diff --git a/zsh_completions.go b/zsh_completions.go
index d1c9e07b..7fa0df11 100644
--- a/zsh_completions.go
+++ b/zsh_completions.go
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ function {{constructPath .}} {
 {{end}}    "1: :({{subCmdList .}})" \
     "*::arg:->args"
 
-    case $line[1] in {{- range .Commands}}
+    case $line[1] in {{- range .Commands}}{{if not .Hidden}}
         {{cmdName .}})
             {{constructPath .}}
             ;;
-{{end}}    esac
+{{end}}{{end}}    esac
 }
 {{range .Commands}}
 {{template "selectCmdTemplate" .}}
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ function {{constructPath .}} {
 {{- end}}
 
 {{define "selectCmdTemplate" -}}
+{{if .Hidden}}{{/* ignore hidden*/}}{{else -}}
 {{if .Commands}}{{template "argumentsC" .}}{{else}}{{template "arguments" .}}{{end}}
 {{- end}}
+{{- end}}
 
 {{define "Main" -}}
 #compdef _{{cmdName .}} {{cmdName .}}
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ func subCmdList(c *Command) string {
 	var subCmds []string
 
 	for _, cmd := range c.Commands() {
+		if cmd.Hidden {
+			continue
+		}
 		subCmds = append(subCmds, cmd.Name())
 	}
 
@@ -135,10 +140,14 @@ func subCmdList(c *Command) string {
 func extractFlags(c *Command) []*pflag.Flag {
 	var flags []*pflag.Flag
 	c.LocalFlags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		flags = append(flags, f)
+		if !f.Hidden {
+			flags = append(flags, f)
+		}
 	})
 	c.InheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		flags = append(flags, f)
+		if !f.Hidden {
+			flags = append(flags, f)
+		}
 	})
 	return flags
 }
diff --git a/zsh_completions_test.go b/zsh_completions_test.go
index 4d29e542..d523762f 100644
--- a/zsh_completions_test.go
+++ b/zsh_completions_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cobra
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -114,7 +115,74 @@ func TestGenZshCompletion(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		})
 	}
+}
 
+func TestGenZshCompletionHidden(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name                string
+		root                *Command
+		expectedExpressions []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "hidden commmands",
+			root: func() *Command {
+				r := &Command{
+					Use:   "main",
+					Short: "main short description",
+				}
+				s1 := &Command{
+					Use:    "sub1",
+					Hidden: true,
+					Run:    emptyRun,
+				}
+				s2 := &Command{
+					Use:   "sub2",
+					Short: "short sub2 description",
+					Run:   emptyRun,
+				}
+				r.AddCommand(s1, s2)
+
+				return r
+			}(),
+			expectedExpressions: []string{
+				"sub1",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hidden flags",
+			root: func() *Command {
+				var hidden string
+				r := &Command{
+					Use:   "root",
+					Short: "root short description",
+					Run:   emptyRun,
+				}
+				r.Flags().StringVarP(&hidden, "hidden", "H", hidden, "hidden usage")
+				if err := r.Flags().MarkHidden("hidden"); err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("Error setting flag hidden: %v\n", err)
+				}
+				return r
+			}(),
+			expectedExpressions: []string{
+				"--hidden",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tc.root.Execute()
+			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+			tc.root.GenZshCompletion(buf)
+			output := buf.String()
+
+			for _, expr := range tc.expectedExpressions {
+				if strings.Contains(output, expr) {
+					t.Errorf("Expected completion (%s) not to contain '%s' but it does", output, expr)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
 }
 
 func BenchmarkConstructPath(b *testing.B) {