diff --git a/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/PlayerEventHandler.java b/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/PlayerEventHandler.java
index 04895c4..4ceacb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/PlayerEventHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/PlayerEventHandler.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityDamageEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerBucketEmptyEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerBucketFillEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerDropItemEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerEggThrowEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerFishEvent;
@@ -131,6 +132,44 @@ class PlayerEventHandler implements Listener
         bannedWordFinder = new WordFinder(instance.dataStore.loadBannedWords());
     }
 
+    //when a player uses a slash command...
+    @EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = true, priority = EventPriority.LOWEST)
+    synchronized void onPlayerCommandPreprocess(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event)
+    {
+        String message = event.getMessage();
+        String[] args = message.split(" ");
+        String command = args[0];
+
+        Player player = event.getPlayer();
+        PlayerData playerData = this.dataStore.getPlayerData(event.getPlayer().getUniqueId());
+
+        //if the slash command used is in the list of monitored commands, treat it like a chat message (see above)
+        boolean isMonitoredCommand = false;
+        for (String monitoredCommand : instance.config_claims_commandsRequiringAccessTrust)
+        {
+            if (command.equalsIgnoreCase(monitoredCommand))
+            {
+                isMonitoredCommand = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (isMonitoredCommand)
+        {
+            Claim claim = this.dataStore.getClaimAt(player.getLocation(), false, playerData.lastClaim);
+            if (claim != null)
+            {
+                playerData.lastClaim = claim;
+                Supplier<String> reason = claim.checkPermission(player, ClaimPermission.Access, event);
+                if (reason != null)
+                {
+                    GriefPrevention.sendMessage(player, TextMode.Err, reason.get());
+                    event.setCancelled(true);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     static int longestNameLength = 10;
 
     static void makeSocialLogEntry(String name, String message)