diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
index 53ad963e7..41de2f91d 100644
--- a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
+++ b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #
 # [1]: http://www.compbiome.com/2010/07/bash-per-directory-bash-history.html
 # [2]: http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash
-# [3]: https://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
+# [3]: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
 #
 ################################################################################
 #
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ function _per-directory-history-change-directory() {
 }
 
 function _per-directory-history-addhistory() {
-  print -Sr -- "${1%%$'\n'}"
-  fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
+  # respect hist_ignore_space
+  if [[ -o hist_ignore_space ]] && [[ "$1" == \ * ]]; then
+      true
+  else
+      print -Sr -- "${1%%$'\n'}"
+      fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
+  fi
 }