diff --git a/contrib/debian/bitcoind.bash-completion b/contrib/debian/bitcoind.bash-completion
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f84707b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/debian/bitcoind.bash-completion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+contrib/bitcoind.bash-completion	bitcoind
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index 745fd71ea..de067d8fc 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
 Uploaders: Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper,
  devscripts,
+ bash-completion,
  libboost-system-dev (>> 1.35) | libboost-system1.35-dev,
  libdb4.8++-dev,
  libssl-dev,
diff --git a/contrib/debian/rules b/contrib/debian/rules
index 49c7766d1..98bb2bba1 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEB_INSTALL_EXAMPLES_bitcoind += debian/examples/*
 DEB_INSTALL_MANPAGES_bitcoind += debian/manpages/*
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh --with bash-completion $@
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	cd src; $(MAKE) -f makefile.unix bitcoind