diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b955a5d..2312678 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ NOTE: This configuration option currently only works for Linux.
 
 ::
 
+    # Enable notifications on remote machine but do not forward
+    export AUTO_NOTIFY_ENABLE_SSH=2
     # Enable notification forwarding to SSH client
     export AUTO_NOTIFY_ENABLE_SSH=1
     # Disable notification forwarding to SSH client
diff --git a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
index ce3c90d..cef0517 100644
--- a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function _auto_notify_message() {
         fi
 
         # Check if the script is running over SSH
-        if [[ -n "${SSH_CLIENT}" || -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]]; then
+        if [[ -n "${SSH_CLIENT}" || -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ]] && [[ "${AUTO_NOTIFY_ENABLE_SSH-1}" == "1" ]]; then
             # Extract the client IP address from environment
             local client_ip="${SSH_CLIENT%% *}"
             [[ -z "$client_ip" ]] && client_ip="${SSH_CONNECTION%% *}"