diff --git a/bosh_cli/lib/cli/commands/shell_completion.rb b/bosh_cli/lib/cli/commands/shell_completion.rb
index 2dfd1c771f9..32e669b733e 100644
--- a/bosh_cli/lib/cli/commands/shell_completion.rb
+++ b/bosh_cli/lib/cli/commands/shell_completion.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def print_footer()
   return 0
 }
 
-complete -F _BoshShellCompletion bo bosh -o filenames
+complete -f -F _BoshShellCompletion bo bosh -o filenames
 EOF
     end
   end