diff --git a/helix-term/src/handlers/completion.rs b/helix-term/src/handlers/completion.rs
index d71fd24fc4ea7..05bdf641f99c4 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/handlers/completion.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/handlers/completion.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fn request_completion(
             let offset_encoding = ls.offset_encoding();
             let pos = pos_to_lsp_pos(text, cursor, offset_encoding);
             let doc_id = doc.identifier();
-            let context = if trigger.kind == TriggerKind::Manual {
+            let context = if matches!(trigger.kind, TriggerKind::Manual | TriggerKind::Auto) {
                 lsp::CompletionContext {
                     trigger_kind: lsp::CompletionTriggerKind::INVOKED,
                     trigger_character: None,