diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/steampipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/steampipe/default.nix
index 0df0b3c4e31c..691351c89b08 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/steampipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/steampipe/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "steampipe";
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   # tests are failing for no obvious reasons
   doCheck = false;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    INSTALL_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+    installShellCompletion --cmd steampipe \
+      --bash <($out/bin/steampipe --install-dir $INSTALL_DIR completion bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/steampipe --install-dir $INSTALL_DIR completion fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/steampipe --install-dir $INSTALL_DIR completion zsh)
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://steampipe.io/";
     description = "select * from cloud;";