diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c6bae0..4c14ccf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ $ node example.js | pino-pretty
 * `useLevel`: the logger level `pino-http` is using to log out the response. default: `info`
 * `customLogLevel`: set to a `function (req, res, err) => { /* returns level name string */ }`. This function will be invoked to determine the level at which the log should be issued (`silent` will prevent logging). This option is mutually exclusive with the `useLevel` option. The first two arguments are the HTTP request and response. The third argument is an error object if an error has occurred in the request.
 * `autoLogging`: set to `false`, to disable the automatic "request completed" and "request errored" logging. Defaults to `true`. If set to an object, you can provide more options.
-* `autoLogging.ignore`: set to a `function (req) => { /* returns boolean */ }`. Useful for defining logic based on req properties (such as a user-agent header) to ignore successful requests.
+* `autoLogging.ignore`: set to a `function (req, res) => { /* returns boolean */ }`. Useful for defining logic based on req and res properties (such as a user-agent header or status code) to ignore requests.
 * `stream`: same as the second parameter
 * `customReceivedMessage`: set to a `function (req, res) => { /* returns message string */ }` This function will be invoked at each request received, setting "msg" property to returned string. If not set, nothing value will be used.
 * `customReceivedObject`: set to a `function (req, res, loggableObject) => { /* returns loggable object */ }` This function will be invoked at each request received, replacing the base loggable received object. When set, it is up to the reponsibility of the caller to merge with the `loggableObject` parameter. If not set, default value will be used.
diff --git a/logger.js b/logger.js
index 101e3b7..76e9d06 100644
--- a/logger.js
+++ b/logger.js
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ function pinoLogger (opts, stream) {
     let log = logger
     const responseTime = Date.now() - res[startTime]
     const req = res[reqObject]
+
+    if (autoLoggingIgnore !== null && autoLoggingIgnore(req, res)) {
+      return
+    }
+
     const level = getLogLevelFromCustomLogLevel(customLogLevel, useLevel, res, err, req)
 
     if (level === 'silent') {
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ function pinoLogger (opts, stream) {
   }
 
   function loggingMiddleware (logger, req, res, next) {
-    let shouldLogSuccess = true
+    const shouldLogSuccess = true
 
     req.id = req.id || genReqId(req, res)
 
@@ -179,11 +184,6 @@ function pinoLogger (opts, stream) {
     }
 
     if (autoLogging) {
-      if (autoLoggingIgnore !== null && shouldLogSuccess === true) {
-        const isIgnored = autoLoggingIgnore(req)
-        shouldLogSuccess = !isIgnored
-      }
-
       if (shouldLogSuccess) {
         const shouldLogReceived = receivedMessage !== undefined || onRequestReceivedObject !== undefined
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 2aeef4f..5c025a3 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -606,6 +606,31 @@ test('autoLogging set to true and path not ignored', (t, end) => {
   })
 })
 
+test('autoLogging.ignore receives request and response and can filter by status code', function (t, end) {
+  const dest = split(JSON.parse)
+  const logger = pinoHttp({
+    autoLogging: {
+      ignore: function (req, res) {
+        return res.statusCode === 200
+      }
+    }
+  }, dest)
+
+  setup(t, logger, function (err, server) {
+    assert.equal(err, undefined)
+
+    doGet(server, '/', function () {
+      doGet(server, ERROR_URL)
+    })
+  })
+
+  dest.on('data', function (line) {
+    assert.equal(line.req.url, ERROR_URL, 'Url should be the error one')
+    assert.equal(line.res.statusCode, 500, 'Status code should be 500')
+    end()
+  })
+})
+
 test('no auto logging with autoLogging set to true and ignoring a specific user-agent', function (t, end) {
   const dest = split(JSON.parse)
   const logger = pinoHttp({