diff --git a/completion/bash/kitty.sh b/completion/bash/kitty.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47a8594fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/completion/bash/kitty.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+kitty_completions() {
+    local src
+    local limit
+    # Send all words up to the word the cursor is currently on
+    let limit=1+$COMP_CWORD
+    src=$(printf "%s\n" "${COMP_WORDS[@]: 0:$limit}" | kitty +complete bash)
+    if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+        eval ${src}
+    fi
+}
+
+complete -F kitty_completions kitty
diff --git a/kitty/complete.py b/kitty/complete.py
index 0301116fe..b38059dcb 100644
--- a/kitty/complete.py
+++ b/kitty/complete.py
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ def zsh_input_parser(data):
     return words, new_word
 
 
+@input_parser
+def bash_input_parser(data):
+    new_word = data.endswith('\n\n')
+    words = data.rstrip().splitlines()
+    return words, new_word
+
+
 @output_serializer
 def zsh_output_serializer(ans):
     lines = []
@@ -59,6 +66,16 @@ def zsh_output_serializer(ans):
     return '\n'.join(lines)
 
 
+@output_serializer
+def bash_output_serializer(ans):
+    lines = []
+    for matches in ans.match_groups.values():
+        for word in matches:
+            lines.append('COMPREPLY+=({})'.format(shlex.quote(word)))
+    # debug('\n'.join(lines))
+    return '\n'.join(lines)
+
+
 def completions_for_first_word(ans, prefix, entry_points, namespaced_entry_points):
     cmds = ['@' + c for c in cmap]
     ans.match_groups['Entry points'] = {