diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
index 57be625ee4..5340be1df0 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class ChatFilterPlugin extends Plugin
 			case PRIVATECHAT:
 			case MODPRIVATECHAT:
 			case FRIENDSCHAT:
-				if (shouldFilterPlayerMessage(name))
+				if (shouldFilterPlayerMessage(Text.removeTags(name)))
 				{
 					message = censorMessage(name, message);
 					blockMessage = message == null;
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
index 547e468c87..f12ae93e4a 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
@@ -406,4 +407,18 @@ public class ChatFilterPluginTest
 		assertEquals(1, client.getIntStack()[client.getIntStackSize() - 3]);
 		assertEquals("<col=000000>testMessage</col> (4)", client.getStringStack()[client.getStringStackSize() - 1]);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testChatIcons()
+	{
+		when(chatFilterConfig.filteredWords()).thenReturn("test");
+		// if this test is broken, this stubbing is required to trip the assert
+		lenient().when(chatFilterConfig.filterType()).thenReturn(ChatFilterType.REMOVE_MESSAGE);
+		when(friendChatManager.isMember("Lazark")).thenReturn(true);
+
+		chatFilterPlugin.updateFilteredPatterns();
+		ScriptCallbackEvent event = createCallbackEvent("<img=22>Lazark", "test", ChatMessageType.PUBLICCHAT);
+		chatFilterPlugin.onScriptCallbackEvent(event);
+		assertEquals(1, client.getIntStack()[client.getIntStackSize() - 3]); // not filtered
+	}
 }
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