diff --git a/lib/appenders/clustered.js b/lib/appenders/clustered.js
index aae3a4c..b427ab6 100755
--- a/lib/appenders/clustered.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/clustered.js
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ function createAppender(config) {
 			if (config.actualAppenders) {
 				var size = config.actualAppenders.length;
 				for(var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-					config.actualAppenders[i](loggingEvent);
+			                if (!config.appenders[i].category || config.appenders[i].category === loggingEvent.categoryName) {
+						// Relying on the index is not a good practice but otherwise the change would have been bigger.
+						config.actualAppenders[i](loggingEvent);
+                    			}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/clusteredAppender-test.js b/test/clusteredAppender-test.js
index 91e0a0f..f36748c 100755
--- a/test/clusteredAppender-test.js
+++ b/test/clusteredAppender-test.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ vows.describe('log4js cluster appender').addBatch({
 			});
 		
 			var masterAppender = appenderModule.appender({
-				actualAppenders: [ fakeActualAppender ]
+				actualAppenders: [fakeActualAppender, fakeActualAppender, fakeActualAppender],
+                                appenders: [{}, {category: "test"}, {category: "wovs"}]
 			});
 
 			// Actual test - log message using masterAppender
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ vows.describe('log4js cluster appender').addBatch({
 		},
 		
 		"should log using actual appender": function(topic) {
+                        assert.equal(topic.loggingEvents.length, 2)
 			assert.equal(topic.loggingEvents[0].data[0], 'masterAppender test');
+                        assert.equal(topic.loggingEvents[1].data[0], 'masterAppender test');
 		},
 		
 	},