diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 747f1d81..db9512c5 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 #   <![CDATA[
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.70 2002/01/24 05:03:26 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.71 2002/01/24 21:20:31 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ _filedir_xspec()
 	_expand || return 0
 
 	# get first exclusion compspec that matches this command
-	xspec=$( sed -ne '/ '$1'/{p;q;}' /etc/bash_completion )
+	xspec=$( sed -ne '/ '${1##*/}'/{p;q;}' /etc/bash_completion )
 	# prune to leave nothing but the -X spec
 	xspec=${xspec#*-X }
 	xspec=${xspec%% *}