diff --git a/plugins/telegram/alerta_telegram.py b/plugins/telegram/alerta_telegram.py
index c708a7b9..de815069 100644
--- a/plugins/telegram/alerta_telegram.py
+++ b/plugins/telegram/alerta_telegram.py
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ def post_receive(self, alert):
             if alert.severity in TELEGRAM_DISABLE_NOTIFICATION_SEVERITY:
                 return
 
+        if alert.severity in ['ok', 'normal', 'cleared', app.config.get('DEFAULT_NORMAL_SEVERITY')] and alert.previous_severity in TELEGRAM_DISABLE_NOTIFICATION_SEVERITY:
+            LOG.debug("Alert severity is %s but previous_severity was %s (included in DEFAULT_NORMAL_SEVERITY list), thus it will not be forwarded to Telegram." % (alert.severity, alert.previous_severity))
+            return
+
         LOG.debug('Telegram: post_receive sendMessage disable_notification=%s', str(disable_notification))
 
         chat_ids = TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID.split(",")