diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index db9512c5..a9550113 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 #   <![CDATA[
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.71 2002/01/24 21:20:31 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.72 2002/01/29 18:31:22 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -804,17 +804,20 @@ _rpm()
 			# complete on .spec files
 			file_glob spec
 		else
+			_expand || return 0
 			# complete on .tar files
 			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -G $cur\*.+(tgz|tar.+(gz|bz2)) ) )
 		fi
 		return 0
 		;;
 	--re@(build|compile))
+		_expand || return 0
 		# complete on source RPMs
 		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -G $cur\*.src.rpm ) )
 		return 0
 		;;
 	--tarbuild)
+		_expand || return 0
 		# complete on tarred sources
 		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -G $cur\*.+(tgz|tar.+(gz|bz2)) ) )
 		return 0