diff --git a/completions/Makefile.am b/completions/Makefile.am
index 0da13468de5..bf392161f96 100644
--- a/completions/Makefile.am
+++ b/completions/Makefile.am
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ bashcomp_DATA = 2to3 \
 		useradd \
 		userdel \
 		usermod \
+		_uvx \
 		valgrind \
 		_vault \
 		vipw \
diff --git a/completions/_uvx b/completions/_uvx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f08d3f66baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/completions/_uvx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# 3rd party completion loader for commands emitting        -*- shell-script -*-
+# their completion using "$cmd --generate-shell-completion bash".
+#
+# This serves as a fallback in case the completion is not installed otherwise.
+
+eval -- "$("$1" --generate-shell-completion bash 2>/dev/null)"
+
+# ex: filetype=sh
diff --git a/test/fallback/completions/Makefile.am b/test/fallback/completions/Makefile.am
index 160cdd58d4b..c8057f0f5e0 100644
--- a/test/fallback/completions/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/fallback/completions/Makefile.am
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	udevadm \
 	umount \
 	umount.linux \
+	uvx \
 	vault \
 	write \
 	xm \
diff --git a/test/fallback/completions/uvx b/test/fallback/completions/uvx
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ae2e60b1d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fallback/completions/uvx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../completions/_uvx
\ No newline at end of file