diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl b/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
index a35ac7f9a0..1b41603010 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _hostnamectl() {
         local i verb comps
         local cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
         local OPTS='-h --help --version --transient --static --pretty
-                    --no-ask-password -H --host --machine'
+                    --no-ask-password -H --host -M --machine'
 
         if [[ $cur = -* ]]; then
                 COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W '${OPTS[*]}' -- "$cur") )