diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 2e5c9b6f..55bfb7e0 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05a
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.159 2002/02/27 10:34:17 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.160 2002/02/27 11:01:21 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ complete -F _command -o filenames nohup exec nice eval strace
 
 _root_command()
 {
-	PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin _command
+	PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin _command $1
 }
 complete -F _root_command -o filenames sudo