diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
index edbba20dc7..561afee296 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
@@ -654,6 +654,15 @@ void AvatarMixer::handleNodeIgnoreRequestPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>
 
         if (addToIgnore) {
             senderNode->addIgnoredNode(ignoredUUID);
+
+            if (ignoredNode) {
+                // send a reliable kill packet to remove the sending avatar for the ignored avatar
+                auto killPacket = NLPacket::create(PacketType::KillAvatar,
+                                                   NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID + sizeof(KillAvatarReason), true);
+                killPacket->write(senderNode->getUUID().toRfc4122());
+                killPacket->writePrimitive(KillAvatarReason::AvatarDisconnected);
+                nodeList->sendPacket(std::move(killPacket), *ignoredNode);
+            }
         } else {
             senderNode->removeIgnoredNode(ignoredUUID);
         }