diff --git a/lib/set-script.js b/lib/set-script.js
index df101a0acb709..9d4aadad558fb 100644
--- a/lib/set-script.js
+++ b/lib/set-script.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const log = require('npmlog')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const parseJSON = require('json-parse-even-better-errors')
 const rpj = require('read-package-json-fast')
+const { resolve } = require('path')
 
 const BaseCommand = require('./base-command.js')
 class SetScript extends BaseCommand {
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ class SetScript extends BaseCommand {
     return ['[<script>] [<command>]']
   }
 
+  async completion (opts) {
+    const argv = opts.conf.argv.remain
+    if (argv.length === 2) {
+      // find the script name
+      const json = resolve(this.npm.localPrefix, 'package.json')
+      const { scripts = {} } = await rpj(json).catch(er => ({}))
+      return Object.keys(scripts)
+    }
+  }
+
   exec (args, cb) {
     this.set(args).then(() => cb()).catch(cb)
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/set-script.js b/test/lib/set-script.js
index b6b6e2519f5ba..dc00fd374cc15 100644
--- a/test/lib/set-script.js
+++ b/test/lib/set-script.js
@@ -2,6 +2,43 @@ const test = require('tap')
 const requireInject = require('require-inject')
 const parseJSON = require('json-parse-even-better-errors')
 
+test.test('completion', t => {
+  const SetScript = requireInject('../../lib/set-script.js')
+  const emptyDir = t.testdir()
+  t.test('already have a script name', async t => {
+    const setScript = new SetScript({localPrefix: emptyDir})
+    const res = await setScript.completion({conf: {argv: {remain: ['npm', 'run', 'x']}}})
+    t.equal(res, undefined)
+    t.end()
+  })
+  t.test('no package.json', async t => {
+    const setScript = new SetScript({localPrefix: emptyDir})
+    const res = await setScript.completion({conf: {argv: {remain: ['npm', 'run']}}})
+    t.strictSame(res, [])
+    t.end()
+  })
+  t.test('has package.json, no scripts', async t => {
+    const localPrefix = t.testdir({
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({}),
+    })
+    const setScript = new SetScript({localPrefix})
+    const res = await setScript.completion({conf: {argv: {remain: ['npm', 'run']}}})
+    t.strictSame(res, [])
+    t.end()
+  })
+  t.test('has package.json, with scripts', async t => {
+    const localPrefix = t.testdir({
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        scripts: { hello: 'echo hello', world: 'echo world' },
+      }),
+    })
+    const setScript = new SetScript({localPrefix})
+    const res = await setScript.completion({conf: {argv: {remain: ['npm', 'run']}}})
+    t.strictSame(res, ['hello', 'world'])
+    t.end()
+  })
+  t.end()
+})
 test.test('fails on invalid arguments', (t) => {
   const SetScript = requireInject('../../lib/set-script.js', {
     npmlog: {},