diff --git a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
index 3b21558..c44a9dd 100644
--- a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ export class DirectiveParser extends AbstractTemplateParser implements ParserInt
 		let collection: TranslationCollection = new TranslationCollection();
 
 		template = this._normalizeTemplateAttributes(template);
+
+		const selector = '[translate], [ng2-translate]';
 		$(template)
-			.find('[translate], [ng2-translate]')
-			.addBack()
+			.find(selector)
+			.addBack(selector)
 			.each((i: number, element: CheerioElement) => {
 				const $element = $(element);
 				const attr = $element.attr('translate') || $element.attr('ng2-translate');
diff --git a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
index 003088b..499f608 100644
--- a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
@@ -98,4 +98,10 @@ describe('DirectiveParser', () => {
 		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['KEY']);
 	});
 
+	it('should not extract translate pipe in html tag', () => {
+		const contents = `<p>{{ 'Audiobooks for personal development' | translate }}</p>`;
+		const collection = parser.extract(contents, templateFilename);
+		expect(collection.values).to.deep.equal({});
+	});
+
 });