diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/kd/kdlfmt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/kd/kdlfmt/package.nix
index df18e865f1a5..dc60d8f7c842 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/kd/kdlfmt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/kd/kdlfmt/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  stdenv,
+  installShellFiles,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -18,6 +20,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
   cargoHash = "sha256-xoOnFJqDucg3fUDx5XbXsZT4rSjZhzt5rNbH+DZ1kGA=";
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+    installShellCompletion --cmd kdlfmt \
+      --bash <($out/bin/kdlfmt completions bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/kdlfmt completions fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/kdlfmt completions zsh)
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Formatter for kdl documents";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hougesen/kdlfmt";