diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 1689f99539..d9a93ea418 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -509,6 +509,13 @@ __gitcomp ()
 __gitcomp_nl ()
 {
 	local IFS=$'\n'
+
+	# ZSH would quote the trailing space added with -S. bash users
+	# will appreciate the extra space to compensate the use of -o nospace.
+	if [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION-}" ] && [ "$suffix" = " " ]; then
+		suffix=""
+	fi
+
 	COMPREPLY=($(compgen -P "${2-}" -S "${4- }" -W "$1" -- "${3-$cur}"))
 }