diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
index cf60bd65ecd..fa4d9e2a268 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "kube3d";
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       -X github.com/rancher/k3d/v3/version.K3sVersion=v${k3sVersion}
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+  postInstall = ''
+   for shell in bash zsh; do
+     $out/bin/k3d completion $shell > k3d.$shell
+     installShellCompletion k3d.$shell
+   done
+  '';
+
   vendorSha256 = null;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {