diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3ef3dee6..4df853001 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ features = [
     "error-context",
 ]
 
+[dependencies.clap_complete]
+version = "4.2.1"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 approx = "0.5"
 assert_cmd = "2.0"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index b12f6d34c..4607ec5fa 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use clap::{
-    builder::NonEmptyStringValueParser, crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command,
-    ValueHint,
+    builder::{NonEmptyStringValueParser, PossibleValuesParser},
+    crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, ValueHint,
 };
 
+const SHELLS: [&str; 5] = ["bash", "zsh", "fish", "powershell", "elvish"];
+
 pub fn get_cli_arguments<'a, I, T>(args: I) -> ArgMatches
 where
     I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Build the clap command for parsing command line arguments
-fn build_command() -> Command {
+pub fn build_command() -> Command {
     Command::new("hyperfine")
         .version(crate_version!())
         .next_line_help(true)
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ fn build_command() -> Command {
                        The latter is only available if the shell is not explicitly disabled via \
                        '--shell=none'. If multiple commands are given, hyperfine will show a \
                        comparison of the respective runtimes.")
-                .required(true)
+                .required_unless_present("generate-completions")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_hint(ValueHint::CommandString)
                 .value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new()),
@@ -406,6 +408,15 @@ fn build_command() -> Command {
             .hide(true)
             .help("Enable debug mode which does not actually run commands, but returns fake times when the command is 'sleep <time>'.")
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("generate-completions")
+                .long("generate-completions")
+                .action(ArgAction::Set)
+                .value_name("SHELL")
+                .value_parser(PossibleValuesParser::new(SHELLS))
+                .hide(true)
+                .help("Generate a shell completions script for the given shell and print it to stdout.")
+        )
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2a9750503..8d420a5d6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 use std::env;
 
 use benchmark::scheduler::Scheduler;
-use cli::get_cli_arguments;
+use clap::ArgMatches;
+use clap_complete::Shell;
+use cli::{build_command, get_cli_arguments};
 use command::Commands;
 use export::ExportManager;
 use options::Options;
@@ -32,10 +34,22 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
     colored::control::set_virtual_terminal(true).unwrap();
 
     let cli_arguments = get_cli_arguments(env::args_os());
-    let mut options = Options::from_cli_arguments(&cli_arguments)?;
-    let commands = Commands::from_cli_arguments(&cli_arguments)?;
+
+    if let Some(shell) = cli_arguments.get_one::<String>("generate-completions") {
+        let shell = parse_shell(shell)?;
+        let mut command = build_command();
+        clap_complete::generate(shell, &mut command, "hyperfine", &mut std::io::stdout());
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    run_benchmarks(&cli_arguments)
+}
+
+fn run_benchmarks(cli_arguments: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut options = Options::from_cli_arguments(cli_arguments)?;
+    let commands = Commands::from_cli_arguments(cli_arguments)?;
     let export_manager = ExportManager::from_cli_arguments(
-        &cli_arguments,
+        cli_arguments,
         options.time_unit,
         options.sort_order_exports,
     )?;
@@ -50,6 +64,17 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn parse_shell(name: &str) -> Result<Shell> {
+    match name {
+        "bash" => Ok(Shell::Bash),
+        "zsh" => Ok(Shell::Zsh),
+        "fish" => Ok(Shell::Fish),
+        "powershell" => Ok(Shell::PowerShell),
+        "elvish" => Ok(Shell::Elvish),
+        other => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("unsupported shell: {other}")),
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {
     match run() {
         Ok(_) => {}
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 2de3a5049..a2012595b 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -722,3 +722,45 @@ fn windows_quote_before_quote_args() {
         .assert()
         .success();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_fish_completions() {
+    hyperfine()
+        .arg("--generate-completions")
+        .arg("fish")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::starts_with("complete -c hyperfine"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_bash_completions() {
+    hyperfine()
+        .arg("--generate-completions")
+        .arg("bash")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("_hyperfine"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_zsh_completions() {
+    hyperfine()
+        .arg("--generate-completions")
+        .arg("zsh")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("#compdef"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rejects_unknown_shell() {
+    hyperfine()
+        .arg("--generate-completions")
+        .arg("csh")
+        .assert()
+        .failure()
+        .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
+            "invalid value 'csh' for '--generate-completions <SHELL>'",
+        ));
+}