diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/clickhouse.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/clickhouse.py
index a425a719ba364..f7cb9a6ccdff1 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/clickhouse.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/clickhouse.py
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Type
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Type, List, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from urllib3.exceptions import NewConnectionError
 
 from superset.db_engine_specs.base import BaseEngineSpec
 from superset.db_engine_specs.exceptions import SupersetDBAPIDatabaseError
 from superset.utils import core as utils
+from superset.extensions import cache_manager
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # prevent circular imports
+    from superset.models.core import Database
 
 
 class ClickHouseEngineSpec(BaseEngineSpec):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
@@ -48,6 +53,8 @@ class ClickHouseEngineSpec(BaseEngineSpec):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
         "P1Y": "toStartOfYear(toDateTime({col}))",
     }
 
+    _show_functions_column = "name"
+
     @classmethod
     def get_dbapi_exception_mapping(cls) -> Dict[Type[Exception], Type[Exception]]:
         return {NewConnectionError: SupersetDBAPIDatabaseError}
@@ -69,3 +76,33 @@ def convert_dttm(cls, target_type: str, dttm: datetime) -> Optional[str]:
         if tt == utils.TemporalType.DATETIME:
             return f"""toDateTime('{dttm.isoformat(sep=" ", timespec="seconds")}')"""
         return None
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    @cache_manager.cache.memoize()
+    def get_function_names(cls, database: "Database") -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Get a list of function names that are able to be called on the database.
+        Used for SQL Lab autocomplete.
+
+        :param database: The database to get functions for
+        :return: A list of function names usable in the database
+        """
+        df = database.get_df("SELECT name FROM system.functions")
+        if cls._show_functions_column in df:
+            return df[cls._show_functions_column].tolist()
+
+        columns = df.columns.values.tolist()
+        logger.error(
+            "Payload from `SELECT name FROM system.functions` has the incorrect format. "
+            "Expected column `%s`, found: %s.",
+            cls._show_functions_column,
+            ", ".join(columns),
+            exc_info=True,
+        )
+        # if the results have a single column, use that
+        if len(columns) == 1:
+            return df[columns[0]].tolist()
+
+        # otherwise, return no function names to prevent errors
+        return []