diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index b4ac03d4..e0d5b638 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 1.745 2004/10/14 08:52:14 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.746 2004/10/14 08:54:55 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -6041,7 +6041,7 @@ complete -F _info $filenames info
 
 # dhclient(1) completion
 #
-_dhclient()
+have dhclient && _dhclient()
 {
 	local cur prev
 
@@ -6067,7 +6067,7 @@ _dhclient()
 		_interfaces
 	fi
 }
-complete -F _dhclient dhclient
+[ "${have:-}" ] && complete -F _dhclient dhclient
 
 # lvm(8) completion
 #