diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 975c9434..9fd454c2 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 1.146 2002/02/26 21:48:32 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.147 2002/02/26 23:21:39 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1474,6 +1474,16 @@ _command()
 }
 complete -F _command -o filenames nohup exec nice eval strace sudo
 
+_root_command()
+{
+	local OLDPATH=$PATH
+
+	PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
+	_command
+	PATH=$OLDPATH
+}
+complete -F _command -o filenames sudo
+
 # Basic Perforce completion by Frank Cusack (frank@google.com)
 #
 have p4 &&