diff --git a/altair_saver/_utils.py b/altair_saver/_utils.py
index 68f5c16..be5bb37 100644
--- a/altair_saver/_utils.py
+++ b/altair_saver/_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
-from typing import IO, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Callable, IO, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 import altair as alt
 
@@ -168,31 +168,53 @@ def extract_format(fp: Union[IO, str]) -> str:
 
 
 def check_output_with_stderr(
-    cmd: Union[str, List[str]], shell: bool = False, input: Optional[bytes] = None
+    cmd: Union[str, List[str]],
+    shell: bool = False,
+    input: Optional[bytes] = None,
+    stderr_filter: Callable[[str], bool] = None,
 ) -> bytes:
     """Run a command in a subprocess, printing stderr to sys.stderr.
 
-    Arguments are passed directly to subprocess.run().
+    This function exists because normally, stderr from subprocess in the notebook
+    is printed to the terminal rather than to the notebook itself.
 
-    This is important because subprocess stderr in notebooks is printed to the
-    terminal rather than the notebook.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cmd, shell, input :
+        Arguments are passed directly to `subprocess.run()`.
+    stderr_filter : function(str)->bool (optional)
+        If provided, this function is used to filter stderr lines from display.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    result : bytes
+        The stdout from the command
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    subprocess.CalledProcessError : if the called process returns a non-zero exit code.
     """
     try:
         ps = subprocess.run(
             cmd,
             shell=shell,
+            input=input,
             check=True,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            input=input,
         )
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
-        if err.stderr:
-            sys.stderr.write(err.stderr.decode())
-            sys.stderr.flush()
+        stderr = err.stderr
         raise
     else:
-        if ps.stderr:
-            sys.stderr.write(ps.stderr.decode())
-            sys.stderr.flush()
+        stderr = ps.stderr
         return ps.stdout
+    finally:
+        s = stderr.decode()
+        if stderr_filter:
+            s = "\n".join(filter(stderr_filter, s.splitlines()))
+        if s:
+            if not s.endswith("\n"):
+                s += "\n"
+            sys.stderr.write(s)
+            sys.stderr.flush()
diff --git a/altair_saver/tests/test_utils.py b/altair_saver/tests/test_utils.py
index 497e62c..ae5840b 100644
--- a/altair_saver/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/altair_saver/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import pytest
-from _pytest.capture import SysCaptureBinary
+from _pytest.capture import SysCapture
 
 from altair_saver.types import JSONDict
 from altair_saver._utils import (
@@ -133,20 +133,27 @@ def test_infer_mode_from_spec(mode: str, spec: JSONDict) -> None:
     assert infer_mode_from_spec(spec) == mode
 
 
-def test_check_output_with_stderr(capsysbinary: SysCaptureBinary) -> None:
-    output = check_output_with_stderr(
-        r'>&2 echo "the error" && echo "the output"', shell=True
-    )
-    assert output == b"the output\n"
-    captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
-    assert captured.out == b""
-    assert captured.err == b"the error\n"
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cmd_error", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_filter", [True, False])
+def test_check_output_with_stderr(
+    capsys: SysCapture, use_filter: bool, cmd_error: bool
+) -> None:
+    cmd = r'>&2 echo "first error\nsecond error" && echo "the output"'
+    stderr_filter = None if not use_filter else lambda line: line.startswith("second")
 
+    if cmd_error:
+        cmd += r" && exit 1"
+        with pytest.raises(subprocess.CalledProcessError) as err:
+            check_output_with_stderr(cmd, shell=True, stderr_filter=stderr_filter)
+        assert err.value.stderr == b"first error\nsecond error\n"
+    else:
+        output = check_output_with_stderr(cmd, shell=True, stderr_filter=stderr_filter)
+        assert output == b"the output\n"
+
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert captured.out == ""
 
-def test_check_output_with_stderr_exit_1(capsysbinary: SysCaptureBinary) -> None:
-    with pytest.raises(subprocess.CalledProcessError) as err:
-        check_output_with_stderr(r'>&2 echo "the error" && exit 1', shell=True)
-    assert err.value.stderr == b"the error\n"
-    captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
-    assert captured.out == b""
-    assert captured.err == b"the error\n"
+    if use_filter:
+        assert captured.err == "second error\n"
+    else:
+        assert captured.err == "first error\nsecond error\n"