diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index 21c676a1eeb1..754d8395e451 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -839,6 +839,17 @@ _bpftool()
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;
+        gen)
+            case $command in
+                skeleton)
+                    _filedir
+		    ;;
+                *)
+                    [[ $prev == $object ]] && \
+                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'skeleton help' -- "$cur" ) )
+                    ;;
+            esac
+            ;;
         cgroup)
             case $command in
                 show|list|tree)