diff --git a/bash-completion/meson.build b/bash-completion/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..926bb065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-completion/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+bash_completions = [
+  'openrc',
+  'openrc-service-script',
+  'rc-service',
+  'rc-status',
+  'rc-update',
+  ]
+
+install_data(bash_completions,
+  install_dir : get_option('datadir') / 'bash-completion/completions')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 585ebb2d..3ac018ec 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ init_d_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
 dl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
 util_dep = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
 
+if get_option('bash-completions')
+  subdir('bash-completion')
+endif
 subdir('conf.d')
 subdir('etc')
 subdir('init.d')
@@ -169,6 +172,9 @@ subdir('sh')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('support')
 subdir('sysctl.d')
+if get_option('zsh-completions')
+  subdir('zsh-completion')
+endif
 
 meson.add_install_script('tools/meson_runlevels.sh',
   os,
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index cd922a21..e4e7c4df 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 option('audit', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
   description : 'enable libaudit support')
+option('bash-completions', type : 'boolean',
+  description : 'install bash completions')
 option('branding', type : 'string',
   description : 'Add branding to OpenRC')
 option('local_prefix', type : 'string', value : '/usr/local',
@@ -31,3 +33,5 @@ option('termcap', type : 'combo',
   choices :
     [ '', 'ncurses', 'termcap' ],
   description : 'the termcap library to use')
+option('zsh-completions', type : 'boolean',
+  description : 'install zsh completions')
diff --git a/zsh-completion/meson.build b/zsh-completion/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b55d326b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh-completion/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+zsh_completions = [
+  '_openrc',
+  '_rc-service',
+  '_rc-status',
+  '_rc-update',
+  ]
+
+install_data(zsh_completions,
+  install_dir : get_option('datadir') / 'zsh/site-functions')