diff --git a/ocaml/xe-cli/bash-completion b/ocaml/xe-cli/bash-completion
index 98df8be24fb..b4ba6127138 100644
--- a/ocaml/xe-cli/bash-completion
+++ b/ocaml/xe-cli/bash-completion
@@ -771,7 +771,12 @@ __preprocess_suggestions()
     wordlist=$( echo "$1" | \
                 sed -re 's/(^|[^\])((\\\\)*),,*/\1\2\n/g' -e 's/\\,/,/g' -e 's/\\\\/\\/g' | \
                 sed -e 's/ *$//')
-    compgen -W "$wordlist" "$prefix"
+    local IFS=$'\n'
+    for word in $wordlist; do
+        if [[ "$word" =~ ^$prefix.* ]]; then
+            echo "$word"
+        fi
+    done
 }
 
 # set_completions suggestions current_prefix description_cmd