diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/common.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/common.nix
index 63b3a7de374e..e88ddfb3e37f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/common.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , runCommand
 , expect
 , curl
+, installShellFiles
 }: type: args: stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: args // {
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,16 @@
     export DOTNET_SKIP_WORKLOAD_INTEGRITY_CHECK=1 # Skip integrity check on first run, which fails due to read-only directory
   '' + args.setupHook or "");
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = (args.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # completions snippets taken from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/enable-tab-autocomplete
+    installShellCompletion --cmd dotnet \
+      --bash ${./completions/dotnet.bash} \
+      --zsh ${./completions/dotnet.zsh} \
+      --fish ${./completions/dotnet.fish}
+  '';
+
 } // lib.optionalAttrs (type == "sdk") {
   passthru = {
     tests = let
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.bash b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56c599e4358d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# bash parameter completion for the dotnet CLI
+
+function _dotnet_bash_complete()
+{
+  local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}" IFS=$'\n' # On Windows you may need to use use IFS=$'\r\n'
+  local candidates
+
+  read -d '' -ra candidates < <(dotnet complete --position "${COMP_POINT}" "${COMP_LINE}" 2>/dev/null)
+
+  read -d '' -ra COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${candidates[*]:-}" -- "$cur")
+}
+
+complete -f -F _dotnet_bash_complete dotnet
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.fish b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.fish
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d5e2b5cf106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.fish
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+complete -f -c dotnet -a "(dotnet complete (commandline -cp))"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.zsh b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d8569b9391b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/completions/dotnet.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# zsh parameter completion for the dotnet CLI
+
+_dotnet_zsh_complete()
+{
+  local completions=("$(dotnet complete "$words")")
+
+  # If the completion list is empty, just continue with filename selection
+  if [ -z "$completions" ]
+  then
+    _arguments '*::arguments: _normal'
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # This is not a variable assignment, don't remove spaces!
+  _values = "${(ps:\n:)completions}"
+}
+
+compdef _dotnet_zsh_complete dotnet