diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index cfdfbcfd..6586e2e1 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 export DOTFILES="$HOME/.dotfiles"
 export DOTBIN="$DOTFILES/bin"
 
+# autoload completions
+autoload bashcompinit
+bashcompinit
+autoload -Uz compinit
+compinit
+
 source $DOTFILES/functions.sh
 source $DOTFILES/exports.sh # must run before zsh_init
 source $DOTFILES/aliases.sh