diff --git a/bash_completions.go b/bash_completions.go
index cb3c59d71b..03ddda27a3 100644
--- a/bash_completions.go
+++ b/bash_completions.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ __%[1]s_handle_reply()
             else
                 allflags=("${flags[*]} ${two_word_flags[*]}")
             fi
-            while read -r -s -d " " c ; do
+            while IFS='' read -r c; do
                 COMPREPLY+=("$c")
             done < <(compgen -W "${allflags[*]}" -- "$cur")
             if [[ $(type -t compopt) = "builtin" ]]; then
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ __%[1]s_handle_reply()
     if [[ ${#must_have_one_flag[@]} -ne 0 ]]; then
         completions+=("${must_have_one_flag[@]}")
     fi
-    while read -r -s -d " " c ; do
+    while IFS='' read -r c; do
         COMPREPLY+=("$c")
     done < <(compgen -W "${completions[*]}" -- "$cur")
 
     if [[ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 && ${#noun_aliases[@]} -gt 0 && ${#must_have_one_noun[@]} -ne 0 ]]; then
-        while read -r -s -d " " c ; do
+        while IFS='' read -r c; do
             COMPREPLY+=("$c")
         done < <(compgen -W "${noun_aliases[*]}" -- "$cur")
     fi