diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 9bde2780..9b25cb23 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ when 'debian'
   }
 end
 
+# The location of the OSC bash completion file
+default['openstack']['common']['bash_complete'] = '/etc/bash_completion.d/osc.bash_completion'
+
 # The name of the Chef role that installs the Keystone Service API
 default['openstack']['identity_service_chef_role'] = 'os-identity'
 
diff --git a/recipes/completions.rb b/recipes/completions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..861c2280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/completions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: openstack-common
+# Recipe:: completions
+#
+# Copyright 2019, x-ion GmbH
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+bash_complete = node['openstack']['common']['bash_complete']
+execute 'create OSC bash completions' do
+  command "openstack complete > #{bash_complete}"
+  creates bash_complete
+end
diff --git a/spec/completions_spec.rb b/spec/completions_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63867cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/completions_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'openstack-common::completions' do
+  describe 'ubuntu' do
+    let(:runner) { ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new(UBUNTU_OPTS) }
+    let(:node) { runner.node }
+    let(:chef_run) do
+      runner.converge(described_recipe)
+    end
+  end
+end