diff --git a/hgext/pager.py b/hgext/pager.py
--- a/hgext/pager.py
+++ b/hgext/pager.py
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ def uisetup(ui):
                     break
 
             if usepager:
+                # Slight hack: the attend list is supposed to override
+                # the ignore list for the pager extension, but the
+                # core code doesn't know about attend, so we have to
+                # lobotomize the ignore list so that the extension's
+                # behavior is preserved.
+                ui.setconfig('pager', 'ignore', '', 'pager')
                 ui.pager('extension-via-attend-' + cmd)
         return orig(ui, options, cmd, cmdfunc)
 
diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ class ui(object):
         """
         if (self._neverpager
             or self.pageractive
+            or command in self.configlist('pager', 'ignore')
             # TODO: if we want to allow HGPLAINEXCEPT=pager,
             # formatted() will need some adjustment.
             or not self.formatted()