diff --git a/libexec/complete b/libexec/complete
index 9de742b..8578db7 100755
--- a/libexec/complete
+++ b/libexec/complete
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 # scripts, your script must contain a `# Tab completions` comment and respond to
 # the `--complete` command line interface described above.
 #
+# - You can change the `# Tab completions` hint to a different pattern using the
+# GO_TAB_COMPLETIONS_PATTERN variable.
+#
 # - The argument list must/will always contain at least one element, even if
 # it is the empty string, which represents the user completing an argument
 # without typing anything first. Take this into account when implementing
@@ -51,7 +54,14 @@ _@go.complete_command() {
   local __go_complete_word_index
   local __go_cmd_path
   local __go_argv
-  local tab_completions_pattern='# [Tt]ab [Cc]ompletions['$'\n\r'']'
+  local tab_completions_pattern
+
+  local default_pattern='# [Tt]ab [Cc]ompletions['$'\n\r'']'
+  if [[ "${GO_TAB_COMPLETIONS_PATTERN-__undefined__}" == '__undefined__' ]]; then
+    tab_completions_pattern="$default_pattern"
+  else
+    tab_completions_pattern="$GO_TAB_COMPLETIONS_PATTERN"
+  fi
 
   . "$_GO_CORE_DIR/lib/internal/complete"
   exec 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/tests/complete.bats b/tests/complete.bats
index a77c0d6..ad07ca8 100644
--- a/tests/complete.bats
+++ b/tests/complete.bats
@@ -140,6 +140,25 @@ teardown() {
   assert_failure ''
 }
 
+@test "$SUITE: change tab completion patter" {
+  @go.create_test_go_script \
+    'GO_TAB_COMPLETIONS_PATTERN="# New tab completions pattern"' \
+    '@go "$@"'
+
+  @go.create_test_command_script foo \
+    'if [[ "$1" == "--complete" ]]; then ' \
+    '  # New tab completions pattern' \
+    '  echo "bar" "baz" "quux"' \
+    'fi'
+
+  run "$TEST_GO_SCRIPT" complete 0 foo
+  assert_success 'foo '
+
+  local expected=('bar' 'baz' 'quux')
+  run "$TEST_GO_SCRIPT" complete 1 foo ''
+  assert_success "${expected[@]}"
+}
+
 @test "$SUITE: command script completion not detected without comment" {
   @go.create_test_command_script foo \
     'if [[ "$1" == "--complete" ]]; then ' \