diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 3fe35603..7bfe6b10 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 1.194 2002/03/11 18:38:17 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.195 2002/03/11 19:36:44 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 #   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# RELEASE: 20020306
+# RELEASE: 20020311
 
 [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && set -v || set +v
 
@@ -2566,7 +2566,8 @@ fi
 unset list[@]
 
 # source completion directory definitions
-if [ -r $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR -a -x $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR ]; then
+if [ -d $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR -a -r $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR -a \
+     -x $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR ]; then
 	for i in $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR/*; do
 		[ -r $i ] && . $i
 	done