diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/glow/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/glow/default.nix
index cbd63c0ffcd0..fde2bebe5e4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/glow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/glow/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, installShellFiles
+, stdenv
 }:
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "glow";
@@ -19,6 +21,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X=main.Version=${version}" ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+    installShellCompletion --cmd glow \
+      --bash <($out/bin/glow completion bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/glow completion fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/glow completion zsh)
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!";
     homepage = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow";