diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index fb94dd661cae31..fb730975761b32 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ std::string GetBashCompletion() {
          "    return 0\n"
          "  fi\n"
          "}\n"
-         "complete -F _node_complete node node_g";
+         "complete -o filenames -o nospace -o bashdefault "
+         "-F _node_complete node node_g";
   return out.str();
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-bash-completion.js b/test/parallel/test-bash-completion.js
index 4492c2f85c470f..c0b284153a7058 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-bash-completion.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-bash-completion.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const suffix = `' -- "\${cur_word}") )
     return 0
   fi
 }
-complete -F _node_complete node node_g`.replace(/\r/g, '');
+complete -o filenames -o nospace -o bashdefault -F _node_complete node node_g`
+  .replace(/\r/g, '');
 
 assert.ok(
   output.includes(prefix),