diff --git a/contrib/bash_completion.d/.gitignore b/contrib/bash_completion.d/.gitignore
index 0fd9cc63af2a..217893a6bd89 100644
--- a/contrib/bash_completion.d/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/bash_completion.d/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /zfs
+/zpool
diff --git a/contrib/bash_completion.d/Makefile.am b/contrib/bash_completion.d/Makefile.am
index 1ec05ed73d2d..d3e6c0e79071 100644
--- a/contrib/bash_completion.d/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/bash_completion.d/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-nodist_bashcompletion_DATA  = %D%/zfs
-SUBSTFILES                 += $(nodist_bashcompletion_DATA)
+nodist_bashcompletion_DATA  = %D%/zfs %D%/zpool
+COMPLETION_FILES            = %D%/zfs
+SUBSTFILES                 += $(COMPLETION_FILES)
 
-SHELLCHECKSCRIPTS   += $(nodist_bashcompletion_DATA)
-$(call SHELLCHECK_OPTS,$(nodist_bashcompletion_DATA)): SHELLCHECK_SHELL = bash
+SHELLCHECKSCRIPTS   += $(COMPLETION_FILES)
+$(call SHELLCHECK_OPTS,$(COMPLETION_FILES)): SHELLCHECK_SHELL = bash
+
+%D%/zpool: %D%/zfs
+	$(LN_S) zfs $@