diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index d0f94f27..f77b3061 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 1.175 2002/03/02 01:56:21 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.176 2002/03/04 04:46:42 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -973,8 +973,12 @@ _rpm()
 		return 0
 		;;
 	--whatprovides)
+		if [[ "$cur" == */* ]]; then
+			_filedir
+		else
 		# complete on capabilities
-		COMPREPLY=( $( rpm -qa --queryformat '%{providename}\n' | grep ^$cur ) )
+			COMPREPLY=( $( rpm -qa --queryformat '%{providename}\n' | grep ^$cur ) )
+		fi
 		return 0
 		;;
 	--whatrequires)