diff --git a/contrib/man b/contrib/man
index 9f2e58ec..c1da66aa 100644
--- a/contrib/man
+++ b/contrib/man
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _man()
 {
     local cur i prev sect manpath manext mansect uname
 
-    manext="@([0-9lnp]|[0-9][px]|man|3pm)?(.@([gx]z|bz2|lzma))"
+    manext="@([0-9lnp]|[0-9][px]|man|3pm)?(.@([gx]z|bz2|lzma|Z))"
     mansect="@([0-9lnp]|[0-9][px]|3pm)"
 
     COMPREPLY=()
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ _man()
     # weed out directory path names and paths to man pages
     COMPREPLY=( ${COMPREPLY[@]##*/?(:)} )
     # strip suffix from man pages
-    COMPREPLY=( ${COMPREPLY[@]%.@([gx]z|bz2|lzma)} )
+    COMPREPLY=( ${COMPREPLY[@]%.@([gx]z|bz2|lzma|Z)} )
     COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '${COMPREPLY[@]%.*}' -- "${cur//\\\\/}" ) )
 
     if [[ "$prev" != $mansect ]]; then