diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index 2e15dcdcc..4faf63153 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -6315,7 +6315,7 @@ fn shell_prompt(cx: &mut Context, prompt: Cow<'static, str>, behavior: ShellBeha
         cx,
         prompt,
         Some('|'),
-        ui::completers::filename,
+        ui::completers::shell,
         move |cx, input: &str, event: PromptEvent| {
             if event != PromptEvent::Validate {
                 return;
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index e1c09a04d..916cad76a 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ impl CommandCompleter {
             var_args: completer,
         }
     }
+
+    const fn hybrid(completers: &'static [Completer], fallback: Completer) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            positional_args: completers,
+            var_args: fallback,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn quit(cx: &mut compositor::Context, _args: Args, event: PromptEvent) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs
index a76adbe21..753feaadc 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ pub mod completers {
     use super::Utf8PathBuf;
     use crate::ui::prompt::Completion;
     use helix_core::fuzzy::fuzzy_match;
+    use helix_core::shellwords::Shellwords;
     use helix_core::syntax::LanguageServerFeature;
     use helix_view::document::SCRATCH_BUFFER_NAME;
     use helix_view::theme;
@@ -677,4 +678,48 @@ pub mod completers {
             .map(|(name, _)| ((0..), name.into()))
             .collect()
     }
+
+    pub fn program(_editor: &Editor, input: &str) -> Vec<Completion> {
+        static PROGRAMS_IN_PATH: Lazy<Vec<String>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+            // Go through the entire PATH and read all files into a vec.
+            let mut vec = std::env::var("PATH")
+                .unwrap_or("".to_owned())
+                .split(":")
+                .flat_map(|s| {
+                    std::fs::read_dir(s)
+                        .map_or_else(|_| vec![], |res| res.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>())
+                })
+                .filter_map(|it| it.ok())
+                .map(|f| f.path())
+                .filter(|p| !p.is_dir())
+                .filter_map(|p| p.file_name().and_then(|s| s.to_str().map(|s| s.to_owned())))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            // Paths can share programs like /bin and /usr/bin sometimes contain the same.
+            vec.dedup();
+
+            vec
+        });
+
+        fuzzy_match(input, PROGRAMS_IN_PATH.iter(), false)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(name, _)| ((0..), name.clone().into()))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn shell(editor: &Editor, input: &str) -> Vec<Completion> {
+        let shellwords = Shellwords::from(input);
+        let words = shellwords.words();
+
+        if words.len() > 1 || shellwords.ends_with_whitespace() {
+            let offset = words[0].len() + 1;
+            // Theoretically one could now parse bash completion scripts, but filename should suffice for now.
+            let mut completions = filename(editor, &input[offset..]);
+            for completion in completions.iter_mut() {
+                completion.0.start += offset;
+            }
+            return completions;
+        }
+        program(editor, input)
+    }
 }