diff --git a/contrib/bash/completion.bash b/contrib/bash/completion.bash
index d1b4167..2a68d51 100644
--- a/contrib/bash/completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/bash/completion.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+_btrbk_init_cmds()
+{
+  # set $cmds to an array of the commands so far
+  #
+  # for example, for this command:
+  #
+  #     btrbk -v list config
+  #
+  # then $cmds is:
+  #
+  #     cmds=(list config)
+  #
+  cmds=()
+
+  local i
+  for ((i = 1; i < cword; i++)); do
+    [[ ${words[i]} != -* ]] && cmds+=(${words[i]})
+  done
+}
+
 _btrbk()
 {
   local cur prev words cword split
@@ -30,9 +50,59 @@ _btrbk()
 
   $split && return
 
+  local cmds
+  _btrbk_init_cmds
+
+  case "${cmds[0]}" in
+    'archive')
+      # <source>
+      if [[ ! -v 'cmds[1]' ]]; then
+        _filedir -d
+        return
+      fi
+      # <target>
+      if [[ ! -v 'cmds[2]' ]]; then
+        _filedir -d
+        return
+      fi
+      # [--raw]
+      if [[ $cur == -* ]]; then
+        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '--raw' -- "$cur"))
+        return
+      fi
+      ;;
+    'list')
+      if [[ ! -v 'cmds[1]' ]]; then
+        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W 'backups snapshots latest config source volume target' -- "$cur"))
+        return
+      fi
+      ;;
+    'origin')
+      # <subvolume>
+      if [[ ! -v 'cmds[1]' ]]; then
+        _filedir -d
+        return
+      fi
+      ;;
+    'ls')
+      # <path>|<url>...
+      _filedir -d
+      return
+      ;;
+  esac
+
   if [[ $cur == -* ]]; then
-    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_parse_help "$1")' -- "$cur"))
-    [[ $COMPREPLY == *= ]] && compopt -o nospace
+    # only complete options before commands
+    if [[ ! -v 'cmds[0]' ]]; then
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_parse_help "$1")' -- "$cur"))
+      [[ $COMPREPLY == *= ]] && compopt -o nospace
+      return
+    fi
+  else
+    if [[ ! -v 'cmds[0]' ]]; then
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W 'run dryrun snapshot resume prune archive clean stats list usage origin diff ls' -- "$cur"))
+      return
+    fi
   fi
 } && complete -F _btrbk btrbk