diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 56a0b403..fab16b99 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 1.190 2002/03/08 19:46:15 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.191 2002/03/08 19:50:24 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -2453,9 +2453,14 @@ if [ ${#list[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
     eval complete -F _filedir_xspec -o filenames ${list[@]}
 fi
 unset list[@]
-    
+
+# source completion directory definitions
+for i in /etc/bash_completion.d/*; do
+    [ -r $i ] && . $i
+done
+ 
 # source user completion file
 [ $BASH_COMPLETION != ~/.bash_completion -a -r ~/.bash_completion ] \
 	&& . ~/.bash_completion
 unset -f have
-unset OS RELEASE have
+unset OS RELEASE have i