diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e78963e..ebde32c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ And others I forgot about...
 - Added a `--show-explorer` cli flag to open the file explorer on startup (useful for embedded explorer mode)
 - Added a `delete` (aliases `rm`, `del`) command to delete the file associated with the current buffer
 - Changed keybind `<space> E` to close the explorer instead of toggling the recursion one
+- Added a completion chars setting that triggers autocomplete when typing one of those chars
 
 - - -
 
diff --git a/book/src/configuration.md b/book/src/configuration.md
index 6da5b29d..82ff9a19 100644
--- a/book/src/configuration.md
+++ b/book/src/configuration.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ on unix operating systems.
 | `auto-format` | Enable automatic formatting on save. | `true` |
 | `idle-timeout` | Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. Used for autocompletion, set to 0 for instant. | `400` |
 | `completion-trigger-len` | The min-length of word under cursor to trigger autocompletion | `2` |
+| `completion-trigger-chars` | The chars that trigger completion (additional to all word chars) | `['.', ':']` |
 | `auto-info` | Whether to display infoboxes | `true` |
 | `true-color` | Set to `true` to override automatic detection of terminal truecolor support in the event of a false negative. | `false` |
 | `rulers` | List of column positions at which to display the rulers. Can be overridden by language specific `rulers` in `languages.toml` file. | `[]` |
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index 2f77501a..4b4fbaca 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -2942,9 +2942,11 @@ pub mod insert {
         use helix_core::chars::char_is_word;
         let mut iter = text.chars_at(cursor);
         iter.reverse();
+
         for _ in 0..config.completion_trigger_len {
             match iter.next() {
                 Some(c) if char_is_word(c) => {}
+                Some(c) if config.completion_trigger_chars.contains(&c) => {}
                 _ => return,
             }
         }
diff --git a/helix-view/src/editor.rs b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
index c073d6fc..9d30f6fa 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     )]
     pub idle_timeout: Duration,
     pub completion_trigger_len: u8,
+    pub completion_trigger_chars: Vec<char>,
     /// Whether to display infoboxes. Defaults to true.
     pub auto_info: bool,
     pub file_picker: FilePickerConfig,
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             indent_guides: IndentGuidesConfig::default(),
             color_modes: true,
             explorer: ExplorerConfig::default(),
+            completion_trigger_chars: vec![':', '.'],
         }
     }
 }