diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 75217289..273d6a79 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -4997,10 +4997,10 @@ _configure_func()
 	[[ "$cur" != -* ]] && return 0
 
 	if [ -n "$COMP_CONFIGURE_HINTS" ]; then
-		COMPREPLY=( $( $1 --help | awk '/^  --[A-Za-z]/ { print $1; if ($2 ~ /--[A-Za-z]/) print $2 }' | sed -e 's/[[,].*//g' | grep ^$cur ) )
+		COMPREPLY=( $( $1 --help 2>&1 | awk '/^  --[A-Za-z]/ { print $1; if ($2 ~ /--[A-Za-z]/) print $2 }' | sed -e 's/[[,].*//g' | grep ^$cur ) )
 
 	else
-		COMPREPLY=( $( $1 --help | awk '/^  --[A-Za-z]/ { print $1; if ($2 ~ /--[A-Za-z]/) print $2 }' | sed -e 's/[[,=].*//g' | grep ^$cur ) )
+		COMPREPLY=( $( $1 --help 2>&1 | awk '/^  --[A-Za-z]/ { print $1; if ($2 ~ /--[A-Za-z]/) print $2 }' | sed -e 's/[[,=].*//g' | grep ^$cur ) )
 	fi
 }
 complete -F _configure_func $default configure
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 81510839..a7dec650 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ bash-completion (200811xx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - fixed typo in the long description
   * debian/install:
     - correctly install contrib/* under /etc/bash_completion.d/
+  * Consume error messages in configure completion (LP: #223882)
+    (Mika Fischer)
 
  -- David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:59:29 +0100