diff --git a/data/bash-completion.in b/data/bash-completion.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34bd4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/bash-completion.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+_zathura() {
+  _init_completion || return
+
+  local EXTS=""
+  for PLUGIN in @PLUGINDIR@/lib*.so; do
+    case ${PLUGIN##*/} in
+      libpdf-poppler.so)
+        EXTS="$EXTS|pdf"
+        ;;
+      libpdf-mupdf.so)
+        EXTS="$EXTS|pdf|epub|oxps"
+        ;;
+      libps.so)
+        EXTS="$EXTS|ps|eps|epsi|epsf"
+        ;;
+      libdjvu.so)
+        EXTS="$EXTS|djvu|djv"
+        ;;
+      libcb.so)
+        EXTS="$EXTS|cb7|cbr|cbz|cbt|rar|zip|7z|tar"
+        ;;
+      esac
+  done
+
+  _filedir "${EXTS#|}"
+}
+complete -F _zathura zathura
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index a1d2cff..ec5fd86 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -44,3 +44,13 @@ if appstream_util.found()
     args: ['validate-relax', appdata.full_path()]
   )
 endif
+
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set('PLUGINDIR', join_paths(prefix, plugindir))
+bash_completion = configure_file(
+  input: 'bash-completion.in',
+  output: 'zathura',
+  configuration: conf_data
+)
+
+install_data(bash_completion, install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'bash-completion', 'completions'))