -r"