diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index c99233d9..7527b8b0 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05b
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.700 2004/03/31 17:45:32 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.701 2004/05/11 18:06:08 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ complete -A binding bind
 # type and which complete on commands
 complete -c command type which
 
+# builtin completes on builtins
+complete -b builtin
+
 # start of section containing completion functions called by other functions
 
 # This function checks whether we have a given programs on the system.