diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/ui2/messages.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/ui2/messages.lua
index fb4b6a766b..29805b817b 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/ui2/messages.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/ui2/messages.lua
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ function M.show_msg(tar, content, replace_last, append, id)
       for _, chunk in ipairs(content) do
         msg = msg .. chunk[2]
       end
-      dupe = (not extid and msg == M.prev_msg and ui.cmd.srow == 0 and M.dupe + 1 or 0)
+      dupe = (
+        not extid and not append and msg == M.prev_msg and ui.cmd.srow == 0 and M.dupe + 1 or 0
+      )
     end
 
     cr = next(M[tar].ids) ~= nil and msg:sub(1, 1) == '\r'
diff --git a/src/nvim/message.c b/src/nvim/message.c
index 47fe520734..56fac98bff 100644
--- a/src/nvim/message.c
+++ b/src/nvim/message.c
@@ -2739,7 +2739,7 @@ static void store_sb_text(const char **sb_str, const char *s, int hl_id, int *sb
 void may_clear_sb_text(void)
 {
   do_clear_sb_text = SB_CLEAR_ALL;
-  do_clear_hist_temp = true;
+  do_clear_hist_temp = !msg_ext_append;
 }
 
 /// Starting to edit the command line: do not clear messages now.
diff --git a/test/functional/ui/messages2_spec.lua b/test/functional/ui/messages2_spec.lua
index 9648741f12..96eb1dbd27 100644
--- a/test/functional/ui/messages2_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ui/messages2_spec.lua
@@ -441,6 +441,37 @@ describe('messages2', function()
     ]])
   end)
 
+  it(':echon appends message', function()
+    command([[echo 1 | echon 2]])
+    screen:expect([[
+      ^                                                     |
+      {1:~                                                    }|*12
+      12                                                   |
+    ]])
+    feed('g<lt>')
+    screen:expect([[
+                                                           |
+      {1:~                                                    }|*10
+      {3:                                                     }|
+      ^12                                                   |
+                                                           |
+    ]])
+    feed([[q:echo 1 | echon 2 | echon 2 | echon 3<CR>]])
+    screen:expect([[
+      ^                                                     |
+      {1:~                                                    }|*12
+      1223                                                 |
+    ]])
+    feed('g<lt>')
+    screen:expect([[
+                                                           |
+      {1:~                                                    }|*10
+      {3:                                                     }|
+      ^1223                                                 |
+                                                           |
+    ]])
+  end)
+
   it('shows message from still running command', function()
     exec_lua(function()
       vim.schedule(function()