diff --git a/man/icewm-preferences.pod b/man/icewm-preferences.pod
index f10a0613e..633bd72b2 100644
--- a/man/icewm-preferences.pod
+++ b/man/icewm-preferences.pod
@@ -1201,6 +1201,13 @@ Dimension of the large icons.
 
 Dimension of the large icons.
 
+=item B<InputIgnorePrefix>="nohup|(nice[[:space:]]+-n[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]+)|sudo|(LANG|LC_[[:alnum:]]]*)(=|=[^[:space:]]+)"
+
+Regular expression (POSIX Extended flavor) which marks the begin of a
+command line in command input fields. Such prefixes are ignored while
+the auto-completion action is performed, typically for commands acting
+as pass-through wrapper, executing the specified command.
+
 =item B<QuickSwitchHorzMargin>=3  [0-64]
 
 Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window.
diff --git a/src/default.h b/src/default.h
index a5f6c32f5..2c37b5bf6 100644
--- a/src/default.h
+++ b/src/default.h
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ XSV(const char *, fmtTimeAlt,                   NULL)
 XSV(const char *, fmtDate,                      "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z %B %A")
 #endif
 
+XSV(const char *, inputIgnorePfx,               "nohup|(nice[[:space:]]+-n[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]+)|sudo|(LANG|LC_[[:alnum:]]]*)(=|=[^[:space:]]+)")
+
 #ifdef CFGDEF
 
 cfoption icewm_preferences[] = {
@@ -574,6 +576,8 @@ cfoption icewm_preferences[] = {
     OKF("WorkspaceNames",                       addWorkspace, "Add a workspace"),
     OKF("KeyboardLayouts",                      addKeyboard, "Add a keyboard layout"),
     OSV("WinMenuItems",                         &winMenuItems,                  "The list of items to be supported in the menu window (rmsnxfhualytieckw)"),
+
+    OSV("InputIgnorePrefix",                    &inputIgnorePfx,                "Prefix to ignore while tab-completing (POSIX Extended Regular Expression)"),
     OK0()
 };
 
diff --git a/src/yinputline.cc b/src/yinputline.cc
index a1b177420..c66140c4d 100644
--- a/src/yinputline.cc
+++ b/src/yinputline.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "yxapp.h"
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "intl.h"
+#include "regex.h"
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
 
 class YInputMenu: public YMenu {
@@ -46,16 +47,30 @@ YInputLine::YInputLine(YWindow *parent, YInputListener *listener):
     inputBg(&clrInput),
     inputFg(&clrInputText),
     inputSelectionBg(&clrInputSelection),
-    inputSelectionFg(&clrInputSelectionText)
+    inputSelectionFg(&clrInputSelectionText),
+    prefixRegex(nullptr)
 {
     addStyle(wsNoExpose);
     if (inputFont != null)
         setSize(width(), inputFont->height() + 2);
+    if (inputIgnorePfx && *inputIgnorePfx) {
+        prefixRegex = new regex_t;
+        mstring reFullPrefix("^(", inputIgnorePfx, ")[[:space:]]+");
+        if (0 != regcomp(prefixRegex, reFullPrefix, REG_EXTENDED)) {
+            delete prefixRegex;
+            prefixRegex = nullptr;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 YInputLine::~YInputLine() {
     if (inputContext)
         XDestroyIC(inputContext);
+    if (prefixRegex) {
+        regfree(prefixRegex);
+        delete prefixRegex;
+        prefixRegex = nullptr;
+    }
 }
 
 void YInputLine::setText(mstring text, bool asMarked) {
@@ -762,12 +777,21 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
         }
     }
     csmart res;
+
+    mstring ignoredPfx;
+    if (prefixRegex) {
+        regmatch_t full_match;
+        if (0 == regexec(prefixRegex, mstr, 1, &full_match, 0)) {
+            ignoredPfx = mstr.substring(0, full_match.rm_eo);
+            mstr = mstr.substring(full_match.rm_eo);
+        }
+    }
     int res_count = globit_best(mstr, &res, nullptr, nullptr);
     // directory is not a final match
     if (res_count == 1 && upath(res).dirExists())
         res_count++;
     if (1 <= res_count)
-        setText(mstring(res), res_count == 1);
+        setText(ignoredPfx + mstring(res), res_count == 1);
     else {
         int i = mstr.lastIndexOf(' ');
         if (i > 0 && size_t(i + 1) < mstr.length()) {
@@ -776,7 +800,7 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
             if (sub[0] == '$' || sub[0] == '~') {
                 mstring exp = upath(sub).expand();
                 if (exp != sub && exp != null) {
-                    setText(pre + exp, false);
+                    setText(ignoredPfx + pre + exp, false);
                 }
                 else if (sub.indexOf('/') == -1) {
                     mstring var = sub.substring(1);
@@ -788,7 +812,7 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
                         }
                         if (exp != var) {
                             char doti[] = { char(sub[0]), '\0' };
-                            setText(pre + doti + exp, false);
+                            setText(ignoredPfx + pre + doti + exp, false);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -799,7 +823,7 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
             if (upath::glob(sub + "*", list, "/S") && list.nonempty()) {
                 if (list.getCount() == 1) {
                     mstring found(mstr.substring(0, i + 1) + list[0]);
-                    setText(found, true);
+                    setText(ignoredPfx + found, true);
                 } else {
                     int len = 0;
                     for (; list[0][len]; ++len) {
@@ -813,7 +837,7 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
                     if (len) {
                         mstring common(list[0], len);
                         mstring found(mstr.substring(0, i + 1) + common);
-                        setText(found, false);
+                        setText(ignoredPfx + found, false);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -822,7 +846,7 @@ void YInputLine::complete() {
             if (mstr[0] == '$') {
                 mstring var = completeVariable(mstr.substring(1));
                 if (var != mstr.substring(1))
-                    setText(mstr.substring(0, 1) + var, false);
+                    setText(ignoredPfx + mstr.substring(0, 1) + var, false);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/yinputline.h b/src/yinputline.h
index 415a1c3a9..6ef29e486 100644
--- a/src/yinputline.h
+++ b/src/yinputline.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "ypopup.h"
 #include "ystring.h"
 
+#include <regex.h>
+
 class YMenu;
 class YInputLine;
 class YInputMenu;
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ class YInputLine:
     YColorName inputSelectionFg;
     lazy<YTimer> cursorBlinkTimer;
     lazy<YInputMenu> inputMenu;
+    regex_t* prefixRegex;
 
 private: // not-used
     YInputLine(const YInputLine &);