diff --git a/completions/dpkg b/completions/dpkg
index 5ada5627..beff0b40 100644
--- a/completions/dpkg
+++ b/completions/dpkg
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _dpkg()
             _filedir
             return 0
             ;;
-        -r|--remove)
+        -r|-V|--remove)
             COMPREPLY=( $( _comp_dpkg_installed_packages "$cur" ) )
             return 0
             ;;