diff --git a/lib/livebook/notebook.ex b/lib/livebook/notebook.ex
index 6d5f3e037..f41785455 100644
--- a/lib/livebook/notebook.ex
+++ b/lib/livebook/notebook.ex
@@ -653,10 +653,10 @@ defmodule Livebook.Notebook do
   defp add_output([], {idx, {:stdout, text}}),
     do: [{idx, {:stdout, normalize_stdout(text)}}]
 
-  defp add_output([], output), do: [output]
-
   defp add_output(outputs, {_idx, :ignored}), do: outputs
 
+  defp add_output([], output), do: [output]
+
   # Session clients prune stdout content and handle subsequent
   # ones by directly appending page content to the previous one
   defp add_output([{_idx1, {:stdout, :__pruned__}} | _] = outputs, {_idx2, {:stdout, _text}}) do
diff --git a/test/livebook/notebook_test.exs b/test/livebook/notebook_test.exs
index 4bc7cb0a3..06b6c48f5 100644
--- a/test/livebook/notebook_test.exs
+++ b/test/livebook/notebook_test.exs
@@ -402,6 +402,28 @@ defmodule Livebook.NotebookTest do
                  {:frame, [{:text, "hola"}], %{ref: "1", type: :replace}}
                )
     end
+
+    test "skips ignored output" do
+      notebook = %{
+        Notebook.new()
+        | sections: [
+            %{
+              Section.new()
+              | id: "s1",
+                cells: [%{Cell.new(:code) | id: "c1", outputs: []}]
+            }
+          ],
+          output_counter: 1
+      }
+
+      assert %{
+               sections: [
+                 %{
+                   cells: [%{outputs: []}]
+                 }
+               ]
+             } = Notebook.add_cell_output(notebook, "c1", :ignored)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "find_frame_outputs/2" do