diff --git a/plugins/globalias/globalias.plugin.zsh b/plugins/globalias/globalias.plugin.zsh
index f8c07ce43..d4d40c863 100644
--- a/plugins/globalias/globalias.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/globalias/globalias.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 globalias() {
-   if [[ $GLOBALIAS_FILTER_VALUES[(Ie)$LBUFFER] -eq 0 ]]; then
+   # Get last word to the left of the cursor
+   local word=${${(A)=LBUFFER}[-1]}
+   if [[ $GLOBALIAS_FILTER_VALUES[(Ie)$word] -eq 0 ]]; then
       zle _expand_alias
       zle expand-word
    fi