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);
+                    			}
 				}
 			}
 		}