diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86a78b51..c4155d69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ Like help the function and template are over ridable through public methods.
 
     command.SetUsageTemplate(s string)
 
+## Generating bash completions for your command
+
+Cobra can generate a bash completions file. If you add more information to your command these completions can be amazingly powerful and flexible.  Read more about [Bash Completions](bash_completions.md)
 
 ## Debugging
 
diff --git a/bash_completions.go b/bash_completions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c564074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash_completions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+const (
+	BashCompFilenameExt     = "cobra_annotation_bash_completion_filename_extentions"
+	BashCompOneRequiredFlag = "cobra_annotation_bash_completion_one_required_flag"
+)
+
+func preamble(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, `#!/bin/bash
+
+
+__debug()
+{
+    if [[ -n ${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE} ]]; then
+        echo "$*" >> ${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE}
+    fi
+}
+
+__index_of_word()
+{
+    local w word=$1
+    shift
+    index=0
+    for w in "$@"; do
+        [[ $w = "$word" ]] && return
+        index=$((index+1))
+    done
+    index=-1
+}
+
+__contains_word()
+{
+    local w word=$1; shift
+    for w in "$@"; do
+        [[ $w = "$word" ]] && return
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+__handle_reply()
+{
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}"
+    case $cur in
+        -*)
+            compopt -o nospace
+            local allflags
+            if [ ${#must_have_one_flag[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+                allflags=("${must_have_one_flag[@]}")
+            else
+                allflags=("${flags[*]} ${two_word_flags[*]}")
+            fi
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${allflags[*]}" -- "$cur") )
+            [[ $COMPREPLY == *= ]] || compopt +o nospace
+            return 0;
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # check if we are handling a flag with special work handling
+    local index
+    __index_of_word "${prev}" "${flags_with_completion[@]}"
+    if [[ ${index} -ge 0 ]]; then
+        ${flags_completion[${index}]}
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # we are parsing a flag and don't have a special handler, no completion
+    if [[ ${cur} != "${words[cword]}" ]]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    local completions
+    if [[ ${#must_have_one_flag[@]} -ne 0 ]]; then
+        completions=("${must_have_one_flag[@]}")
+    elif [[ ${#must_have_one_noun[@]} -ne 0 ]]; then
+        completions=("${must_have_one_noun[@]}")
+    else
+        completions=("${commands[@]}")
+    fi
+    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${completions[*]}" -- "$cur") )
+
+    if [[ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+        declare -F __custom_func >/dev/null && __custom_func
+    fi
+}
+
+__handle_flag()
+{
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: c is $c words[c] is ${words[c]}"
+
+    # if a command required a flag, and we found it, unset must_have_one_flag()
+    local flagname=${words[c]}
+    # if the word contained an =
+    if [[ ${words[c]} == *"="* ]]; then
+        flagname=${flagname%%=*} # strip everything after the =
+        flagname="${flagname}=" # but put the = back
+    fi
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: looking for ${flagname}"
+    if __contains_word "${flagname}" "${must_have_one_flag[@]}"; then
+        must_have_one_flag=()
+    fi
+
+    # skip the argument to a two word flag
+    if __contains_word "${words[c]}" "${two_word_flags[@]}"; then
+        c=$((c+1))
+        # if we are looking for a flags value, don't show commands
+        if [[ $c -eq $cword ]]; then
+            commands=()
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # skip the flag itself
+    c=$((c+1))
+
+}
+
+__handle_noun()
+{
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: c is $c words[c] is ${words[c]}"
+
+    if __contains_word "${words[c]}" "${must_have_one_noun[@]}"; then
+        must_have_one_noun=()
+    fi
+
+    nouns+=("${words[c]}")
+    c=$((c+1))
+}
+
+__handle_command()
+{
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: c is $c words[c] is ${words[c]}"
+
+    local next_command
+    if [[ -n ${last_command} ]]; then
+        next_command="_${last_command}_${words[c]}"
+    else
+        next_command="_${words[c]}"
+    fi
+    c=$((c+1))
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: looking for ${next_command}"
+    declare -F $next_command >/dev/null && $next_command
+}
+
+__handle_word()
+{
+    if [[ $c -ge $cword ]]; then
+        __handle_reply
+	return
+    fi
+    __debug "${FUNCNAME}: c is $c words[c] is ${words[c]}"
+    if [[ "${words[c]}" == -* ]]; then
+	__handle_flag
+    elif __contains_word "${words[c]}" "${commands[@]}"; then
+        __handle_command
+    else
+        __handle_noun
+    fi
+    __handle_word
+}
+
+`)
+}
+
+func postscript(out *bytes.Buffer, name string) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "__start_%s()\n", name)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, `{
+    local cur prev words cword split
+    _init_completion -s || return
+
+    local completions_func
+    local c=0
+    local flags=()
+    local two_word_flags=()
+    local flags_with_completion=()
+    local flags_completion=()
+    local commands=("%s")
+    local must_have_one_flag=()
+    local must_have_one_noun=()
+    local last_command
+    local nouns=()
+
+    __handle_word
+}
+
+`, name)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "complete -F __start_%s %s\n", name, name)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "# ex: ts=4 sw=4 et filetype=sh\n")
+}
+
+func writeCommands(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "    commands=()\n")
+	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    commands+=(%q)\n", c.Name())
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "\n")
+}
+
+func writeFlagHandler(name string, annotations map[string][]string, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	for key, value := range annotations {
+		switch key {
+		case BashCompFilenameExt:
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    flags_with_completion+=(%q)\n", name)
+
+			ext := strings.Join(value, "|")
+			ext = "_filedir '@(" + ext + ")'"
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    flags_completion+=(%q)\n", ext)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func writeShortFlag(flag *pflag.Flag, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	b := (flag.Value.Type() == "bool")
+	name := flag.Shorthand
+	format := "    "
+	if !b {
+		format += "two_word_"
+	}
+	format += "flags+=(\"-%s\")\n"
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, format, name)
+	writeFlagHandler("-"+name, flag.Annotations, out)
+}
+
+func writeFlag(flag *pflag.Flag, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	b := (flag.Value.Type() == "bool")
+	name := flag.Name
+	format := "    flags+=(\"--%s"
+	if !b {
+		format += "="
+	}
+	format += "\")\n"
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, format, name)
+	writeFlagHandler("--"+name, flag.Annotations, out)
+}
+
+func writeFlags(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, `    flags=()
+    two_word_flags=()
+    flags_with_completion=()
+    flags_completion=()
+
+`)
+	cmd.NonInheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) {
+		writeFlag(flag, out)
+		if len(flag.Shorthand) > 0 {
+			writeShortFlag(flag, out)
+		}
+	})
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "\n")
+}
+
+func writeRequiredFlag(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_flag=()\n")
+	flags := cmd.NonInheritedFlags()
+	flags.VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) {
+		for key, _ := range flag.Annotations {
+			switch key {
+			case BashCompOneRequiredFlag:
+				format := "    must_have_one_flag+=(\"--%s"
+				b := (flag.Value.Type() == "bool")
+				if !b {
+					format += "="
+				}
+				format += "\")\n"
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, format, flag.Name)
+
+				if len(flag.Shorthand) > 0 {
+					fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_flag+=(\"-%s\")\n", flag.Shorthand)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func writeRequiredNoun(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_noun=()\n")
+	for _, value := range cmd.ValidArgs {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_noun+=(%q)\n", value)
+	}
+}
+
+func gen(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
+		gen(c, out)
+	}
+	commandName := cmd.CommandPath()
+	commandName = strings.Replace(commandName, " ", "_", -1)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "_%s()\n{\n", commandName)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "    last_command=%q\n", commandName)
+	writeCommands(cmd, out)
+	writeFlags(cmd, out)
+	writeRequiredFlag(cmd, out)
+	writeRequiredNoun(cmd, out)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "}\n\n")
+}
+
+func (cmd *Command) GenBashCompletion(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	preamble(out)
+	if len(cmd.BashCompletionFunction) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s\n", cmd.BashCompletionFunction)
+	}
+	gen(cmd, out)
+	postscript(out, cmd.Name())
+}
+
+func (cmd *Command) GenBashCompletionFile(filename string) error {
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	cmd.GenBashCompletion(out)
+
+	outFile, err := os.Create(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer outFile.Close()
+
+	_, err = outFile.Write(out.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (cmd *Command) MarkFlagRequired(name string) {
+	flag := cmd.Flags().Lookup(name)
+	if flag == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if flag.Annotations == nil {
+		flag.Annotations = make(map[string][]string)
+	}
+	annotation := make([]string, 1)
+	annotation[0] = "true"
+	flag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag] = annotation
+}
diff --git a/bash_completions.md b/bash_completions.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a5d56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash_completions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Generating Bash Completions For Your Own cobra.Command
+
+Generating bash completions from a cobra command is incredibly easy. An actual program which does so for the kubernetes kubectl binary is as follows:
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+        "io/ioutil"
+        "os"
+
+        "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
+)
+
+func main() {
+        kubectl := cmd.NewFactory(nil).NewKubectlCommand(os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
+        kubectl.GenBashCompletionFile("out.sh")
+}
+```
+
+That will get you completions of subcommands and flags. If you make additional annotations to your code, you can get even more intelligent and flexible behavior.
+
+## Creating your own custom functions
+
+Some more actual code that works in kubernetes:
+
+```bash
+const (
+        bash_completion_func = `__kubectl_parse_get()
+{
+    local kubectl_output out
+    if kubectl_output=$(kubectl get --no-headers "$1" 2>/dev/null); then
+        out=($(echo "${kubectl_output}" | awk '{print $1}'))
+        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "${out[*]}" -- "$cur" ) )
+    fi
+}
+
+__kubectl_get_resource()
+{
+    if [[ ${#nouns[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    __kubectl_parse_get ${nouns[${#nouns[@]} -1]}
+    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+__custom_func() {
+    case ${last_command} in
+        kubectl_get | kubectl_describe | kubectl_delete | kubectl_stop)
+            __kubectl_get_resource
+            return
+            ;;
+        *)
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+`)
+```
+
+And then I set that in my command definition:
+
+```go
+cmds := &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "kubectl",
+	Short: "kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager",
+	Long: `kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.
+
+Find more information at https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes.`,
+	Run: runHelp,
+	BashCompletionFunction: bash_completion_func,
+}
+```
+
+The `BashCompletionFunction` option is really only valid/useful on the root command. Doing the above will cause `__custom_func()` to be called when the built in processor was unable to find a solution. In the case of kubernetes a valid command might look something like `kubectl get pod [mypod]`. If you type `kubectl get pod [tab][tab]` the `__customc_func()` will run because the cobra.Command only understood "kubectl" and "get." `__custom_func()` will see that the cobra.Command is "kubectl_get" and will thus call another helper `__kubectl_get_resource()`.  `__kubectl_get_resource` will look at the 'nouns' collected. In our example the only noun will be `pod`.  So it will call `__kubectl_parse_get pod`.  `__kubectl_parse_get` will actually call out to kubernetes and get any pods.  It will then set `COMPREPLY` to valid pods!
+
+## Have the completions code complete your 'nouns'
+
+In the above example "pod" was assumed to already be typed. But if you want `kubectl get [tab][tab]` to show a list of valid "nouns" you have to set them. Simplified code from `kubectl get` looks like:
+
+```go
+validArgs []string = { "pods", "nodes", "services", "replicationControllers" }
+
+cmd := &cobra.Command{
+	Use:     "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|template|...] (RESOURCE [NAME] | RESOURCE/NAME ...)",
+	Short:   "Display one or many resources",
+	Long:    get_long,
+	Example: get_example,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		err := RunGet(f, out, cmd, args)
+		util.CheckErr(err)
+	},
+	ValidArgs: validArgs,
+}
+```
+
+Notice we put the "ValidArgs" on the "get" subcommand. Doing so will give results like
+
+```bash
+# kubectl get [tab][tab]
+nodes                 pods                    replicationControllers  services
+```
+
+## Mark flags as required
+
+Most of the time completions will only show subcommands. But if a flag is required to make a subcommand work, you probably want it to show up when the user types [tab][tab].  Marking a flag as 'Required' is incredibly easy.
+
+```go
+cmd.MarkFlagRequired("pod")
+cmd.MarkFlagRequired("container")
+```
+
+and you'll get something like
+
+```bash
+# kubectl exec [tab][tab][tab]
+-c            --container=  -p            --pod=  
+```
+
+# Specify valid filename extentions for flags that take a filename
+
+In this example we use --filename= and expect to get a json or yaml file as the argument. To make this easier we annotate the --filename flag with valid filename extensions.
+
+```go
+	annotations := make([]string, 3)
+	annotations[0] = "json"
+	annotations[1] = "yaml"
+	annotations[2] = "yml"
+
+	annotation := make(map[string][]string)
+	annotation[cobra.BashCompFilenameExt] = annotations
+
+	flag := &pflag.Flag{"filename", "f", usage, value, value.String(), false, annotation}
+	cmd.Flags().AddFlag(flag)
+```
+
+Now when you run a command with this filename flag you'll get something like
+
+```bash
+# kubectl create -f 
+test/                         example/                      rpmbuild/
+hello.yml                     test.json
+```
+
+So while there are many other files in the CWD it only shows me subdirs and those with valid extensions.
diff --git a/bash_completions_test.go b/bash_completions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12dc9604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash_completions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Println
+var _ = os.Stderr
+
+func check(t *testing.T, found, expected string) {
+	if !strings.Contains(found, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected response.\nExpecting to contain: \n %q\nGot:\n %q\n", expected, found)
+	}
+}
+
+// World worst custom function, just keep telling you to enter hello!
+const (
+	bash_completion_func = `__custom_func() {
+COMPREPLY=( "hello" )
+}
+`
+)
+
+func TestBashCompletions(t *testing.T) {
+	c := initializeWithRootCmd()
+	cmdEcho.AddCommand(cmdTimes)
+	c.AddCommand(cmdEcho, cmdPrint)
+
+	// custom completion function
+	c.BashCompletionFunction = bash_completion_func
+
+	// required flag
+	c.MarkFlagRequired("introot")
+
+	// valid nounds
+	validArgs := []string{"pods", "nodes", "services", "replicationControllers"}
+	c.ValidArgs = validArgs
+
+	// filename extentions
+	annotations := make([]string, 3)
+	annotations[0] = "json"
+	annotations[1] = "yaml"
+	annotations[2] = "yml"
+
+	annotation := make(map[string][]string)
+	annotation[BashCompFilenameExt] = annotations
+
+	var flagval string
+	c.Flags().StringVar(&flagval, "filename", "", "Enter a filename")
+	flag := c.Flags().Lookup("filename")
+	flag.Annotations = annotation
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	c.GenBashCompletion(out)
+	str := out.String()
+
+	check(t, str, "_cobra-test")
+	check(t, str, "_cobra-test_echo")
+	check(t, str, "_cobra-test_echo_times")
+	check(t, str, "_cobra-test_print")
+
+	// check for required flags
+	check(t, str, `must_have_one_flag+=("--introot=")`)
+	// check for custom completion function
+	check(t, str, `COMPREPLY=( "hello" )`)
+	// check for required nouns
+	check(t, str, `must_have_one_noun+=("pods")`)
+	// check for filename extention flags
+	check(t, str, `flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")`)
+}
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 211b9216..59654c25 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ type Command struct {
 	Long string
 	// Examples of how to use the command
 	Example string
+	// List of all valid non-flag arguments, used for bash completions *TODO* actually validate these
+	ValidArgs []string
+	// Custom functions used by the bash autocompletion generator
+	BashCompletionFunction string
 	// Full set of flags
 	flags *flag.FlagSet
 	// Set of flags childrens of this command will inherit