diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
index 46f5d7fa50a..38458a574d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postBuild = "(cd build/pause && gcc pause.c -o pause)";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/bin" "$man/share/man" "$pause/bin"
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin" "$out/share/bash-completion/completions" "$man/share/man" "$pause/bin"
 
     cp _output/local/go/bin/* "$out/bin/"
     cp build/pause/pause "$pause/bin/pause"
     cp -R docs/man/man1 "$man/share/man"
+
+    $out/bin/kubectl completion bash > $out/share/bash-completion/completions/kubectl
   '';
 
   preFixup = ''