diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index bbb5e0173c..f351e41ed4 100755
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ function kube::release::package_full_tarball() {
   cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/README.md" "${release_stage}/"
   cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/LICENSE" "${release_stage}/"
   cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/Vagrantfile" "${release_stage}/"
+  mkdir -p "${release_stage}/contrib/completions/bash"
+  cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl" "${release_stage}/contrib/completions/bash"
 
   kube::release::clean_cruft