diff --git a/src/python/turicreate/test/test_recommender.py b/src/python/turicreate/test/test_recommender.py
index 68ef000955..905b83c34e 100644
--- a/src/python/turicreate/test/test_recommender.py
+++ b/src/python/turicreate/test/test_recommender.py
@@ -1353,6 +1353,14 @@ def test_implicit(self):
             self._test_coreml_export(m4, ['135085','135038'])
         '''
 
+    def test_recommend_from_interactions(self):
+        data=tc.SFrame({'userId':[1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3],'movieId':[10,11,12,10,13,14,10,11,14]})
+        exclude_pairs=tc.SFrame({'movieId':[14]})
+        recommendations=tc.SFrame({'movieId':[10]})
+        model=tc.item_similarity_recommender.create(data,user_id='userId',item_id='movieId')
+        recommendations=model.recommend_from_interactions(observed_items=recommendations,exclude=exclude_pairs)
+        assert 14 not in recommendations['movieId']
+
     def test_compare_models(self):
         from turicreate.toolkits.recommender.util import compare_models
 
diff --git a/src/python/turicreate/toolkits/recommender/util.py b/src/python/turicreate/toolkits/recommender/util.py
index ed8469a258..6f4afa5d1f 100644
--- a/src/python/turicreate/toolkits/recommender/util.py
+++ b/src/python/turicreate/toolkits/recommender/util.py
@@ -1437,6 +1437,7 @@ def recommend_from_interactions(
         recommendations = self.recommend(
             users                = users,
             new_observation_data = observed_items,
+	    exclude		= exclude,
             k                    = k,
             items                = items,
             new_user_data        = new_user_data,