diff --git a/completions/ssh-keygen b/completions/ssh-keygen
index 78d862715b9..18e674c84b0 100644
--- a/completions/ssh-keygen
+++ b/completions/ssh-keygen
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ _ssh_keygen()
         -a|-b|-C|-D|-I|-J|-j|-M|-N|-n|-r|-P|-S|-V|-W|-z)
             return
             ;;
+        -E)
+            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'md5 sha256' -- "$cur" ) )
+            return
+            ;;
         -F|-R)
             # TODO: trim this down to actual entries in known hosts files
             _known_hosts_real -- "$cur"