diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d4a4a34..3497d439 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 * Wrong mouse binding triggered when doing two mouse selections in
   very quick (< 300ms) succession
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/883).
+* Bash completion giving an error when completing a list of short
+  options
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/completions/bash/foot b/completions/bash/foot
index f9d9d0fd..1fdab062 100644
--- a/completions/bash/foot
+++ b/completions/bash/foot
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ _foot()
         : # don't autocomplete for these flags
     else
         # complete commands from $PATH
-        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -c ${cur}) )
+        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -c -- ${cur}) )
     fi
 
     return 0
diff --git a/completions/bash/footclient b/completions/bash/footclient
index fea45945..9f752641 100644
--- a/completions/bash/footclient
+++ b/completions/bash/footclient
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ _footclient()
         : # don't autocomplete for these flags
     else
         # complete commands from $PATH
-        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -c ${cur}) )
+        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -c -- ${cur}) )
     fi
 
     return 0