diff --git a/contrib/bash_completion b/contrib/bash_completion
--- a/contrib/bash_completion
+++ b/contrib/bash_completion
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ shopt -s extglob
 {
     local files="$(_hg_cmd status -n$1 .)"
     local IFS=$'\n'
+    compopt -o filenames 2>/dev/null
     COMPREPLY=(${COMPREPLY[@]:-} $(compgen -W '$files' -- "$cur"))
 }