diff --git a/gmic.spec b/gmic.spec
index 7c56bae..d1c9f37 100644
--- a/gmic.spec
+++ b/gmic.spec
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ mv gmic-qt/COPYING COPYING-gmic-qt
 mv gmic-community/libcgmic/COPYING COPYING-libcgmic
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
+cp -f resources/gmic_bashcompletion.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/gmic
 
 iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 COPYING > COPYING.conv && mv -f COPYING.conv COPYING
 iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 COPYING-libcgmic > COPYING-libcgmic.conv && mv -f COPYING-libcgmic.conv COPYING-libcgmic
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ chmod -x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/gmic
 %changelog
 * Mon Jan 21 2019 josef radinger <cheese@nosuchhost.net> - 2.4.5-1
 - bump version
-- create %%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
+- create %%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d and copy the file
 
 * Tue Oct 16 2018 Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> - 2.4.0-1
 - Update to 2.4.0 release