diff --git a/argcomplete/__init__.py b/argcomplete/__init__.py
index 6cc524e6..891c0cfd 100644
--- a/argcomplete/__init__.py
+++ b/argcomplete/__init__.py
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ def _complete_active_option(self, parser, next_positional, cword_prefix, parsed_
                     completer = self.default_completer
 
             if completer:
+                if isinstance(completer, SuppressCompleter) and completer.suppress():
+                    continue
+
                 if callable(completer):
                     completions_from_callable = [c for c in completer(
                         prefix=cword_prefix, action=active_action, parser=parser, parsed_args=parsed_args)