diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2ef834a6..bd0d6b45 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ fail2ban (0.8.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
     - significant improvements in documentation (Closes: #400416)
     - roundcube auth filter (Closes: #699442)
     - enforces C locale for dates (Closes: #686341)
+    - provides bash_completion.d/fail2ban
   * debian/jail.conf:
     - added findtime and documentation on those basic options from jail.conf
       (Closes: #704568)
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 57649b53..8d7dd464 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ install: build
 	# just to please lintian since init file will
 	# take care about it anyways
 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/var/run/fail2ban
+	# Install bash completion
+	install -m 644 files/bash-completion $(DESTDIR)/etc/bash_completion.d/fail2ban
 
 #
 # Just to comply with policy 4.8