diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/systemctl.in b/shell-completion/bash/systemctl.in
index 8bf83c8aea..e493d3bd59 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/systemctl.in
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/systemctl.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 __systemctl() {
         local mode=$1; shift 1
-        systemctl $mode --full --no-legend "$@" 2>/dev/null
+        systemctl $mode --full --no-legend --no-pager "$@" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 __systemd_properties() {