diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 16e4f4429f..8449b6bdcb 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ DATETIME = "${DATE}${TIME}"
 # its own in staging
 ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
     bash-native \
+    bash-completion-native \
     bzip2-native \
     chrpath-native \
     diffstat-native \