diff --git a/etc/completion/bash/guix b/etc/completion/bash/guix
index 6a5f281c4f..6b84193dbe 100644
--- a/etc/completion/bash/guix
+++ b/etc/completion/bash/guix
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ _guix_complete ()
 		else
 		    _guix_complete_available_package "$word_at_point"
 		fi
+	    elif _guix_is_command "download"
+	    then
+		 _guix_complete_file
 	    elif _guix_is_command "system"
 	    then
 		case $COMP_CWORD in