diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 5bf6c2c46e6..cc061afcd4a 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ _kubectl_get()
     must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolume")
     must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolumeclaim")
     must_have_one_noun+=("pod")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("podtemplate")
     must_have_one_noun+=("replicationcontroller")
     must_have_one_noun+=("resourcequota")
     must_have_one_noun+=("secret")